Pious Fund of the Californias

The Pious Fund of the Californias (Spanish: Fondo Piadoso de las Californias) is an endowment, originating in 1696, to sponsor the Roman Catholic Jesuit Spanish missions in Baja California, Dominican missions in upper Baja California, and Franciscan Spanish missions in Alta California in the Viceroyalty of New Spain from 1697 to 1834, and originally administered by the Jesuits. It became the object of litigation between the US and Mexican governments in the 19th century, with the resolution making legal history in The Hague in 1902.