{{Short description|Non-profit educational foundation}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox organization |name=Eugene V. Debs Foundation |image=Debs_Foundation_Logo.png |type=Non-profit |founded=1962 |founder= |location = Terre Haute, Indiana, US |leader_title=President |leader_name=Noel Beasley |focus={{hlist | Labor unionism | peace activism | socialism}} |revenue= |website={{official URL}} }}
The '''Eugene V. Debs Foundation''' is a non-profit educational foundation, founded in 1962 "to own, maintain and operate the Eugene V. Debs Home in order to be a memorial to Eugene V. Debs and Theodore Debs".<ref name="debsfoundation">{{cite web|url=http://debsfoundation.org/index.php/landing/about/|title=About the Foundation – The Eugene V. Debs Foundation|website=debsfoundation.org|accessdate=2017-09-19}}</ref> The foundation's president is Noel Beasley.<ref name="Staff for DebsFoundation, 2019"> {{cite web |url=https://debsfoundation.org/index.php/landing/about/ |title=About the Foundation |website=debsfoundation.org |publisher=Debs Foundation |access-date=November 3, 2019 }}</ref>
In 1964, Debs' residence became a museum owned by the foundation.<ref name="New York Times, 1964">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/10/archives/debss-residence-becomes-museue-norman-thomas-dedicates-memorial-to.html |title=DEBS'S RESIDENCE BECOMES MUSEUE; Norman Thomas Dedicates Memorial to Socialist |date=May 10, 1964 |website=The New York Times |access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref> It was opened as a museum by the foundation in 1965, and the foundation "has carefully restored the interior and acquired many of the memorabilia and furniture of Gene Debs and his wife, Kate." The house became a National Historic Landmark in 1966.<ref name="Oped for IndyStar, 2017"> {{cite web |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2017/09/01/first-bernie-sanders-indianas-eugene-v-debs/624766001/ |title=The first Bernie Sanders -- Indiana's Eugene V. Debs |date=September 1, 2017 |website=indystar.com |publisher=IndyStar |access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref>
==Eugene V. Debs Award== {{Main|Eugene V. Debs Award}}
Beginning in 1965, the Foundation began to honor people and organizations with its annual award, the Eugene V. Debs Award.<ref name="DebsAward">{{cite web |title=Eugene V. Debs Award |url=https://debsfoundation.org/index.php/landing/eugene-v-debs-award/ |website=The Eugene V. Debs Foundation |access-date=November 29, 2022 |archive-date=October 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251022163856/https://debsfoundation.org/index.php/landing/eugene-v-debs-award/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The award is dedicated to those "keeping alive the spirit of progressivism, humanitarianism and social criticism epitomized by Debs."<ref name=DebsAward /> Honorees have included labor leaders and social justice activists, including Jesse Jackson, Walter Reuther, Dolores Huerta, Howard Zinn, and Eliseo Medina.<ref name=DebsAward />
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Category:Terre Haute, Indiana Category:Organizations established in 1962 Foundation Category:Non-profit organizations based in Indiana