our mission

To develop, engage and recognize exceptional leaders who champion the American Idea

KEMP FORUM

KEMP LEADERSHIP AWARD

KEMP LEGACY PROGRAM

Jack Kemp Foundation

Apr 17, 2023
4 min

Mundell Predicted Our Economic Instability

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL April 11, 2023 Mundell Predicted Our Economic Instability The Nobel laureate knew that floating exchange rates...

Jack Kemp Foundation

Apr 11, 2023
1 min

"Remarks to the International Longshoremen’s Association, 1979"

"The issue is not black versus white, capital versus labor, or conservative versus liberal. The issue is restoring that [American] dream,...

Jack Kemp Foundation

Aug 18, 2020
2 min

On this day in 1992...

"Ladies and gentlemen, the purpose of a great party is not to defeat its opponents, but to provide superior leadership and a great...

It has been said that Jack Kemp (1935-2009) was the most influential U.S. politician of the 20th Century who never was President. His unshakeable faith that there were no limits to what free men and women could accomplish inspired people from all walks of life. He called this the American Idea.