Formed in 1990, the Lancaster Museum & Public Art Foundation (LMPAF) is a non‐profit organization that serves as an advocacy vehicle providing support to enhance the exhibits, collections, programs and operations for the City of Lancaster’s museums and public art spaces, including underwriting future exhibits, sustaining the Museum of Art & History’s award-winning programs.

In 2012, LMPAF’s leadership voted to expand the organization’s commitment to accessibility by funding its Arts for Youth program. This program provides scholarships to schools to cover the costs of transportation making field trips possible for over 1,000 students annually.

In 2015, LMPAF launched the Antelope Valley’s first artist-in-residence program with paper maker, Jane Ingram Allen. Since then, LMPAF has invited a new artist-in-residence each year, including internationally renowned sculptor, Chie Hitotsuyama and acclaimed engagement artist and Pulitzer prize-winning writer, Dani Dodge.

As a response to needs during the pandemic, LMPAF created a fund for re-granting to support artists, start-up creative businesses and small non-profits.