The Foundation has been a substantial and important contributor to the arts in France and humanities worldwide.
USA ISBN 0-89352-201-5) The Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation provides two major arts prizes through the French Académie des Beaux-Arts.
A prize in music is awarded annually, plus one that is given on an alternating basis to painters and sculptors.
In addition, the Foundation helped fund the major restoration of the collections of the Musée Condé at Chantilly, Oise.
Following the death of Madame Del Duca in 2004, administration of the Foundation has been assumed by the Institut de France.