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Comparing Conservativeand Progressive Investment

in Americas YouthAnne Johnson and Tobin Van Ostern December 2012

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Comparing Conservative andProgressive Investment inAmericas Youth

Anne Johnson and Tobin Van Ostern December 2012


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Contents 1 Introduction

4 Historical background o this study

7 Comparison o data

10 Key indings and analysis

14 Historical trends

15 Conclusion

17 Methodology

18 Endnotes

19 Appendix A

38 Appendix B


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1 Ceter or America Progress | Comparig Coservative ad Progressive Ivestmet i Americas youth

Introduction

Te Millennial generaion is he larges, mos diverse, and mos progressive

generaion in American hisory.1 Young Americans beween he ages 12 and 29

comprise he Millennial generaion and, as o his year, represen a ull quarer

o he voing-age American public; in oal, 46 million Americans are considered

Millennials.2 In 2012 hey surpassed he 39-million-srong bloc o voers older

han 65, and by he 2020 elecion, when all Millennials will have reached voing

age, hey will oal 90 million eligible voersor 40 percen o he elecorae.3 In

he 2012 elecions he groups naional urnou o roughly 50 percen mean heir18-percen share o he elecorae surpassed he 16-percen share o he elecorae

or hose voers older han 65. Tis also demonsraes he signican work ha

remains o be done o ensure more han hal o Millennials voe in he uure.4

Millennials have already begun and will coninue o shape Americas increasingly

diverse culure, wih 44 percen ideniying as people o color, according o a

recen Campus Progress analysis.5 Addiionally, 44 percen o young Americans

consider hemselves liberal or progressive, as opposed o 28 percen who ideniy

as conservaive or liberarian.6 Even hose who ideniy as young Republicans

demonsrae a more progressive oulook han older members o he same pary.

Tis progressivism is visible in a wide range o issues, rom he broad debaes sur-

rounding he role o governmen and he economy o issues such as immigraion,

marriage equaliy, and womens healh and righs.

Liberarians in paricular are well-posiioned o win over young supporers on

social issues and make a renewed argumen regarding he role o governmen.

Coverage o he 2012 elecions has included numerous young conservaives

expressing relie ha hey can rese he [Republican] parys values around

race and sex.7

Brad Dayspring, he direcor o he Young Guns Acion Fundsuper PACwhich ocuses on helping young Republican challengers win in

Democraic-leaning areasand ormer aide o Rep. Eric Canor (R-VA), said

recenly ha, Broadly, we have o nd a way o communicae on hese issues in a

way ha doesn scare people.8


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Clearly conservaives recognize ha Millennials are increasingly assuming a larger

role in choosing our leaders and deermining he issues ha dominae our poliical

dialogue. Long-erm policy debaes will hinge on he perspecives and engage-

men o he Millennial generaion as he group coninues o make up a larger share

o he poenial voing elecorae. As Millennials power wihin he elecorae

grows, conservaive organizaions will increasingly inves in young people in ordero shape heir ideology and build a sronger conservaive base wihin he genera-

ion. Wih he 2012 elecions now behind us and he inuence o younger voers

deciding oucomes rom he presidency o ballo iniiaives, conservaives are

likely o expand youh invesmen and adop new sraegies in an atemp o win

over young voers.9

Conservaives are no new o his eor. Tis is clear in he number o conserva-

ive groups aimed a young aduls, such as he Young Americas Foundaion and

Collegiae Nework, and he resources wih which hese groups are provided,

including nancial suppor. Conservaives have invesed heavily in long-erm leader-ship developmen organizaions ha provide rainings, inernships, and ellowships

o conservaives saring in college and coninuing hrough pos-graduae lie.

As evidenced in he recen 2012 elecions, he progressive movemen already

boass a huge advanage wih Millennial voers, wih 60 percen o young vo-

ers supporing Presiden Barack Obama compared o Republican candidae and

ormer Massachusets Gov. Mit Romneys 37 percen. Young voers also made he

dierence in deciding numerous progressive ballo iniiaives such as Proposiion

30 in Caliornia, which raised axes on he wealhy o und public higher educa-

ion.10 Bu he batle over ideology will only grow more inense as he youh elec-

orae expands. Allowing conservaives o ouspend, oupace, and oumaneuver

when i comes o young aduls could lead o irreversible, cosly, and easily preven-

able losses or progressives in he uure.

