The Eugenio Lopez Foundation, Inc., was established by the late Don Eugenio H. López, Sr. on June 17, 1968. Its organization was a natural consequence of his passion for philantropy. Though widely known as a successful and astute businessman, the founder of the Lopez group of companies, Don Eugenio H. Lopez, Sr., also strongly espoused the value of nationalism. Nationalism is the caring for the spirit of the nation. The upliftment of the culture of a people is one major expression of nationalism. To this end, the Foundation has established and is maintaining a library that has an extensive Filipiniana collections, particularly on books. The Foundation also supports the Lopez Museum, which houses a valuable collection of paintings of Juan Luna and Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo and also paintings by other great Filipino masters. The institution has become a haven for serious Filipiniana researchers and scholars.

The Eugenio Lopez Foundation, Inc. is registered with, and is accredited by, the Depatment of Science and Technology (DOST) as a foundation, with specialization in the social sciences and the humanities. The Foundation's primary occupation has been maintaining and enlarging the Lopez Memorial Museum, which now houses all the Lopez collections. But even as it continues to enlarge the Museum, the Foundation is proceeding to expand its cultural front. It has gone into book publishing, among others, and its involvement here has been steadily growing.

Composing the Foundation's Board of Trustees are Oscar M. Lopez, Eugenio Lopez, Jr., Manuel M. Lopez, Camilo D. Quiason, Margarita B. Fragrante, and Rommel S. Duran.

This logotype of the Eugenio Lopez Foundation, Inc., consists of three characters of the West Visayan alphabet in use long before the Spanish conquest. The three characters have the sound equivalent of E, L and F. The founder of the foundation, the late Don Eugenio Lopez, a West Visayan was born in the historic town of Jaro, province of Iloilo, Panay Island.

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