About Us

Who We Are

Accomplishing this requires assistance from a broad diversity of individuals and organizations. While building and maintaining this community is an ongoing project, you can read about current and past contributors on the aptly title page: Who We Are.

Mission Statement

Find out about where we’re going and how we plan on getting there! Read our full Mission Statement.

Current Projects

Read more about the projects that we’re currently in the middle of on the Projects page.

History

Our founder, Wayne Moses Burke, dreamt up this crazy idea of how to apply social media technologies to the difficulties of communicating with Capitol Hill while job hunting in DC in April 2008. After receiving positive response from normally poker-faced Hill staffers and jaded lobbyists, he went on to discover that no one was already working on it. Consequently, he jumped at the opportunity, and the Open Forum Foundation was born. Read more »

Legal Status

The Open Forum Foundation is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)3 organization and incorporated in the District of Columbia. If you’re into that sort of thing, you can read all of our legal documents.