The Mission of the Acton Institute is to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles.

The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to advancing the principles of free enterprise and limited government. We believe that individuals are best helped not by government intervention, but by making their own choices in a free marketplace. Since its founding in 1984, CEI has grown into a $3,000,000 institution with a team of over 20 policy experts and other staff.

Our mission is to advance individual liberty, free enterprise and limited, accountable government.

Our efforts center around public policy research and alternatives in these core areas: state budget and tax policy, labor policy, welfare reform, health-care reform, education, citizenship and governance issues.

For 30 years, the Manhattan Institute has been an important force in shaping American political culture and developing ideas that foster economic choice and individual responsibility. We have supported and publicized research on our era's most challenging public policy issues: taxes, health care, energy, the legal system, policing, crime, homeland security, urban life, education, race, culture, and many others. Our work has won new respect for market-oriented policies and helped make reform a reality.

The Advocates for Self-Government is a non-profit, non-partisan libertarian educational organization. Founded in 1985 by Marshall Fritz, our current president is Sharon Harris.

At Atlas, we believe that our vision of a free society can be achieved through respect for private property rights, limited government under the rule of law, and the market order.    

We seek to transform public opinion so  one day these principles will become ascendant and replace public policies that only protect the powerful, that cater to vested interests, that create hostility, limit prosperity, and that constrain human expression and opportunity.