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Nov 3, 2025
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Which corporations contributed to Project 2025 and what were the donation years?

Project 2025’s publicly reported corporate supporters are described differently across available lists: one compilation catalogs tied to the Conservative Promise and Project 2025 broadly, while anothe...

Dec 3, 2025
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Who are the major donors backing Turning Point USA and what are their affiliations?

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...

Dec 13, 2025
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Which wealthy individuals and family foundations are the largest donors to right-wing political groups in the US?

Wealthy individuals, family foundations, and a set of large conservative grantmakers were central to an outsized flow of right‑wing money into U.S. politics in recent years: researchers documented mor...

Dec 9, 2025

Who are the major donors and funders of turning point usa?

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...

Nov 10, 2025

Who founded Turning Point USA and their role in funding?

Turning Point USA was founded in 2012 and is widely identified with Charlie Kirk as a principal founder and leader; several provided analyses also name Bill Montgomery as a co‑founder and describe Kir...

Jan 16, 2026

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Corneal astigmatism before cataract surgery is measured with a toolbox of technologies—manual/automated keratometers, Placido topographers, Scheimpflug tomographers, swept‑source OCT biometers and int...

Dec 21, 2025

Which major individual donors shifted party support or donation patterns in 2024 and why?

A handful of high‑profile individuals and donor networks recalibrated where and how they spent for 2024: Elon Musk emerged as the single largest individual donor to Republican-aligned spending, longti...

Dec 3, 2025

Have the Koch brothers influenced Turning Point USA's policy stances or advocacy efforts?

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 ...

Jan 7, 2026

Who are the largest donors to the Heritage Foundation and how much did each give in 2022-2023?

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...

Dec 8, 2025

Who are the current board members and major donors supporting Turning Point USA?

Turning Point USA’s current leadership lists Erika Kirk as CEO and board chair following Charlie Kirk’s death; TPUSA reports a nationwide presence on “over 3,500 campuses” and had large recent revenue...

Nov 12, 2025

Who are the primary donors to Turning Point USA?

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...

Dec 16, 2025

Who are the major sponsees of turning point USA?

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has drawn large funding from wealthy conservative donors and family foundations: reporting shows roughly $85 million in revenue in 2024 and nearly $400 million raised under C...

Oct 28, 2025

How does TPUSA allocate its funds between events and activism?

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) devotes substantial resources to high-profile events, but publicly available records show rather than a single disclosed ratio between events and activism; examples include a...

Jan 15, 2026

What investors, donors, or organizational partners have funded or supported Charlie Kirk's initiatives?

Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA (TPUSA) were financed by a mix of wealthy individual donors, conservative family foundations, dark-money donor-advised funds and institutional partners, with big-tic...

Jan 2, 2026

What funding sources and financial disclosures does Turning Point USA provide that support its student programs?

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) funds its student programs largely through large conservative donors, foundations and private gifts rather than grassroots student dues, and it reports substantial annual rev...

Dec 21, 2025

How have political action committees or conservative nonprofit groups supported Candace Owens' projects?

Candace Owens has received measurable financial support from conservative political actors and nonprofits both directly (vendor payments and salary) and indirectly (funding and promotion tied to organ...

Dec 19, 2025

Does Turning Point USA receive funding from religious organizations or faith-based donors?

Turning Point USA has both cultivated religious audiences and received money and support connected to religiously aligned donors and groups, though its largest publicly identified funding streams come...

Dec 18, 2025

What have nonprofit watchdogs uncovered in TPUSA’s IRS filings about major donors and donor‑advised fund flows since 2020?

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...

Dec 9, 2025

What financial ties link Turning Point USA donors to political campaigns, think tanks, or university programs?

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) grew into a major fundraising operation that collected roughly $85 million in 2024 and has raised nearly $400 million under Charlie Kirk, with a mix of large named donors (e....

Dec 1, 2025

How much seed funding did Turning Point USA receive in its first three years and from which sources?

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...