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The Big Imagination Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We incubate bold, visionary projects that inspire the world to dream big. Our projects don’t fit into boxes. They rely on radical collaboration and community support. They provide opportunities for education and participation. They are experiences open to everyone. If we dream big, we can make the impossible possible.

The Polish Museum of America, the crown jewel of the Polish-American community in Chicago and one of the nation's first ethnic museums, collects, preserves, interprets and promotes materials, artifacts and history that chronicle Polish history and the Polish-American experience. The Museum also houses a Library and extensive Archives, which are routinely used by historians, researchers, students and genealogists.

MOCA’s mission as an educational and cultural institution is to present and preserve the range of living history, heritage, culture, and experiences of Chinese Americans through exhibitions, educational services, public programs, and archival work. It began in 1980 as a grassroots effort with a team of students, community activists and historians to preserve the history of New York City’s Chinatown. The museum has since grown to be a leading cultural institution for the history of the Chinese in America and is recognized as one of 20 national institutions as America’s Cultural Treasures.

TO PRESERVE AND DISPLAY CLASSIC AUTOMOBILES AND RELATED MATERIALS, TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, AND USE OF SAME TO EXPLAIN THEIR IMPORTANCE TO AUTOMOBILE HISTORY AND TO ERECT, EQUIP, AND MAINTAIN MUSEUM BUILDINGS AND A LIBRARY TO HOUSE THE COLLECTION.