About FreedomWorks: About FreedomWorks

FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe with ActivistFounded in 1984, FreedomWorks is headquartered in Washington, DC, and has hundreds of thousands of grassroots volunteers nationwide. The organization is chaired by former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey and the President is Matt Kibbe.

FreedomWorks members know that government goes to those who show up, and are leading the fight for lower taxes, less government, and more freedom. Join us!

What We Do

FreedomWorks recruits, educates, trains and mobilizes millions of volunteer activists to fight for less government, lower taxes, and more freedom.

Why We Do It

FreedomWorks believes individual liberty and the freedom to compete increases consumer choices and provides individuals with the greatest control over what they own and earn.

How We Do It

FreedomWorks' aggressive, real-time campaigns activate a growing and permanent volunteer grassroots army to show up and demand policy change.

What Others Are Saying About FreedomWorks

"FreedomWorks ... has risen to prominence as one of the most influential groups in American politics today."

—The Atlantic, November 5, 2009
 The Atlantic

"FreedomWorks is the best in the business at grassroots organizing."

—Glenn Beck, conservative radio and TV personality
 Glenn Beck

"I don't think this is a secret. Dick Armey and FreedomWorks, which was one of the first organizational mechanisms to bring Tea Party folks together..."

—Barack Obama, October 15, 2010 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine
 Barack Obama

"They model FreedomWorks on the Grateful Dead or Virgin Atlantic Airways; they want to build a like-minded community, an endeavor that is as much fun as work."

—New York Times, August 25, 2010
 Grateful Dead

"Perhaps no group is doing more to keep Republican members in line than FreedomWorks."

—Washington Post, November 16, 2010
 Washington Post

"FreedomWorks caught yet again making a worser America."

—Keith Olberman, progressive talk show host
 Keith Olberman

"The real work of spreading the Tea Party brushfires was done by a small knot of take-no-prisoners young conservatives who worked at [FreedomWorks HQ] ... Their offices had the Red Bull-and-beer spirit of a fraternity or political campaign."

—Kate Zernicke, Boiling Mad: Inside Tea Party America
 Boiling Mad

"I was driving past various voting locations on Election Day and saw all these FreedomWorks signs with my name on it – and I just, well, almost teared up. God Bless FreedomWorks."

—Senator Mike Lee (R-UT)
 Mike Lee



CSE logoFreedomWorks originated from a campaign called Citizens for a Sound Economy. Citizens for a Sound Economy merged with Empower America in 2004 and was renamed FreedomWorks.