[1] FAMSI was formerly an American not-for-profit grant-making research foundation, established 1993 and based in Crystal River, Florida.

It provided research grants and resources to scholars focussing on ancient Mesoamerican cultures, including the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and others.

[2] The non-profit dissolved in 2012, but its research website has remained active under the administration of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art since 2012.

[1] During 1993–2007, the Foundation granted 3.2 million US dollars to 445 research projects, with a little under two-thirds of these being archaeological, and the remaining third being work in anthropology, art history, and linguistics, in that order.

'[6] All resources, including digital ones, have been housed or maintained by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art since 2012.