Founded in 1991 with a base of 341 supporters, the Evergreen Freedom Foundation (EFF) is a private, non-profit, public policy research organization in Washington State. Our funding comes from more than 5,000 individual members and various grant-making foundations. We do not accept government funding.

EFF’s mission is to advance individual liberty, free enterprise, and limited, accountable government. We have a vision of a day when opportunity, responsible self-governance and free markets flourish in Washington State because its citizens understand and cherish the principles from which freedom is derived.

Our primary research areas are budget and taxes, education, labor, elections, and citizenship and governance. Within those areas we publish studies, conduct seminars, and work to provide information for legislators, media and the general public.

However, we believe that traditional methods of communication are not enough to reach the next generation. We must also build and engage an active online audience through audio and video podcasts, films, and blogging.  We must embrace new media approaches to which the Digital Generation can relate.

It is our core belief that a freedom loving people must understand the principles from which freedom is derived. EFF's objective, therefore, is to disseminate those key ideals and motivate the citizenry to act upon them.

In order to pass the torch of liberty from one generation to the next, the Evergreen Freedom Foundation relies on the voluntary donations of private foundations and individual citizens like you. EFF neither solicits nor accepts funds from public sources. This graph illustrates our income sources since EFF's founding:

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