The Belgian American Educational Foundation, Inc. (B.A.E.F.) is a non-profit organization, funded by the general public, and qualified under 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code. The B.A.E.F. fellowships were established in 1920 by the C.R.B. Educational Foundation, the predecessor of the B.A.E.F., to commemorate the relief work of the Commission for Relief in Belgium during World War I. The fellowships are intended to promote the exchange of intellectual ideas between Belgium and the United States for the purpose of maintaining the cordial relations that exist between the two countries.

The Belgian American Educational Foundation, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected class.