The foundation was registered in Warsaw, Poland in April 2009, but already 2 months earlier, the Polish prime minister Donald Tusk sent letters to dozens of countries requesting assistance in the construction of a proposed endowment fund of 120 million EUR.
[2] However, in June 2010, Germany decided to send additional 120,000 EUR to cover the costs of running the foundation's office.
[3] At a 2019 ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany announced another 60 million EUR donation to help preserve the site.
[10] Smaller amounts have been donated by Australia, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Hungary, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey and the Vatican.
The foundation's statutes regulate the structural and functional integrity of the process behind the creation and management of the perpetual fund.
Moreover, the foundation has established a professional relationship with two renowned companies that advise it on legal matters, accounting and bookkeeping.
On the foundation's council sit: Marek Zając - council's chairman and founder, Marcin Barcz, Daniel Benjamin, Eleonora Bergman, Piotr Kadlčik, Jacek Kastelaniec, Serge Klarsfeld, Edward Kosakowski, Paweł Machcewicz, Zbigniew Nosowski, abp Grzegorz Ryś, Jürgen Rüttgers, and Józef Wancer.
As per 2021, the international committee members were delegates (mostly in the rank of ambassadors) of the following countries (in the alphabetical order): Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, and USA.