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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Foundation for Academic Research (CFAR) is a private Los Angeles based nonprofit organization that makes the renowned °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Collection accessible to museums, scholars, and researchers. Through philanthropic grants, the Foundation encourages the research of objects in, or related to, the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Collection regardless of their current location – particularly in the areas of textiles, ethnographic objects, and ancient art.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Institute of Archaeology at UCLA is a premier educational research organization dedicated to the creation, dissemination, and conservation of archaeological knowledge and heritage. The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Institute is at the forefront of archaeological research, education, conservation, and publication, and is an active contributor to interdisciplinary research at UCLA. In 1999, the Institute of Archaeology honored the longtime support of Lloyd °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP by changing its name to the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Institute of Archaeology.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Occasional Press (COP) is an independent book publishing imprint started by Lloyd °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP in the late ’90s. The COP specializes in volumes focusing upon Mr. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP’s art collections (e.g., Japanese bamboo baskets, ancient Chinese bronze mirrors, early Chinese textiles) and includes highlights from his historical children’s literature holdings at the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Children’s Library at Princeton University.

Between the late 1960s and mid-1990s, Lloyd °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP assembled the largest and most internationally recognized collection of Japanese bamboo baskets. The bulk of the Lloyd °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Collection of Japanese Bamboo Baskets, approximately 900 pieces, was gifted to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in 2006, which houses some of the most comprehensive Asian art collections in the world.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Children’s Library at Princeton University is located within the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections in Firestone Library. Donated by Lloyd °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP in 1994, this major historical collection contains approximately 120,000 illustrated children’s books, manuscripts, original artwork, prints, and educational toys from the 15th century to the present day, in over thirty languages. The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Children’s Library welcomes visits from scholars, researchers, and, of course, children. 

The Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA), located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, serves to foster understanding of the traditional folk arts to illuminate human creativity and shape a humane world. Lloyd °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP’s first collection of international folk art was assembled while he was the CEO of Neutrogena Corporation, and in 1995, he donated this collection of approximately 3,000 textiles, ceramics, carvings, and other treasures to MOIFA. In 1998, the Neutrogena Wing officially opened, including the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Gallery and Lloyd’s Treasure Chest, which offers a participatory gallery experience.

The Racine Art Museum (RAM), located in Racine, Wisconsin, holds one of the largest and most significant contemporary craft collections in North America, and serves to exhibit, collect, preserve, and educate in the contemporary visual arts. In 2007, Lloyd °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP donated most of his Contemporary American Basket Collection to RAM. This collection includes work by nearly every important American fiber artist whose innovations have advanced the medium. Following Mr. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP’s passing in 2017, Mrs. Margit Sperling °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP donated the remainder of his Contemporary American Basket Collection, as well as his Turned Wood Collection, to RAM.

The Shanghai Museum, located in the Huangpu District of Shanghai China, boasts a vast collection of precious Chinese relics, featuring bronzes, ceramics, paintings, and calligraphy. In 2012, Lloyd °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP donated his collection of 100 ancient Chinese bronze mirrors to the Shanghai Museum, marking an important shift in the approach to cultural patrimony by returning objects to the country of origin. This unusual repatriation demonstrated Mr. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP’s dedication to protecting the world’s cultural heritage. 

The Skirball Cultural Center (SCC), located in Los Angeles, is a meeting place that welcomes people of all communities and generations to participate in cultural experiences that celebrate discovery and hope, and foster human connections. In the early 2000’s, Lloyd °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP gifted his folk art collection of approximately 120 Noah’s Arks from around the world to the SCC. In addition, in 2007 Mr. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP helped to inspire and support the creation of an interactive Noah’s Ark permanent exhibition at the SCC.

The Textile Museum is now a unit of George Washington University and is located on their Foggy Bottom Campus in Washington, DC. It serves to expand public knowledge and appreciation—locally, nationally, and internationally—of the artistic merits and cultural importance of the world’s textiles. In October 2018, Mrs. Margit °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP, acting in her capacity as Trustee of Lloyd °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP’s estate, donated the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Textile Traces Study Collection, a group of over 4,500 textile fragments ranging over almost the entire known history of textiles, and the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Textile Collection, comprised of 152 larger textiles, to the Textile Museum. As part of the gift, The Textile Museum will establish a dedicated research center, to be called the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP Textile Traces Study Center, which will enable scholars and students to examine and study these rare and extraordinary textiles.

The Charles E. Young Research Library provides research-level collections and services in the humanities, social sciences, education, public affairs, government information, and maps, primarily designed to support UCLA graduate students and faculty. In 2011, Lloyd °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊAPP donated his collection of 215 cuneiform tablets, the majority of which were written by students in ancient Mesopotamian schools, to the UCLA Research Library where they remain accessible to scholars and students.