Persian Heritage Foundation

The foundation provides grants for academic research and arts projects, along with fellowships and limited funding for seminars and conferences. It supports publications on the Persianate world, including monographs, collaborative works, and the History of Persian Literature series. Its activities also include book awards for monographs in Iranian Studies and funding for invited lectures, postdoctoral fellowships, and other professional programs at academic institutions. The foundation focuses on Persianate culture and the Iranian world across pre-Islamic and Islamic periods, including regions beyond present-day Iran and the wider diaspora. It is a non-political, non-governmental charitable organization established in 1983. Based in Fresno, it supports academic study and appreciation of Persianate culture.