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Alliance for Restoration

The Organizing Framework

The Seven Foundations of a Flourishing Civilization

The Seven Foundations wheel: Faith & Spiritual Renewal, Family & Future Generations, Educational Freedom & Choice, Capitalism & Entrepreneurship, Public Policy & Civic Responsibility, Media & Storytelling, and Arts, Culture & Community Renewal

Faith & Spiritual Renewal

The spiritual foundation from which the other six draw their strength and endurance.

Family & Future Generations

The primary institution that forms character, transmits values, and shapes the next generation.

Educational Freedom & Choice

Ensuring families have the freedom to choose the education that best forms their children.

Capitalism & Entrepreneurship

Free enterprise as a force for stewardship, opportunity, and human dignity.

Media & Storytelling

Shaping the stories a nation believes about itself through film, journalism, and digital platforms.

Public Policy & Civic Responsibility

Faithful engagement with government, law, and the responsibilities of citizenship.

Arts, Culture & Community Renewal

Restoring beauty, creativity, and belonging at the local and national level.

Relationship to the Seven Mountains

The Seven Foundations reflect many longstanding understandings of the institutions that shape civilization, including what some Christian leaders describe as the Seven Mountains of cultural influence. The Alliance’s framework is intentionally focused on the foundational institutions and relationships necessary for human flourishing and national restoration.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Alliance's principal organizing framework: Faith & Spiritual Renewal, Family & Future Generations, Educational Freedom & Choice, Capitalism & Entrepreneurship, Media & Storytelling, Public Policy & Civic Responsibility, and Arts, Culture & Community Renewal.

The Seven Foundations reflect many longstanding understandings of the institutions that shape civilization, including what some Christian leaders describe as the Seven Mountains of cultural influence. The Alliance's framework is intentionally focused on the foundational institutions and relationships necessary for human flourishing and national restoration — a distinct, broader framework built for a wider network, not a renaming of the Seven Mountains.

For each foundation, the Alliance works to identify, connect, convene, encourage, amplify, equip, and multiply the leaders, organizations, and stories already doing excellent work — becoming a discovery platform for that work over time.

Questions About the Seven Foundations

What role does Faith & Spiritual Renewal play among the Seven Foundations?

Faith & Spiritual Renewal is the spiritual foundation from which the other six draw their strength and endurance. The Alliance's framework reflects biblical convictions, and the faith section of its resource directory features organizations focused on spreading the Gospel of Jesus, making disciples, and leading people to spend eternity in heaven with God.

What does Educational Freedom & Choice mean?

Educational Freedom & Choice means ensuring families have the freedom to choose the education that best forms their children. In the Alliance's resource directory, this foundation includes organizations leading the charge for school choice, classical Christian education, and the preservation of America's heritage. The Alliance's founder, Fritz Steiger, co-founded Children First America.

How does Capitalism & Entrepreneurship fit into the Seven Foundations?

Capitalism & Entrepreneurship represents free enterprise as a force for stewardship, opportunity, and human dignity. The Alliance's resource directory connects this foundation to entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and employers integrating faith into the marketplace, from startup programs to strategic giving and professional networks, including the Walmart Foundation, which Fritz Steiger launched as founding executive.

Where can I find organizations working in each of the Seven Foundations?

The Alliance's Resources page is a directory of organizations aligned with the Seven Foundations: organizations, ministries, and businesses already doing excellent work, arranged by foundation. Curated by Alliance for Restoration, it features the kind of work the Alliance exists to connect and amplify.

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