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{{samename|Trainer class|Aether Foundation (Trainer class)}}
{{Team Infobox
|teamname=Aether Foundation
|jpteamname=エーテル{{tt|財団|ざいだん}}
|tmteamname=Aether Foundation
|logo=Aether-logo.png
|image=Sun Moon Aether Foundation Employees.png
|size=195px
|caption=Artwork of Aether Foundation employees from [[Pokémon Sun and Moon]]
|leader=[[Lusamine]]
|region=[[Alola]]
|admins=[[Wicke]], [[Faba]]
|epnum=SM044
|epname=A Dream Encounter!
|hideout=[[Aether Paradise]], [[Aether House]]
|border color={{white color dark}}
|background color={{white color light}}
|lightened color={{white color}}
}}
The '''Aether Foundation''' (Japanese: '''エーテル{{tt|財団|ざいだん}}''' ''Aether Foundation'') is an organization based in the [[Alola]] region whose goal is to cure hurt Pokémon. The organization shelters Pokémon to keep them safe from threats like [[Team Skull]]. Their main headquarters is [[Aether Paradise]], an artificial island they constructed, while the [[Aether House]] is their largest base on Alola's main islands.

==In the games==
===Leadership===
The Aether Foundation's president is [[Lusamine]], who wants to share her love with all of the rescued Pokémon. She is assisted by [[Faba]], the Aether Foundation's second-in-command and Aether Foundation branch chief, and [[Wicke]], the assistant branch chief of Aether Paradise.

The foundation also employs other people, who go out into the field to protect and rescue Pokémon in trouble.

===Research===
The foundation is conducting research on [[Ultra Beast]]s. They are also aware of the existence of the rare and unusual {{p|Cosmog}} and are conducting research on it. One of the professors in Aether Foundation was the one who named the Nebula Pokémon Cosmog. At some point, they also worked on genetical experiments, using several DNA samples from Pokémon of different Types, in order to create {{p|Type: Null}} (named Type: Full at the time) whose purpose was to battle the Ultra Beasts. After several tries, they were unable to perfect the {{a|RKS System}} and the Type: Full samples became more and more uncontrollable, so the project was ultimately scrapped, the samples put on cryogenic suspension and renamed "Type: Null".

===Facilities===
[[Aether Paradise]] is a privately owned artificial island that was built in the middle of the Alola region by the Aether Foundation. The foundation uses it both as a sanctuary and a research facility. The [[Aether House]] located on {{rt|15|Alola}} functions partly as an orphanage for human children and Pokémon. In addition, the Aether Foundation hosts outposts at {{rt|8|Alola}}, {{rt|16|Alola}}, and in [[Heahea City]].

==In the anime==
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The Aether Foundation's president, [[Lusamine]], was introduced as {{an|Lillie}}'s mother in a picture in ''[[SM008|Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!]]''. The foundation itself, and its employees, debuted in ''[[SM044|A Dream Encounter!]]''.

In [[SM061]], {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} became the founding members of a task force called the [[Ultra Guardians]], which is also a sub-group of the Aether Foundation. Their goal is to catch [[Ultra Beast]]s that have strayed into the [[Pokémon world]], and release them back into [[Ultra Space]] to maintain [[Alola]]'s safety. Their first target was a {{p|Buzzwole}}.

==In the manga==
===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===
[[File:Aether Foundation Adventures.png|thumb|170px|Aether Foundation in Pokémon Adventures]]
The Aether Foundation debuted in the {{chap|Sun & Moon}}. It first appeared on a television commercial where two {{tc|Aether Foundation Employee}}s advertised their organization.
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==In other languages==
{{Langtable|color={{white color}}|bordercolor={{white color dark}}
|zh_yue=以太基金會 ''{{tt|Yíhtaai Gēigāmwúi|Aether Foundation}}''
|zh_cmn=以太基金會 / 以太基金会 ''{{tt|Yǐtài Jījīnhuì|Aether Foundation}}''
|cs=Aether Foundation
|nl=Aether Foundation<br>Aether Stichting
|fr=Fondation Æther
|de=Æther Foundation
|hu=Aether Alapítvány
|it=Fondazione Æther
|ko=에테르재단 ''Aether Jaedan''
|pl=Fundacja Aether
|pt=Fundação Aether
|ru=Фонд Этер ''Fond Eter''
|es=Fundación Æther
|th=มูลนิธิอีเธอร์ ''Moonlaniti Aether''
}}

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