The Fondazione Carlo Donat-Cattin was established in Torino in 1992 and legally recognized by Ministerial Decree on March 5th 1998.

The aims of the foundation are to promote study and research into the social, political and economic thought in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with particular interest in the Catholic movement and its presence in Italian and European society.
The foundation gathers and preserves documentary evidence, manages a specialised library, organises congresses, seminars, exhibitions and debates relating to its specific field of interest, with particular awareness of the historical-political aspects.