Managing their mission-critical payroll, benefits, and board administration so they can focus on driving their impact.
Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy
Partner Highlight
“Partnering with Bearing Tree has helped Cardinal go to the next level in terms of professionalism, impact, and, frankly, peace of mind. We are lucky to have Bearing Tree as a partner, and my only regret is that we didn't do it sooner.”
Garrett Ballengee
President & CEO of Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy
At a glance
The Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy was founded by a group of West Virginians in 2014 to usher in this vision and lay the intellectual groundwork for West Virginia’s brighter future. Cardinal’s founders believed that West Virginia must get the government out of the way. Free from the unnecessary burdens of government intrusion, bureaucracy, arbitrary regulation, and excessive taxes, Mountaineers can craft a brighter future for themselves.
Cardinal’s founders felt that this new paradigm needed an organization whose sole mission was to create, research, communicate, and popularize freedom-enhancing ideas. Cardinal hired its first employee in the fall of 2015 and has been deeply engaged in West Virginia’s marketplace of ideas ever since.
Full story
There is nothing preordained about West Virginia’s lack of prosperity.
For generations, West Virginia has been an object of ridicule, pity, and even curiosity. Its economy and people have been among the poorest in the United States for well over a century. An “island” of poverty in the wealthiest country in the world, West Virginia’s brighter future depends on a new paradigm.
This new way of looking at the world will be fueled by new ideas and a philosophy built on innovation, human flourishing, and a recognition that freedom is the greatest alleviation of poverty the world has ever seen. Our philosophy believes in the entrepreneur, the tinkerer in the garage, and asserts that small government makes more room for individuals to pursue personal fulfillment.
Bearing Tree is proud to support mission-driven partners like the Cardinal Institute, helping them save time and streamline operations so they can stay focused on advancing economic freedom in West Virginia.
By managing critical functions like payroll, benefits, and board administration, we enable their team to focus on what truly matters—driving meaningful policy change. We’re constantly looking for ways to add value, working hand-in-hand with their staff to ensure every service we provide supports their mission and amplifies their impact.