Mission & Vision
Mission
To discover, develop and support ‘Intellectual Entrepreneurs’ worldwide
who can advance the Atlas vision of a society
of free and responsible individuals.
Vision
We believe that our vision of a free society can be achieved through
respect for property rights, limited government under the rule of law
and the market order.
About
The Atlas Economic Research Foundation serves as a catalyst and connector to link free-market organizations and individuals to the ideas, people and resources they need to promote a free society.
Based in Washington DC, and founded by the late Sir Antony Fisher, Atlas believes that economic prosperity and human flourishing are best achieved by advancing institutions grounded in free markets, rule of law and limited government.
Since 1981, Atlas has been instrumental in creating and nurturing an international network of free-market public policy institutes; free market university-based academic centers and a cadre of individuals committed to achieving a free society.
Atlas’s partners are active in the United States and on every continent across the globe.
Atlas actively shares the ideas of liberty; helps people understand and believe in the ideas; and provides vital tools to help them act on the ideas. Through this process, Atlas shapes the long-term battle of ideas, creating the framework for effective policy reform. We believe there is a strong need for effective local institutions, dedicated to research, education, and advocacy that will improve the climate of ideas over time. Experience shows that such institutions must be created by local “intellectual entrepreneurs” — individuals who discover a need for a new idea or policy solution and have the talent and willingness to attract resources and allocate them to satisfy that need.
Atlas accepts no government funding and is not endowed. Its operations, including the grants it provides to think tanks in the U.S. and around the world, are financed entirely through gifts from individuals, philanthropic foundations and corporations. Atlas has received the highest rating from Charity Navigator for its financial stewardship.
