Since 2008, the Fondazione Dino ed Ernesta Santarelli Onlus has been fostering, supporting and promoting research and divulgation of art history and the history of Rome in Italy and abroad, with special reference to stone sculpture, coloured marbles of imperial Rome and glyptics. In recent years the foundation's artistic focus has expanded to include painting on stone. Through exhibitions, publications, institutional collaborations and scholarships the Santarelli Foundation seeks to spread its purpose to the general public.