![]() History
The Center was founded on July 4, 1976 the bicentennial of the American Revolution, by a group of distinguished businessmen, educators, legislators and students who were deeply concerned about the rollback of 200 years of individual rights and the multitude of restrictions being imposed on America's free enterprise system by big government--and the lack of understanding of this problem by the American people. The Center's founders believed that a tax-exempt educational foundation was urgently needed to underwrite educational projects oriented to the average American. The Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise was established so that Americans could understand and value the free enterprise system and contribute to the defense and promotion of the economic system that made America a prosperous nation. In just a few short years, The Center rapidly grew to become one of the most effective--and most respected--organizations working to restore free enterprise to America. Today, The Center has a widely recognized leadership which develops educational programs to take the message of free enterprise to the average American. The Center has pioneered new methods of informing the public of the importance of free enterprise. The Center's work is highly acclaimed by business, grass roots and legislative leaders for its outstanding quality and enormous impact. The Center does not talk to itself. Instead The Center concentrates on the citizen who is not aware that the free enterprise system built America and allowed her citizens to prosper as no nation's had. The Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise has carefully developed a wide array of educational programs designed to reach out and touch each American with the message, "Free enterprise built this country...let's keep building." |










