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Turning Point USA (TPUSA) raised hundreds of millions of dollars under Charlie Kirk, with reporting showing roughly $389–$400 million during his tenure and $85 million in revenue in 2024 alone; its fu...
Major private donors, family foundations and donor-advised funds finance a broad right‑wing ecosystem including think tanks (Heritage), policy networks (State Policy Network affiliates), and Project 2...
Public filings show the Heritage Foundation ran roughly $101 million in revenue in 2023, but independent reporting and transparency databases do not publish a single, comprehensive roster of individua...
Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA have been publicly linked to funding from Koch-affiliated groups in multiple reports; watchdogs and investigative outlets say Koch network entities have funded or su...
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has received substantial funding from organizations tied to the Koch donor network and other conservative foundations; studies and reporting identify millions in overlapping ...
Turning Point USA’s biggest identifiable backers since 2015 combine a handful of wealthy conservative families and foundations with a fundraising machine that also channels large, often-anonymous gift...
Turning Point USA’s funding picture is dominated by wealthy conservative individuals, family foundations, and ideologically aligned donor networks, with significant gifts and foundation support report...
Nonprofit watchdogs poring over Turning Point USA’s IRS returns and related public filings have identified large one-off foundation gifts, repeated support from conservative foundations and donor‑advi...
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) launched in 2012 and expanded rapidly from an initial budget of about $52,000 in 2012 to millions by the mid‑2010s; reporting attributes the earliest “seed” money to donor Fo...
Public reporting identifies several major individual donors and donor-advised funds that have given to Turning Point USA (TPUSA) broadly, and outlets note TPUSA launched a faith arm (Turning Point Fai...
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has been funded by a mix of individual conservative donors, family foundations, donor-advised/dark‑money vehicles and — according to TPUSA’s founder and multiple reporters — ...
fundraising surged dramatically through 2024, reporting roughly in revenue for that year—more than double the mid‑pandemic haul and a marked jump from prior years—while its donor base remains concentr...
came largely from wealthy conservative individuals, family foundations and established right‑of‑center philanthropic vehicles rather than broad corporate giving, with small early gifts growing into mu...
Public reporting identifies several recurring foundations and donor-advised vehicles tied to Turning Point USA’s funding — names that include DonorsTrust/Donors Capital Fund, the Lynde and Harry Bradl...
Project 2025’s financial backing is documented more as a web of conservative foundations and billionaire donor networks than a tidy list of corporate PAC checks; investigative reporting links major do...
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has attracted a mix of large individual donors, foundations and some corporate-linked contributions since 2015; identified supporters include conservative family foundations ...
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) in 2025 maintained clear financial and institutional links to a roster of major conservative donors and allied organizations—many of which either sit on its advisory council ...
Public and private watchdogs have scrutinized Turning Point USA’s funding in recent years: federal enforcement action and watchdog complaints have produced fines and investigations, state-level dark‑m...