David Mathews Center for Civic Life

The David Mathews Center for Civic Life is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan, tax-exempt corporation. Its purpose is to foster infrastructure, habits, and capacities for more effective civic engagement and innovative decision making. In 2008, the Center was renamed to honor the life and work of David Mathews. Mathews is a native of Grove Hill; former President of the University of Alabama; former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; and currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, Dayton, Ohio.