AMERICAN IDEA FOUNDATION INC
EIN 83-3365782 · Support N.E.C. (R19)
What they do
IN AMERICA, THE CIRCUMSTANCES of YOUR BIRTH SHOULD NOT DETERMINE THE OUTCOME of YOUR LIFE. THE AMERICAN IDEA FOUNDATION is A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED to PROMOTING THE POLICIES and PEOPLE WHO EVERY DAY GIVE MEANING to THIS CONVICTION.THE FOUNDATION WORKS AT THE INTERSECTION of GRASSROOTS, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN EFFORTS to EXPAND OPPORTUNITY and NATIONAL POLICYMAKERS WHO CAN IMPLEMENT CHANGE. THE FOUNDATION TAKES AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH to IDENTIFYING REAL-WORLD INITIATIVES THAT ARE ACHIEVING RESULTS, ARMING POLICYMAKERS WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEED to IMPROVE THE EFFORTS of THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, and LINKING PRACTITIONERS WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS to REPLICATE THOSE SUCCESS STORIES IN OTHER COMMUNITIES IN NEED.THE AMERICAN IDEA FOUNDATION WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT IT is THE BOTTOM-UP DYNAMISM of INDIVIDUALS and COMMUNITIES THAT TRULY MAKES AMERICA A LAND of OPPORTUNITY and PROSPERITY.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2019
- Location
- 101 S MAIN ST STE 300, JANESVILLE, WI 53545-3956
- County
- Rock
- In care of
- ANDREW SPETH