[4] The EPPC is active in a number of ways, including hosting lectures and conferences,[5] publishing written work[6] from the group’s scholars,[7] and running programs,[8] which are intended to explore areas of public concern and interest.

Since February 2021, EPPC's president is Ryan T. Anderson, who previously worked as the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation.

He succeeded Edward Whelan,[9] who serves as EPPC's vice president,[10] and also holds the title of distinguished senior fellow and Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies.

[15] Lefever said upon founding the institute that "a small ethically oriented center" should "respond directly to ideological critics who insist the corporation is fundamentally unjust.

[19] EPPC is a member of the advisory board of Project 2025,[20] a collection of conservative and right-wing policy proposals from the Heritage Foundation to reshape the United States federal government and consolidate executive power should the Republican nominee win the 2024 presidential election.