About The Center for Values, Culture, and the Common Good

Founded by retired executives and former senior members in the federal executive branch, The Center for Values, Culture, and the Common Good conducts multiform programming to advance its vital mission. As a non-profit organization, our work is strictly non-partisan and does not contribute to any candidate or campaign. Our programs include summer seminars for high school students; field trips for college and high school students; research grants to high school and college students for projects conducted under the direction of the Denton Program; workshops for leaders; support for graduate students and junior academics; international programming highlighting the common values at the heart of thriving constitutional republics; enriching guest speakers; and support for student internships at foundations, think tanks, cultural organizations, and professional offices aligned with our vision. We also support academic research that advances understanding of the central topics fundamental to our mission.

By cultivating an environment of intellectual curiosity, The Center for Values, Culture, and the Common Good addresses not only the first principles of the American Republic but also pressing contemporary issues. The Center for Values, Culture, and the Common Good, therefore, stands as a testament to the tremendous importance of intellectually engaging the men and women on whom the future of this republic, and all governments so conceived, depend.

Where possible, we seek to complement the activities of any non-profit organization that shares our outlook, without compromising in any way our status as an independent entity, or our steeled resolve to advance The Center for Values, Culture, and the Common Good’s distinctive mission.