Children
- CPS abuse
- Family court abuse
- Child welfare reform
- Due process
Who we are
Ordinary Americans. Extraordinary difference.
American Made Foundation exists to protect children, preserve families, defend vulnerable seniors, and unite citizens around accountability, due process, and reform.
Why we started
We did not set out to build an organization.
We set out to help people.
Families came to us facing government overreach, family court abuse, elder exploitation, and systems they could not navigate alone. Some were fighting to save farms, businesses, homes, or communities. Others simply felt abandoned by the institutions they once trusted.
What they lacked was not courage. What they lacked was support.
So we started connecting people. One family at a time. One community at a time. One cause at a time. American Made grew from that work — not from a boardroom, but from the ground.
We believe America is worth saving.
Not because of Washington. Because of her people.
The parents raising children in uncertain times. The small business owners who keep showing up. The farmers, teachers, truck drivers, veterans, nurses, pastors, tradesmen, and grandparents who quietly carry more than their share of the load.
We have traveled this country. We have sat at kitchen tables and in community halls. We have listened to families fighting impossible battles. The American spirit is still alive. It just needs a place to gather.
Why family matters
Family is the first community any of us will ever know.
It is where children learn trust, responsibility, compassion, resilience, and love. It is where values pass from one generation to the next. Strong families create strong communities. Strong communities create a strong nation.
The strength of a country is not measured only by its economy, its military, or its institutions. It is measured by the strength of the families who call it home.
Children deserve safe, loving families. Parents deserve due process and fairness. Seniors deserve dignity, respect, and the ability to remain connected to the people who love them.
At American Made, protecting families is not one issue among many. It is the issue — the one from which so many others flow. Protecting families is how we safeguard the future.
What we fight for
Four fronts. One standard.
Families
- Parental rights
- Family preservation
- Court transparency
- Judicial accountability
Seniors
- Guardianship abuse
- Elder exploitation
- Probate corruption
- Generational wealth protection
The Republic
- Civic education
- Citizen oversight
- Lawful reform
- Institutional accountability
Leadership
Meet the women and man behind American Made
Ann Vandersteel
Investigative Journalist · Constitutional Advocate · Founder
Ann Vandersteel is an investigative journalist, constitutional advocate, and nationally recognized media personality dedicated to exposing government overreach, corruption, and threats to individual liberty. As Founder of American Made Foundation, she has become a leading voice for government accountability, constitutional restoration, and citizen engagement. Through her reporting, public speaking, and grassroots activism, Ann has brought national attention to issues ranging from family integrity and medical freedom to election integrity and government transparency. Her pursuit of truth, and her insistence on action, have made her a catalyst for this movement.
Media, investigations, public speaking, national organizing.
annvandersteel.com
Maureen Steele
Writer · Strategist · Co-Founder
Maureen Steele is a writer, strategist, and nationally recognized grassroots leader dedicated to restoring accountability, transparency, and constitutional protections for American families. As Co-Founder of American Made Foundation, she has built coalitions, shaped public narratives, and helped lead reform efforts impacting communities across the country. Combining legal insight, media expertise, and a gift for storytelling, she transforms individual stories into movements that drive awareness and action. Her work rests on a simple belief: informed citizens have the power to create meaningful change.
Narrative, coalition building, legislative outreach, organizing.
maureensteele.com
Christopher Burns, P.A.
Board Member · Director, United Law Coalition
Chris is a nationally recognized attorney, constitutional advocate, and legal strategist with more than two decades of experience fighting for justice and accountability. As Director of the United Law Coalition and a co-founder of American Made Foundation, he leads a nationwide network of legal professionals dedicated to protecting constitutional rights, advancing due process, and challenging government overreach. Drawing on litigation, family law, criminal defense, and civil rights advocacy, he has become a leading voice for judicial accountability and systemic reform.
Litigation, family law, civil rights, strategic cases.
United Law CoalitionWe do not come from the sidelines.We come from the arena.
We listen.
Families, seniors, parents, grandparents, and citizens bring us stories that deserve to be heard.
We investigate.
We expose patterns, abuses, and systems that operate without transparency.
We organize.
We bring people together to build solutions, support reform, and take action.
Why we became involved
We listened. We learned. We showed up.
Some people see a problem and hope someone else will fix it. That has never been us. Ann and Maureen have spent their lives stepping into difficult conversations, difficult situations, and difficult fights.
Over the years we have met thousands of people whose lives were turned upside down by systems that were supposed to help them. Parents fighting for their children. Grandparents cut off from their families. Seniors stripped of their rights, their property, and sometimes even their voices.
These were not isolated stories. The same patterns were appearing across the country. Different names. Different states. The same playbook. At some point you stop asking why no one is doing something, and you declare: we have to do something.
We are builders. Organizers. Investigators. Journalists. Problem-solvers. History has never been changed by spectators. It has always been changed by people willing to step forward.
American Made is our invitation to do exactly that.
Ann Vandersteel
Maureen Steele
Mission in action
The work, seen.
Be part of what comes next.
American Made is a gathering place for citizens who still believe families are worth defending, truth is worth pursuing, and America is worth saving.
Parents. Grandparents. Attorneys. Advocates. Journalists. Researchers. Citizens.
There is a place for you here.