Foundrop

Foundrop is a cloud-based service for reuniting people with missing belongings. Owners record lost items, or list valuables in advance, and participating agencies that recover property can then identify the owner and tell them it has been found.

What Foundrop offers

• Lost item reports — owners can log or flag missing valuables through the website.
• Advance inventory — valuables can be recorded before they go missing.
• Shared national database — participating agencies search it to match recovered property to owners.
• Privacy controls — contact details are visible only to approved groups, and the inventory is private to the owner.

Who it works with

Police departments, which collect large volumes of found property, and universities and colleges dealing with items lost by students and staff.

Key facts

• Platforms: works in modern browsers and on mobile devices