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The Center was founded on July 4, 1976, the bicentennial of the American Revolution. We are here to continue that Revolution of liberty, free enterprise and individual initiative.

Statement of Purpose

The Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, a non-profit, non-partisan, tax-exempt foundation that accepts no government grants, was established:

• to operate exclusively for educational, scientific, literary and charitable purposes under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Tax Code, and specifically:

• to publish and disseminate information regarding the principles upon which the American free enterprise system was founded,

• to relate the application of those principles to contemporary American society,

• to engage in and foster research and study of issues relating to economics, economic trends, and governmental regulatory bodies and their interaction with business,

• to defend the right of individual Americans and American business to participate in the free market without hindrance by government,

• to foster the values of the American free enterprise system among citizens through speakers, lectures, conferences and publications,

• to educate America's youth in the values of the American free enterprise system through the dissemination of literature that promotes an interest in the study of our economic system.