George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom

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Ours is not a lone voice. We collaborate with organizations far and wide who are working to spread the importance of religious freedom and separation of church and state. A few of these include:


Our Partners


Loeb Visitors Center

Loeb Visitors Center

The Visitors Center, Exhibit Hall and website celebrate America’s guaranteed right of religious freedom and the clear separation of church and state.


Loeb Visitors Center


Touro Synagogue National Historic Site

Touro Synagogue National Historic Site

The Touro Foundation sponsors an educational lecture series and holds an annual public reading of the George Washington letter to the Newport Jewish Congregation as a celebration and pronouncement of religious freedom. The synagogue remains an active house of worship and is also toured by thousands of visitors every year.


Bill of Rights Institute

Bill of Rights Institute

The Bill of Rights Institute educates young people about the words and ideas of America’s founders, the liberties guaranteed in our founding documents, and how our founding principles continue to affect and shape a free society.


First Freedom Center

First Freedom Center

The visitor center and informational programs of the First Freedom Center commemorate and educate the public about freedom of religion and conscience as proclaimed in Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom.



Facing History and Ourselves

Facing History and Ourselves

Facing History and Ourselves provides ideas, methods, and tools that support the practical needs, and the spirits, of educators worldwide who share the goal of creating a better, more informed, and more thoughtful society.


The Ashbrook Center

The Ashbrook Center

The Ashbrook Center, an independent center at Ashland University, restores and strengthens the capacities of the American people for constitutional self-government.


The Aspen Institute's Inclusive America Project

The Aspen Institute’s Inclusive America Project

The Aspen Institute’s Inclusive America Project is a high-level nonpartisan project focusing on five key sectors: youth development organizations, higher education, media, religiously affiliated organizations, and government agencies.


Other Organizations


Teaching Tolerance

Teaching Tolerance

A place for educators to find thought-provoking news, conversation and support for those who care about diversity, equal opportunity and respect for differences in schools.


This I Believe

This I Believe

Based on the popular 1950s radio series of the same name hosted by Edward R. Murrow, This I Believe is an international organization engaging people in writing and sharing essays describing the core values that guide their daily lives.