Where Freedom
Meets Opportunity
Our Founding Fathers envisioned a government that champions freedom and opportunity while respecting individual potential. Guided by this vision, we believe in a system that empowers personal initiative and creates a landscape where everyone has the chance to thrive.
Steves Forbes
The Academy and The University of Illinois hosts Steve Forbes, publisher, entrepreneur, former presidential candidate, and outspoken advocate for economic freedom.
is a not-for-profit corporation that supports undergraduate education and student research about the authors and ideas of free markets, entrepreneurship, individual rights, individual responsibility, limited government, and peace.
ENCOURAGE THE NEXT GENERATION
OF AMERICA’S LEADERS