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OUR VISION

To win over each new generation to the ideas of individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic freedom. TFAS desires nothing less than a restoration of faith in what men and women can accomplish when they are free and have the opportunity to thrive.


OUR MISSION

The mission of TFAS is to develop courageous leaders inspired and equipped to protect and advance the ideas of individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic freedom in their communities and throughout the world.

TFAS offers transformational programs that teach the principles of limited government, free-market economics and honorable leadership to students and young professionals in America and around the world.

TFAS programs inspire these future leaders to make a difference in their communities and throughout the world by upholding the values essential to the preservation and success of a free society.

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational organization, based in Washington, D.C. 


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Teachers Explore America’s Economic Story During Economic Forces in American History Program

As Americans celebrated Independence Day and the nation’s 250th anniversary, educators from across the country gathered at the College of William & Mary for a deeper exploration of the ideas and economic forces that shaped the American experiment.…

Economics for Leaders Program Turns Theory Into Real-World Leadership

This summer, high school students from around the nation participated in hands-on simulations that demonstrated how economic theories play out in real situations through TFAS’s High School division, the Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE). Economics…

Mark Sawyer Selected for the Inaugural TFAS Journalism Excellence Fellowship at The Dispatch

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is pleased to announce two-time TFAS alumnus Mark Sawyer ’24 as the recipient of the inaugural Journalism Excellence Fellowship at The Dispatch. Sawyer first joined TFAS in 2024 at the European Journalism Institute in…