Our Mission
The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan nonprofit whose mission is strengthening Congress and building trust in its work with and for the American people.
Our Work
Since 1977, CMF has worked internally with Member, committee, leadership, and institutional offices in the House and Senate to identify and disseminate best practices for management, workplace environment, communications, and constituent services. CMF also is the leading researcher and trainer on citizen engagement, educating thousands of individuals and facilitating better understanding, relationships, and communications with Congress. Read more
Our Vision
A Congress that better serves the People
Our Values
CMF pursues its mission with a commitment to non-partisanship, excellence of work product, integrity and responsiveness towards all our stakeholders.
We safeguard the organization’s credibility through our professionalism, political awareness and sensitivity to the confidentiality of our client work.
We deliver excellence through client focus, intellectual rigor and creativity.
We attract and retain the caliber of staff to maintain these standards by offering meaningful work in a collegial, supportive and family-friendly environment.
Policy on Ethical Communications and Congress
A core tenet of the Congressional Management Foundation's mission is to facilitate constructive dialogue between Congress and the citizens it serves. When groups or individuals who engage in practices in conflict with this core tenet seek to participate in one of our training programs or request our services, CMF will decline to assist per our policy on ethical communications practices. Specifically, we will not assist groups who have been classified as "hate groups" by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and will also not assist organizations who are engaged in unethical or deceptive communications under the guise of advocacy. This latter group includes companies who solicit individuals' email addresses through advocacy petition websites, promising to deliver a message or petition to an elected official, but never doing so.
