The Foundation operates beyond jurisdiction, empowered and entrusted by every major national government with the task of containing a variety of anomalous items. These items pose a significant threat to global security by threatening either physical or psychological harm.

The Foundation operates to maintain the normal state of the world so that the worldwide civilian population can live and go on with their daily lives without fear, mistrust, or doubt in their personal beliefs, and to maintain human independence from extraterrestrial, extra-dimensional, and other extra-normal influence.