Founded in the 1970s by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and Gustavo A. Cisneros, the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) is based in New York City and Caracas. Its mission is to promote the greater understanding of the contributions of Latin America and the Caribbean to global culture. The CPPC is comprised of five collections: modern, contemporary, colonial period, traveler artists, and Orinoco.