The Sustainable Korean Culture Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the mission:
- To advance knowledge of sustainable culture by conducting as well as participating in digital preservation, scientific research or translation projects on any aspects of Korean sustainable culture.
- To organize exhibitions or any other forms of diffusion of knowledge regarding Korean sustainable culture, including workshops, seminars, conferences , internship programs and cultural exchange programs.
- To promote public awareness of sustainable ways of living—an inclusive, safe and resilient human settlement—by means of the construction of the Institute’s buildings modeled after traditional Korean architecture—Hanok.
- To serve as an advocate for a peaceful and inclusive society by providing scholarships or grants for young students (undergraduate students, MA students, PhD candidates, or post-graduate PhDs), particularly, but not exclusively, who have limited access to resources, be they locally, nationally, or internationally.
- To prepare, publish, sell and distribute books, pamphlets, newsletters and any other kind of documentation deemed appropriate to communicate scientific information.
- To solicit and collect funds from any kind of organization, corporation, institution, and individuals, locally, nationally or internationally, and receive donations and legacies in furtherance of the purposes of the institute.