In 1994, Dr. Fredric Rieders brought to fruition a long held goal to establish a non-profit foundation that fostered love for science, art and humanities in students young and old, but especially in the young and the disadvantaged.

The Forensics Mentors Institute of the Fredric Rieders Family Renaissance Foundation focuses on teaching through hands-on research, academic instruction and support of scientific and humanistic activities. The Foundation provides an academic milieu and experts in various fields who act as mentors to groups of researchers. The philosophy is that knowledge is the fundamental tool required to investigate any of life's problems or otherwise. Once the basic "tool bag" is filled with an understanding of these topics, one is truly ready to advance in the fields of science and life.