Tryon Palace Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens and the North Carolina History Center. Its mission is to protect, preserve, and develop the region’s historical legacy, sharing it with children and visitors from around the world while caring for the sites for future generations. The Foundation raises funds that are essential to Tryon Palace’s educational goals and ongoing programs.

Support helps maintain the historic site’s period gardens and sustain its volunteer Fife & Drum Corps. It also contributes to interpretive programming, exhibits, school field trips, lectures, special programs, and community events. Visitors can plan a visit, join or renew a membership, donate, volunteer, or shop. The Foundation also offers educational initiatives such as Palace Scholars, field trips, the Palace Scholars Award Program for educators, History in Bloom, and an inclusive public art initiative. Membership provides a way to support these activities and help bring North Carolina’s history to life.