College Republicans of America

What College Republicans of America does

College Republicans of America (CRA) is a 527(c) nonprofit political organization founded in 2023 and headquartered at 18031 Irvine Blvd, Suite 201, Tustin, California. The organization was established by former leaders of the California and Wisconsin College Republicans to fill the vacuum left when the College Republican National Committee declined from roughly 1,500 chapters to fewer than 50. CRA recruits conservative college students into a network of 200+ campus chapters and 9 state federations spanning 20+ states, with the explicit purpose of campaigning for Republican candidates, training the next generation of conservative leaders, and conducting voter contact for GOP campaigns.

CRA's product surface is programmatic rather than technological, comprising four named campaigns (Project Teddy, Take Over Student Governments, Recruit & Run CRs for Office, and Recruiting New Republicans) plus the Moxie news publication. Field operations are powered by a strategic partnership with Turning Point Action, whose canvassing app and ballot-chasing system CRA uses for voter contact. In the 2024 election cycle, CRA members reported 1.1 million voter contacts, including 50,000 calls in the Iowa caucus period and 140,000 calls for the Trump-endorsed Brian Jack congressional primary in Georgia. The organization joined the Republican National Committee in July 2024 and appeared on the convention stage in Milwaukee, and is currently petitioning the RNC for formal auxiliary recognition.

CRA's revenue model is donation-only, with suggested tiers ranging from $25 to $2,500 processed through the Anedot online donation platform, supplemented by check contributions mailed to the Tustin office. Leadership has publicly framed the organization as having no overhead costs, with funds directed to state federation volunteer support. The 26-person staff operates the chapter network, while member labor (voter contact, canvassing, campaign volunteer work) is the primary costless input that scales chapter activity. Distribution is entirely domestic, though recent engagements with the Austrian Freedom Party and a Romanian presidential endorsement signal nascent international outreach.

Name

College Republicans of America

Legal name

College Republicans of America

Website

https://uscollegegop.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

College Republicans of America is a 527(c) nonprofit founded in 2023 that runs 200+ campus chapters and 9 state federations, mobilizing conservative college students to campaign for Republican candidates through grassroots voter contact and leadership training programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Political Advocacy and Youth Political Organizing

NAICS

Political Organizations (813940), Business Associations (813910), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Civic Participation & Leadership Development (Voting, Advocacy, Community Leadership) (EDAAADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Civic, Citizenship & Community Engagement Education (EDAAAEAI), Nonprofit, Social Services & Community Development Congresses (THAHAJAO)

Keywords

• Youth political organizing
• Conservative activism
• Grassroots voter outreach
• Republican party organizing
• Political campaign support

Headquarters

HQ city

Tustin

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. Donations and Contributions: CRA operates primarily through individual donations at various tier levels, with donors contributing to support conservative leadership training, campaign activities, and organizational operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

College Republicans of America is a nonprofit political membership organization that recruits, trains, and mobilizes conservative college students to support Republican candidates through campus chapters, voter contact operations, and leadership development programs. It offers free chapter starter kits, campaign training, signature advocacy campaigns (Project Teddy, Take Over Student Governments, Recruit & Run for Office, and Recruiting New Republicans), and publishes Moxie, a conservative news outlet. The organization delivered 1.1 million voter contacts in the 2024 election cycle across its 200+ chapter network.

Product overview

College Republicans of America is a political membership organization rather than a software product company. Its offerings consist of campaign programs (Project Teddy environmental initiative, Take Over Student Governments, Recruit & Run for Office, and Recruiting New Republicans) designed to empower conservative students, plus the Moxie news publication. The organization also provides chapter resources including tabling material kits for starting new chapters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Project Teddy
• Take Over Student Governments Campaign dedicated to empowering conservative and Republican students to win leadership roles in university student governments, with a focus on campus safety, free speech, and conservative values. Targets college conservative students running for or serving in student government positions.
• Recruit & Run College Republicans for Office Initiative to identify, recruit, and support College Republicans and recent alumni in running for local and state office positions. Provides a structured pathway for conservative students to pursue political careers through formal candidacies.
• Recruiting New Republicans Campus outreach and recruitment campaign focused on expanding the Republican membership base through leadership development programs, guest speakers, and political activism initiatives. Targets college students who have not previously been engaged with the Republican Party.
• Moxie The California College Republican news source providing coverage of conservative activism, political events, and Republican movement activities. Distributed to members and supporters of the California College Republicans and CRA chapters.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1.1 million voter contacts made in 2024 election cycle
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and major.

