The „Sant Maral" Foundation (SMF) was established in September 1994 as a public benefit, self-governing, non-profit NGO. The founders of the Foundation formulated its main goal as to contribute to Mongolia's social development geared towards the creation of a society based upon the principles of freedom, justice and democracy.
       As a knowledge is regarded as the one of the most democratic driving forces of nowadays,  „Sant Maral" pays special attention to free information flows. Activity of SMF and its board members covers also such issues like political education, self-help and self-governance initiatives support - to assist people in a volatile time of transition. .
        The Foundation's task is to provide unbiased and reliable information on changes occurring during the transitional time of Mongolian Society. In our surveys we are investigating public opinion on various political, economical and social issues. With the help of other democratic organisations in Mongolia the Foundation is planning to encourage civil participation in democratisation process in Mongolia through opening new information channels and strengthening vox populi in decision making.
        For this purpose, in spring 1995 the Foundation created a working group for research of public opinion. Since September 1995 the Foundation Research Centre is working on a regular basis and has conducted numbers of opinion polls and researches. The reports of these surveys are widely published and distributed. The Centre proved itself as the one of the most reliable and politically unbiased pollsters and has made accurate predictions on the outcome of  all Parliamentary and Presidential Elections through 1996-2000.