America’s Turning Point (ATP)

America’s Turning Point (ATP) is a right-of-center advocacy organization that aims to educate college-aged students about the principles and importance of free markets, fiscal responsibility, and capitalism. ATP’s primary outreach is its Campus Victory Project.  1

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Ideological Alignment: Right of Center
Issue Areas: Economic Policy, Education Policy
Formation:

2017

President:

Bryce Eddy

Location: Indianapolis, IN View on map
Tax ID: 81-4294120
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $316,466 Revenue: $9,772,457 Expenses: $10,056,582

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    America’s Turning Point is funded by Turning Point USA (TPUSA), a right-of-center student organization founded by the late Charlie Kirk to educate students about the importance of free markets, limited government, and fiscal responsibility. TPUSA claims to have a presence on over 3,500 campuses in the U.S. 2

    According to ATP’s tax filings for 2023, Bryce Eddy was the organization’s president. However, in December 2025, CBS News reported that following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, his widow Erika Kirk took over as president of ATP, along with Turning Point USA, Turning Point Action, and Turning Point Endowment. 3

    Activities

    America’s Turning Point aims to educate college-aged students about the principles and importance of free markets, fiscal responsibility, and capitalism through its Campus Victory Project (CVP). CVP claims to support the next generation of American leaders through its leadership development and training programming. CVP encourages and empowers its students to help shape culture, the marketplace, and society through positive change that starts on college campuses. 4

    Campus Victory Project provides aspiring leaders with grants to aid in developing leadership opportunities on campus and resources that include developmental networks, advising sessions, and one-on-one meetings with its staff. 5

    America’s Turning Point states the its Campus Victory Project trained more than 700 student leaders, engaged 5,601 students at hundreds of colleges throughout the U.S., and hosted five leadership training conferences in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024.  1

    Financials

    America’s Turning Point is funded by Turning Point USA (TPUSA), which in 2023 contributed over $8.56 million.  6 ATP’s primary expense is its Campus Victory Project, which in 2023 accounted for over $7.8 million of its spending,  1 including $182,482 in grant money for 133 students.  7

    In addition, in 2023 ATP paid its COO, Tyler Bower, $230,604.  8

    Leadership

    As of 2023, Bryce Eddy was the president of America’s Turning Point. Eddy is the founder and host of the Bryce Eddy Show podcast, which looks at history and current events from a Christian point of view. Eddy sits on the boards of the Center for Security Policy 9 and White Rose Resistance, a pro-life group that produced The 1916 Project, a documentary film about Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger. 10

    As of 2023, Bryan Welker was the vice president of ATP.  8

    As of 2023, David Glienke was the secretary and treasurer of the board of ATP as well as the president of ClearCoast Wealth Management. Glienke is the founder and coach of Proclaim Speech and Debate and at the time was sitting on the board of the Angeles Crest Christian Camp. 11

    As of 2023, Tyler Bowyer was the COO of ATP, Turning Point USA, and Turning Point Action. Bowyer is a conservative activist who was formerly a Republican precinct committee member, Republican legislative district chair, and Republican county chair. Bowyer was involved in organizing an early rally for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in July 2015. 12

    Donor Organizations

    Turning Point USA (nonprofit)

    Related Organizations

    Turning Point Action (nonprofit)

    Turning Point Endowment (nonprofit)

    Turning Point USA (nonprofit)

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2025 $316,466 $9,772,457 $10,056,582 View
    2024 $502,067 $8,560,890 $8,372,462 View
    2023 $123,316 $4,847,527 $6,168,767 View
    2022 $1,107,814 $1,100,100 $670 View
    2021 $8,123 $100,000 $103,208 View
    2020 $10,922 $2,010,000 $1,999,078

    Prior year filings: 2019

    Revenue Detail

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    • Number of Employees: 124

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    Tyler BowyerCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER$376,140
    Justin OlsonASSISTANT TREASURER$270,705
    Spencer RoesenerMANAGER$114,664
    Austin DunnMANAGER$111,942

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $9,660,625
    • Number of Grants: 2
    • Number of Funders: 1

    Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $8,560,6252024 Turning Point USAAWARENESS OF TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES
    $1,100,0002022 Turning Point USAAWARENESS OF TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES

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    References

    1. America’s Turning Point Inc, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2023, Part III, Line 4a.
    2. “Home.” Turning Point USA. Accessed February 3, 2026. https://tpusa.com/.
    3. Jacobs, Jennifer. “Treasury Dept. tells Erika Kirk Turning Point USA not under investigation, following social media rumors.” CBS News, December 9, 2025. Accessed February 3, 2026. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/treasury-dept-erika-kirk-turning-point-usa-not-under-investigation/.
    4. “About Us.” Campus Victory Project. Accessed February 5, 2026. https://www.campusvictory.com/aboutus.
    5. “What We Do.” Campus Victory Project. Accessed February 5, 2026. https://www.campusvictory.com/whatwedo.
    6. Turning Point USA, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2023, Schedule I, Part II.
    7. America’s Turning Point Inc, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2023, Schedule I, Part III.
    8. America’s Turning Point Inc, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2023, Part VII, Section A.
    9. “Bryce Eddy.” Pengo Media. Accessed February 3, 2026. https://pengomedia.com/bryce-eddy/.
    10. “Press.” The 1916 Project. Accessed February 3, 2026. https://the1916project.com/press/.
    11. “David Glienke.” ClearCoast Wealth Management. Accessed February 3, 2026. https://www.clearcoastwm.com/team-member-01/david-glienke.
    12. “Tyler Bowyer.” Turning Point Action. Accessed February 3, 2026. https://www.tpaction.com/bio/tylerbowyer.