What Students for Trump does

Students for Trump is a chapter-based, pro-Trump student political organization that operates on hundreds of college and high school campuses across the United States. It was founded in 2016 by Ryan Fournier as a social media phenomenon during the 2016 presidential election cycle, and on July 2, 2019 it was acquired by Turning Point Action — a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization and sister entity to Turning Point USA, both under founder and CEO Charlie Kirk. Following the acquisition, the organization is operated as a project of Turning Point Action, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, with Charlie Kirk serving as Chairman and Ryan Fournier continuing as co-Chairman. The entity is structured as a non-profit political advocacy organization rather than a commercial enterprise.

The organization builds local campus chapters as its organizing backbone, holding large-scale rallies and events nationwide. Its stated mission is to build the largest candidate-focused chapter program in the country, with a primary goal of reaching Division I universities and adding one million new voters for the 2020 election. It collaborates with a network of conservative partner organizations — Freedom Works, America First Policies, Heritage Action for America, and Young Americans for Liberty — for cross-promotion and coalition outreach. The official fall Launch Party was held at the Palms Casino and Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 23, 2019.

Students for Trump generates no product or service revenue. Its economics are entirely donation-based, with contributions collected through the Turning Point Action donation page and routed through the parent 501(c)(4), which can accept unlimited contributions from individuals and organizations. The organization has a disclosed staff of approximately seven employees and distributes its message through organic social media, email, rallies and events, and grassroots campus organizing. No proprietary technology platform, mobile application, or AI capability is disclosed in the source materials.

Name

Students for Trump

Legal name

Turning Point Action, Inc.

Website

https://trumpstudents.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Students for Trump is a chapter-based, pro-Trump student political organization operating on hundreds of U.S. college and high school campuses. Founded in 2016, it was acquired by Turning Point Action in 2019 and is funded by supporter donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Advocacy

NAICS

Political Organizations (813940), Social Advocacy Organizations (81331), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Organizations & Club Administration (EDALAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Student Government & Leadership Programs (EDALAHAA), Campus Events, Programming & Student Engagement (EDALAHAC)

Keywords

• Political advocacy organization
• Youth voter mobilization
• Campus organizing chapters
• Conservative student activism
• Grassroots political engagement

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Political Donations: The organization collects donations from supporters through its Donate page. The organization is a project of Turning Point Action, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, which can accept unlimited contributions from individuals and organizations for political activities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Students for Trump is a chapter-based pro-Trump student political organization operating on hundreds of college and high school campuses across the United States. It organizes grassroots voter outreach, campus chapters, and large-scale rallies and events, with a stated goal of adding one million new voters to support the re-election of President Trump in 2020. The organization is a project of Turning Point Action, a 501(c)(4) social welfare nonprofit.

Product overview

Students for Trump is a single unified political advocacy offering—a chapter-based, pro-Trump student movement operated by Turning Point Action. It is not a technology platform but rather a grassroots organizing program focused on reaching college and high school campuses, with local chapters as the backbone, holding large-scale rallies and events nationwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Students for Trump Chapter Program A grassroots, chapter-based student political organization for college and high school students supporting President Trump, providing local campus chapter membership, voter registration and outreach, and access to national rallies and events coordinated by Turning Point Action.

Quantifiable outcome

• Goal of adding one million new voters for the 2020 election

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Freedom WorkscoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 2 July 2019Freedom Works is a conservative libertarian advocacy organization. Students for Trump partners with Freedom Works as part of its network of conservative partner organizations to expand reach to shared audiences of limited-government supporters.
• America First PoliciescoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 2 July 2019America First Policies is a pro-Trump advocacy organization. Students for Trump collaborates with this partner as part of the broader MAGA-aligned conservative ecosystem to promote shared political goals.
• Heritage Action for AmericacoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 2 July 2019Heritage Action for America is a conservative advocacy organization associated with the Heritage Foundation. Students for Trump partners with Heritage Action as part of coordinated conservative coalition outreach to young voters.
• Young Americans for LibertycoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 2 July 2019Young Americans for Liberty is a student-focused libertarian organization. Students for Trump partners with YAL to leverage shared student activist networks and cross-promote to young conservative voters on campus.
• Turning Point ActionflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 July 2019Students for Trump was acquired by Turning Point Action on July 2, 2019. Charlie Kirk, founder and president of Turning Point USA, became Chairman of Students for Trump. Ryan Fournier remains as co-Chairman. Students for Trump is now an official project of Turning Point Action, utilizing its infrastructure, media assets, and resources to build the largest candidate-focused chapter program in the nation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Heritage Action for America: An explicit partner organization and a major conservative advocacy group affiliated with the Heritage Foundation. While more policy-focused than campus-organizing-focused, it targets overlapping conservative audiences and provides a comparable organizational model for mobilization.
• Turning Point USA: The parent ecosystem of Students for Trump and the broader conservative student movement. TPUSA is a 501(c)(3) with a much larger employee base, established infrastructure, and direct media reach to millions of students, making it the most directly comparable organization, although it operates as the broader incumbent rather than a single-candidate chapter program.
• FreedomWorks: A libertarian conservative advocacy organization with a stated focus on limited government. Partner of Students for Trump and operates comparable grassroots mobilization campaigns targeting conservative voters, though with a broader (non-student) base.
• Young America's Foundation: A well-established conservative youth organization that runs campus programming, conferences, and student outreach. Comparable in mission (conservative youth mobilization) and target audience but operates as a broader incumbent with a longer history and donor base.
• America First Policies: A pro-Trump advocacy organization explicitly partnered with Students for Trump. Operates as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization with similar donor and mobilization dynamics, targeting overlapping pro-Trump audiences.

Emerging players

• Students for Life of America: A single-issue conservative student advocacy organization with a chapter-based campus model. Comparable in structure (campus chapters, grassroots organizing, conservative youth mobilization) and demographic targeting, though narrower in policy focus.
• Generation Opportunity: A conservative youth-oriented advocacy organization that has historically focused on millennial and Gen Z voter mobilization. Operates with comparable digital and grassroots tactics targeting the same demographic that Students for Trump is attempting to organize.

Direct peers

• College Republican National Committee: The official Republican-aligned student organization on college campuses. While older and more established, it competes for the same conservative student voters and chapter leadership that Students for Trump targets, particularly on Division I campuses.
• Young Americans for Liberty: A student-focused libertarian organization that is both an explicit partner of Students for Trump and a direct peer in the campus-based conservative youth organizing space. Operates on hundreds of college campuses with chapter-based grassroots organizing, targeting a similar demographic.
• College Democrats of America: The Democratic counterpart for college student political organizing. Operates on hundreds of campuses with chapter-based grassroots structure, competing directly for the same student demographic and chapter leadership talent pool that Students for Trump targets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/students-for-trump

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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