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Turning Point USA (TPUSA) raised "nearly $400 million" under founder Charlie Kirk and reported $84.3 million in contributions and grants in 2024, while holding a multi‑million dollar endowment ($64.3M...
Turning Point USA’s board composition is reported inconsistently across public records: a September 2024 snapshot lists five active directors (Charlie Kirk, David Engelhardt, Doug DeGroote, Mike Mille...
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has drawn large gifts from a mix of billionaire families, private foundations and so‑called “dark money” donor-advised funds; reporting shows multi‑million dollar grants from...
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...
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has repeatedly faced allegations that members and chapters used racist language or engaged in racially insensitive behavior, with high-profile incidents reported in 2022 invo...
Allegations against Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and associated figures span dark‑money disclosure violations, past social‑media misinformation, claims of racial bias and illegal campaign activity, and i...
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is criticized for rhetoric and tactics described by critics as anti‑LGBTQ+, anti‑Muslim, sexist and racially charged, and for spreading misinformation and politicizing campus...
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has listed multiple affiliated organizations on its tax filings; recent reporting and TPUSA’s own Form 990 identify at least Turning Point Endowment, Turning Point Action (a ...
Public reporting shows calls from Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse in January–February 2021 for the IRS to review whether Turning Point USA’s tax‑exempt status should be revoked over “superspreader”...
(TPUSA) is publicly described as a founded in 2012 and regularly files s under EIN 80‑0835023, while an affiliated political advocacy arm, (TPAction), has been reported as a separate 501(c) entity tha...
Available reporting does not provide a reliable annual total of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) funding that specifically comes from Jewish donors; public tax filings compiled by reporters show large aggreg...
Turning Point USA’s publicly listed Advisory Council in 2025 is a heterogeneous roster of donors, faith leaders, financiers, and conservative activists whose names appear on TPUSA’s governance pages a...
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has become a heavily funded conservative operation: reporting finds it raised nearly $400 million under Charlie Kirk with $85 million in revenue in 2024 alone, and many large...
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has drawn large gifts from a mix of private foundations and wealthy individuals rather than from widely known corporate treasuries; the single largest reported direct donor i...
Ian Plimer is an established geologist and professor emeritus with a public record of climate-skeptic positions and publications; he rejects the scientific consensus on human-driven climate change and...
Turning Point USA was founded in 2012 with Charlie Kirk as the public founder and principal leader; multiple accounts say Kirk co-founded the group alongside Bill Montgomery, a conservative mentor and...
Donald Rumsfeld was CEO of G.D. Searle (maker of NutraSweet/aspartame) in the late 1970s and joined Ronald Reagan’s transition team in 1980; reporting across multiple outlets ties him to efforts that ...
Turning Point USA publicly operates or is associated with at least two political action committees: Turning Point PAC (registered May 2, 2022) and an earlier vehicle, Turning Point America (a super PA...
Turning Point USA’s public materials and contemporary reporting identify a small number of named figures who have served on or led its board since the organization’s 2012 founding — most prominently f...
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...