https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Young_America%27s_Foundation
In July 2019, Scott Walker, former Governor of Wisconsin, accepted the full-time position of being YAF’s president. As a part of his focus, Walker’s chief is to promote conservatism among young people. [10] Walker’s current salary is $800,000.
Walker currently oversees YAF’s “The Long Game,” which is a project to spread conservative ideals and values to younger generations. They do this by creating chapters of YAF from middle school all the way through college in order to distribute educational materials in order to spread their message. [11]
YAF is an associate member of the State Policy Network. SPN is a web of right-wing “think tanks” and tax-exempt organizations in 50 states, Washington, D.C., Canada, and the United Kingdom. As of April 2023, SPN’s membership totals 163. Today’s SPN is the tip of the spear of far-right, nationally funded policy agenda in the states that undergirds extremists in the Republican Party.
Center for Media and Democracy’s in-depth investigation, “EXPOSED: The State Policy Network — The Powerful Right-Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government,” reveals that SPN and its member think tanks are major drivers of the right-wing, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)-backed corporate agenda in state houses nationwide, with deep ties to the Koch brothers and the national right-wing network of funders.[13]
A set of coordinated fundraising proposals obtained and released by The Guardian in early December 2013 confirm many of these SPN members’ intent to change state laws and policies, referring to “advancing model legislation” and “candidate briefings.” These activities “arguably cross the line into lobbying,” The Guardian notes.[15]
Funding:
Robert Ruhe is YAF’s largest donor with his estate gift of $16 million. According to the New York Times, “armed with a $16 million infusion… the organization has doubled its programming, including campus speeches.”[7]
Dick and Betsy DeVos gave $10 million to endow the Reagan Ranch.[7]
Between 2002 and 2015, YAF received $561,500 from the right-wing Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. YAF has received $20,000 from the Charles G. Koch Foundation and $12,500 from the Claude R. Lambe Foundation.
Between 2010 and 2015 YAF received $913,986 from DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund, two funds with ties to the Koch brothers that shield the identity of their donors. See a full list of DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund grant recipients here.
Reagan Ranch
YAF bought Ronald Reagan’s “Rancho del Cielo” in 1998 and preserves it as “a living monument to Reagan’s ideas, values, and lasting accomplishments.” YAF offers opportunities to visit the ranch to its members and supporters.[17]
YAF National Headquarters
11480 Commerce Park Dr, Suite 600
Reston, Virginia 20191-1556
Phone: (703).318.9608
Phone: (800).USA.1776
Website: http://www.yaf.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/youngamericasfoundation/
Twitter: @yaf
Reagan Ranch Center
217 State Street
Santa Barbara, California 93101
Phone: (805).957.1980
Website: http://www.reaganranch.yaf.org/
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