ACCF Mission

For nearly thirty years, the ACCF and its research affiliate, the ACCF Center for Policy Research, have brought the message to U.S. and international policymakers, the media, and the public that a nation's economic strength and stability depend upon well-thought-out economic, regulatory, and environmental policies to promote capital formation, economic growth, and a higher standard of living for all.

The ACCF's policy goals--strong capital formation, a balanced regulatory regime, and cost effective environmental policies--address these challenges and can help assure that the United States continues its role as the world's pre-eminent power in an increasingly global economy. Achieving these goals requires limiting the rising share of scarce resources absorbed by the government. It is also imperative to reduce the taxation of saving and investment by businesses and individuals. These objectives, along with sound regulatory policies based on cost-benefit analysis, are key tools for promoting prosperity in the U.S. as well as for the less fortunate around the globe.

To carry out its mission, the ACCF and ACCF Center for Policy Research continue to make significant contributions in the economic and environmental policy arenas by testifying before Congress, sponsoring research, hosting forums, publishing reports, maintaining a Web site, www.accf.org, and meeting with U.S. and international policymakers, business leaders, and the media to focus on pro-capital formation policies.

The media continues to recognize the ACCF as a "well-connected spokesman for American business in Washington," a "key player" in policy circles, and "one of the most influential organizations operating behind the scenes" in the Washington policymaking arena. National and regional publications, financial journals, and political and economic experts in the national media often cite ACCF and Center research on the key economic, regulatory and environmental policy issues.

Why the accolades? Because the ACCF, a trusted advocate of economic and environmental policies that promote economic growth, and the ACCF Center for Policy Research, widely respected for its analysis of economic and climate policy issues, represent the prototype of effective business representation today.

• The ACCF is a recognized participant -- not a bystander-in U.S. economic policymaking on Capitol Hill and in the White House.
  
  
• The ACCF Center for Policy Research brings to bear on the economic policymaking process highly credible research by some of the nation's most distinguished scholars and analysts.
  
  
• The ACCF and ACCF Center for Policy Research are regularly contacted by editorialists and journalists for credible background on economic, regulatory, and environmental issues and policy options.
  

The ACCF and ACCF Center for Policy Research commit to a renewed focus on their mission to promote public policies supportive of capital formation. In the days ahead, the ACCF and ACCF Center for Policy Research can and will make a difference.

The American Council for Capital Formation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the advocacy of tax and environmental policies that encourage saving and investment. The ACCF was founded in 1973. The ACCF is supported by the voluntary contributions of corporations, associations, foundations, and individuals. The American Council for Capital Formation is a 501(c)(6) organization. Contributions or gifts to the American Council for Capital Formation are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. However, contributions to the ACCF may be deductible as an ordinary and necessary business expense or an expense incurred in the production of income. The ACCF estimates that in calendar year 2006, 25 percent of its expenditures will be allocated to influencing legislation within the meaning of federal tax laws. Therefore, 25 percent of contributions to the ACCF in 2006 will be nondeductible.

The ACCF Center for Policy Research, the public policy affiliate of the American Council for Capital Formation, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that engages in economic education and research on tax and environmental policy issues. The ACCF Center for Policy Research, its public policy research affiliate, was organized in 1977. The ACCF Center for Policy Research is supported by the voluntary contributions of corporations, associations, foundations, and individuals. The ACCF Center for Policy Research has a 501(c)(3) tax status. Contributions to the Center are fully tax deductible.

The ACCF and the ACCF Center for Policy Research welcome inquiries about their programs and economic research and education agenda. For further information, or to obtain a copy of the annual report of the ACCF and ACCF Center for Policy Research, contact the American Council for Capital Formation, 1750 K Street, N.W., Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20006-2302; 202/293-5811 telephone; 202/785-8165 fax; info@accf.org