1. Financiación Masiva y Orígenes de la Élite Conservadora.
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) es descrita consistentemente como una organización que no surgió de movimientos de base, sino que fue establecida y financiada desde sus inicios por una coalición de multimillonarios y fundaciones influyentes de la derecha, con el objetivo de promover agendas políticas específicas.
- In 2018 tpusa took in over 28m from gop and right wing foundations and funders. Six figure donations were not uncommon. It was not a "grass-roots" organization.
- Tpusa, led by charlie kirk, was built on millions from conservative donors like foster friess, bernard marcus, uihleins, & foundations like bradley & donors trust.
- Tpusa is funded by a variety of right-wing mega-donors, including the lynde & harry bradley foundation, the ed uihlein family foundation, foster friess, michael leven and various koch brothers-affiliated groups...
- Tpusa is funded by a variety of right-wing mega-donors, including the lynde & harry bradley foundation, the ed uihlein family foundation, foster friess, michael leven and various koch brothers-affiliated groups...
- Tpusa was seeded by foster friess, a koch (and practically every other far-right politician and cause) mega-donor.
- Tpusa is funded by big money to protect big money. They do that by deflecting from the predatory nature of big money by zeroing in on stuff that makes their white conservative base uncomfortable—trans rights, diversity, immigration, covid restrictions, etc.
2. Escala Financiera y Modelo Operativo de "Astroturf".
Los documentos financieros y las estimaciones de la organización revelan un presupuesto operativo anual que supera los 80 millones de dólares, lo que permite a TPUSA mantener una presencia masiva y coordinada, a menudo calificada como una operación de "astroturf" (movimiento artificialmente inflado) y un "embudo de multimillonarios" para la propaganda.
- Funding in 2024, tpusa reported 84,988,862 million in revenue, 80,995,175 in expenses, and net assets of 17,903,134.
- Tpusa had a 100m per year operating budget and a massive online presence.
- Tpusa is a billionaire funnel to poison the weak of mind.
- It is important to note that tpusa was not a grassroot movement that hobbled along until it got big enough. They got big money from right wing ideologues and mega donors from the start.
- Tpusa made 85m revenue paid out 81m in expenses in 2023.
- Tpusa & co. Raised and spent almost as much as the harris victory fund (which includes the dnc and state parties).
3. Cuestionamientos al Estatus de Organización Sin Fines de Lucro (501(c)(3)).
A pesar de su registro legal como 501(c)(3), TPUSA enfrenta serias acusaciones de violar las regulaciones del IRS al participar en actividades políticas ilegales, funcionar como un "fondo de inversión" (slush fund) y desviar la mayor parte de sus ingresos para enriquecer a sus líderes en lugar de destinarlos a servicios comunitarios.
- If tpusa was a legitimate public service, tax-exempt organization…that skimming-off-the-top shit wouldn’t fly. It was a slush fund.
- Tpusa is an overtly political endeavor with a political agenda & to my knowledge itself a 501(c)(3) corp. The tpusa donors list shows donors identified as 501(c)(3) corps. Making contributions to tpusa. Seems to me to be a 501(c)(3) corps. Violation.
- If you donate to tpusa, be advised last year they hauled in 82,00,00 of which only 1% was returned to the community in the form of "services". The rest enriched just a few people...
- The head of tpusa, a "non-profit" makes almost 400,00 per year.
- At some point we should probably talk about how the real point of tpusa... Was to launder money to do campaign finance fraud for the republican party.
- Reality check: tpusa is a legally registered 501(c)(3) with public irs filings and audits. There’s no evidence of money laundering, no accusations or charges of abuse, and no investigations to back up those claims.