BWS是一個非營利性、非政府組織，於1998年4月29日成立。這個計畫是要保存蘇門答臘有形和無形的資產。

The Sumatra Heritage Trust is a non-profit and non-government, community-based organization that was established on April 29, 1998, with the Legal Act of Syafnil Gani No. 21 in Medan. The objective of the Trust is to conserve tangible and intangible heritage in Sumatra.