Educate · Engage · Inspire
Constitution
Citizenship
Liberty
The Center for Values, Culture, and the Common Good enriches the education of a broad range of students, citizens, and future and current leaders with a deep appreciation for culture and tradition.
Seminars · Field trips · Research
Multiform Programming for High School, College Students, Professors, and Public Leaders
The Center for Values, Culture, and the Common Good promotes intellectual engagement through student seminars and field trips, research grants, academic and graduate support, leadership workshops, internships, guest speakers, international programs, and research focused on constitutional principles and issues facing the American Republic.
Careers · Networking · Mentoring
Working on the Future
The Center for Values, Culture, and the Common Good supports students and junior academics through mentoring, career development, networking, internships, and intellectual events; hosts distinguished speakers; organizes educational field trips; and produces research and publications promoting scholarship on republican self-government and American and Western civilization.
Dinner · Speaker · Forum
Upcoming Events
The annual Denton Program Dinner Forum, will hold February 19, 2027 at Momma Maria’s in downtown Trappe, features John A. Burtka IV, a distinguished political thinker, author, and former president of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and The American Conservative.
Donations · Support · Funding
Moving Forward with Your Support
The Center for Values, Culture, and the Common Good relies entirely on individual donations, which are fully tax-deductible and directed in full to the program through its 501(c)(3) parent organization, the Wealth of Nations Institute.
Overview
By inspiring a deep appreciation of the Western intellectual and artistic tradition, the contributions of Judeo-Christian values to political and cultural life, the importance of America’s founding and the U.S. Constitution, and the principles of free enterprise, personal resilience, and responsible citizenship at the heart of our nation, The Center for Values, Culture, and the Common Good enriches the education of a broad range of students, citizens, and future and current leaders across the country and around the world.
The Center for Values, Culture, and the Common Good is not a part of or subject to any college or university. The Center for Values, Culture, and the Common Good is a program of the Wealth of Nation Institute, a 501 c3 non-profit organization founded by nationally prominent educational reform advocates.
The Center for Values, Culture, and the Common Good is blessed with a large number of leading scholars, statesmen, and professionals who serve as Senior Fellows. One Senior Fellow is Dr. Joseph Prud’homme. Dr. Prud’homme received his Ph.D. from Princeton University, with additional legal training in jurisprudence at the Harvard Law School. He also taught at Harvard College as a Fellow of the College of Arts and Sciences, and has been awarded a number of prestigious fellowships, including at the University of Oxford and the American Institute for Economic Research. A popular college professor, he is also a past board member of MFI and is currently on the Academic Advisory Board of MFI, is a co-founder of the Constitution Alliance, is an ISI Faculty Fellow, and is Vice President of The TransAtlantic Fellowship Program, among other leadership positions. He provides frequent public addresses and presentations to national and international audiences. His works currently under contract include a book advancing a new defense of George Washington in light of rising American cultural iconoclasm and declining faith in America’s founding ideals.