Turning Point USA ( TPUSA ) is an American conservative nonprofit organization . TPUSA 's affiliated organizations include Turning Point News , the Turning Point Endowment , Turning Point Action , and Students for Trump . Since 2016 , Turning Point USA has maintained a Professor Watchlist , which lists college professors whom it alleges discriminate against conservative students and advance left-wing propaganda in the classroom . The organization has also secretly attempted to influence student government elections in an effort to " combat liberalism on college and university campuses " . In December 2017 , former employees of the organization accused it of engaging in racist practices , as well as potentially illegal involvement in the 2016 presidential election . The Anti-defamation League refers to TPUSA as an " alt-lite " organization . Charlie Kirk founded Turning Point USA in 2012 , when he was 18 years old . At the 2012 Republican National Convention , Kirk met Foster Friess , a prominent Republican donor , and persuaded him to finance the organization . Friess also serves on the organization 's advisory council , alongside Ginni Thomas , wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
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