• Freedom Party of AustriaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024CRA President met with MEP Harald Vilimsky to discuss youth exchange programs, internship opportunities, and an inaugural youth summit between conservative youth groups of both nations.
• Republican National Committee (RNC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024CRA joined the RNC and participated in the 2024 Republican National Convention. CRA President Will Donahue addressed foreign press at the State Department's foreign press center during the RNC.
• Turning Point ActioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2024CRA partners with Turning Point Action for GOTV campaigns and uses their advanced canvassing app for field operations. CRA was one of the first groups to test TP Action's ballot chasing system. TPAction founder Charlie Kirk participated in CRA events and summits.
• Young Americas FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2023YAF assists CRA chapters in hosting high-profile conservative speakers on campuses. Chapters work with YAF for months to coordinate national-level speaking events.
• California College Republicans (CCR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCR is the California state affiliate of CRA. CCR was founded August 29, 1963 and celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2023. CCR and CRA work closely on campaigns and organizing.
• Wisconsin Federation of College Republicans (WICR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWICR is the Wisconsin state affiliate of CRA. Together with California College Republicans, WICR founders helped establish CRA in 2023. WICR has been recognized for best College Republicans club at district caucuses.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• BridgeUSA: A non-partisan student political organization operating on college campuses with comparable chapter-based structure, but explicitly non-partisan; represents a partial overlap in target demographic and chapter model but with a competing differentiation strategy.
• Federalist Society (Student Division): A conservative legal organization with active student chapters on law school and undergraduate campuses; comparable in building conservative intellectual leadership pipeline and operating chapter-based campus infrastructure, though focused on legal/judicial issues rather than electoral politics.

Direct peers

• College Democrats of America: The partisan counterpart to CRA on the Democratic side, College Democrats of America is the national college-level partisan youth political organization directly comparable in mission, structure (state federations, campus chapters), and operating model.
• College Republican National Committee (CRNC): The legacy college Republican organization that CRA explicitly replaced; CRNC is the direct institutional competitor for the same constituency and is currently engaged in a contested realignment with CRA for RNC auxiliary recognition.
• Young Americans for Liberty (YAL): A youth libertarian-leaning political organization operating campus chapters nationwide; comparable in structure (chapter-based activism, leadership training, convention events) and target demographic, though ideologically distinct from CRA's Republican partisanship.
• Students for Trump: A pro-Trump student organizing group that competes for the same conservative college demographic and has been involved in the same contested space as CRA during the CRNC realignment; directly comparable in mission and target segment.

Others

• Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI): A conservative educational organization that runs campus programming, journals, and student fellowships focused on intellectual conservatism; adjacent to CRA in the conservative youth ecosystem but focused on ideas rather than electoral mobilization.

Broad incumbents

• Republican National Committee (RNC): The national Republican Party apparatus to which CRA has petitioned for auxiliary recognition; comparable as the broader party infrastructure that CRA is positioned to feed into and from which it would draw resources and legitimacy if recognized.
• Young America's Foundation (YAF): Established conservative youth organization with a long-running campus speaker bureau that directly partners with CRA chapters; comparable in mission to develop young conservative leaders but with substantially longer history and broader programming.
• Turning Point USA: A larger, established conservative youth organization that targets overlapping demographics (high school and college students) with activism, conferences, and campus organizing; Turning Point Action (TPAction) is CRA's direct strategic partner and tech provider.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/uscollegegop
• Facebookfacebook.com/uscollegegop
• Instagraminstagram.com/uscollegegop
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/uscollegegop

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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