Turning Point USA: mission, leadership and finances

What it does

Turning Point USA is a nonprofit that organizes student chapters on high school and college campuses and holds conferences such as the Student Action Summit. It promotes free markets, limited government and conservative values among young people.

Turning Point USA is listed here in the category "Campus and youth". A listing on 4conservative.com describes an organization; it is not an endorsement of it or of its positions.

History

It was founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk, then 18, and Bill Montgomery. Kirk led it until his death in September 2025, after which the organization continued under new leadership. It has operated Professor Watchlist and other campus projects that critics dispute.

Turning Point USA is a campus and youth organization. It is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Like other organizations in this collection, it is described here from its own published material and from public records, and the facts on this page are limited to what those sources state.

Leadership and funding

No IRS figures are shown: ProPublica's search did not return a filing that we could confidently match to Turning Point USA, so none are given rather than guessing.

This page shows no IRS finance figures because no Form 990 filing could be matched to the organization in ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer. The figures describe a single tax year and can differ sharply from year to year; check the filing itself and the organization's own site for the current picture.

Where it stands

It supports free markets, limited government and strong families, and has been active in campus debates on speech and politics.

These summaries reflect the organization's own stated mission and publicly known activities as of the date below; they are neutral descriptions, not evaluations. Related organizations on this site include Young America's Foundation, Leadership Institute, Intercollegiate Studies Institute.