The Dividend
The nation’s common assets should pay the nation’s people — every citizen, from birth, for life.
About the Fund
A policy laboratory
with one conviction.
The American Dividend Fund launched on July 4, 2026 — the nation’s 250th birthday — with a promise: 250 serious proposals for the next 250 years, one a day. We advocate a single organizing idea, the citizen’s dividend, and we test every policy we publish against it: does this leave America owning more of its future?
Sec. 01What we are — and are not
We are
- An independent, nonpartisan policy laboratory, organized as a Texas nonprofit corporation.
- Radically transparent: sources shown, objections printed, corrections logged.
- A publisher of public property — every proposal is free for anyone to adopt, adapt, or claim.
- Founded and run by a small team of builders acting in a personal capacity, answerable to no donor, party, or patron.
We are not
- A PAC, a party organization, or a lobbying shop.
- A candidate vehicle. We will never endorse, oppose, rate, or fund any candidate for public office. Not once, not subtly, not ever.
- A donor mouthpiece. We are not accepting donations until our federal tax-exempt recognition is finalized — and our funders will never direct our conclusions.
Sec. 02The five principles
The covenant we argue from.
Strong protections and strong expectations. An open hand abroad and a firm perimeter at home. These are not contradictions; they are the two halves of any family that intends to last. Every one of the 250 proposals traces back to these five commitments.
The Covenant
Protection is unconditional; prosperity is earned. Deep security for every citizen, paired with a culture that honors work and service.
The Perimeter
A nation is a family with a front door. Generous to guests, firm about the line between member and guest, humane always.
The Open Hand
Peace through uplift. The next century’s power is measured in partners raised, not wars won — America as the world’s great helper, beginning with the youngest continent on earth.
The Long Game
Govern for 2276. The machine age will mint the greatest fortunes in history — the question is who owns them. Our answer: everyone. Plant endowments, not fires.
Sec. 03Structure & transparency
Boring on purpose.
American Dividend Fund Inc. is a Texas nonprofit corporation preparing its application for federal 501(c)(3) recognition. Until that recognition is granted we accept no donations, and nothing on this site is a solicitation. Once operations begin, we will publish our finances annually, in full, without being asked — an organization that advocates a national balance sheet should be embarrassed to hide its own.
Write to us: hello@americandividendfund.org