Tis repor is based on he examinaion o public ax records and oulines he

asses, spending, and personnel dierences beween conservaive and progres-

sive youh organizaions. We pulled Public 990 ax orms or he pas our years

or conservaive and progressive organizaions and used hem o deermine all

he nancial inormaion in his repor. Only organizaions exclusively ocusedon youh were examined. Addiionally, esimaes on sang, inernships, and el-

lowships were based upon inormaion ha organizaions posed publicly on heir

websies, unless oherwise noed. Te research ocused primarily on organizaions

ha were nonparisan and geared oward young people, and he caegorizaion


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o conservaive or progressive was based upon inernal analysis. Our analysis

provides a resh analysis based on he examinaion o his new daa, which shows

signican nancial and sang advanages or conservaive youh organizaions.


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Historical background of this study

An excerpt fom Michael Connerys 2008 book Youth to Power: How odays Young

Voters Are Building omorrows Progressive Majority.11

The conser vative youth factor y

Conrary o recen poliical myhology, Karl Rove was no some genius ha came

ou o nowhere o single-handedly shape a new conservaive majoriy. BehindRoves success were years spen wih organizaions like he College Republican

Naional Commitee, along wih experience in Ge Ou he Voe (GOV) rain-

ing, and in direc mail advocacy. Similarly, a pundi like Ann Couler doesn do i

all by hersel, bu is he produc o a righ-wing media machine comprised o alk

radio, websies like own Hall and Free Republic, magazines like Te American

Spectator, and o course, Fox News.

Rove and Couler are wo o he mos amous producs o a conservaive raining

and leadership developmen machine ha has churned ou highly skilled aciviss

or almos hree decades. Behind his machine lies a massively unded nework o

organizaions whose sole purpose is o expand conservaive inuence on college

campuses, recrui young voers, and o groom he nex generaion o righ-wing

poliical operaives. I is an incredibly ecien sysem ha pumps ou experienced

ground roops and depuies or Republican campaigns, rains media savvy spokes-

people o mouh Republican alking poins, inuences debaes-and impression-

able sudens-on college campuses, and provides journalism raining, publicaion

opporuniies and book conracs o up and coming conservaive hinkers.

Led by organizaions such as he Leadership Insiue, Young AmericasFoundaion, Young Americans or Freedom, he Heriage Insiue, and he well-

unded College Republican Naional Commitee, conservaives have done heir

bes over he years o recrui new alen ino heir movemen-no mater he polii-

cal climae. From he heigh o Reagans populariy, hrough he rise o Generaion


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X, and sreching even now ino a ime when conservaive populariy among

youh is a a low ebb, he conservaive youh acory has always been here o

creae an inrasrucure ha maximizes is suppor among young voers, as well as

helping o proessionalize is newes aciviss.

In addiion o Rove and Couler, his sysem has produced such conserva-ive luminaries as Ralph Reed, he head o he Chrisian Coaliion, and Grover

Norquis, whose Americans or ax Reorm is responsible or alering he debae

on ax policy in America. Beyond hese supersars, he movemen has also pro-

duced an army o more han 50,000 aciviss who advocae or conservaive ideas

on campus and in heir local communiies. I is his nework ha has kep he

conservaive movemen compeiive- and in a acical sense, ascendan- a a ime

when young people are sel-ideniying as Democras in record numbers.

In resources, reach, and eeciveness, he conservaive youh acory ar surpasses

is progressive counerpar. Conrary o wha pundis ouing values voerswould have you believe, i is primarily his machine, no a shif in he ideology o

average ciizens ha has been largely responsible or he recen conservaive domi-

naion o governmen. As progressives begin o build a youh movemen o heir

own, and make he long delayed invesmens in heir nex generaion o aciviss,

i is insrucive o ake a look a he inrasrucure ha conservaives have creaed.

The conser vative money machine

A he hear o he conservaive movemen are ve large oundaions: he Scaie

Foundaions; he John M. Olin Foundaion (which closed down in 2005); he

Bradley Foundaion; he Koch Family Foundaions; and he Adolph Coors

Foundaion (and is oshoo, he Casle Rock Foundaion). Since he lae 1960s,

hese oundaions have bankrolled mos o he conservaive inrasrucure in he

Unied Saes, providing money or organizaions like he Heriage Foundaion,

he premier conservaive hink ank, as well as hundreds o oher groups dedicaed

o promoing conservaive principles such as less governmen, lower axes, and

American dominance o he inernaional sage. Joined by dozens o smaller oun-

daions, he ve major oundaions have invesed billions o dollars in every aspeco he conservaive movemen, rom magazines and books o grassroos acivism

and leadership developmen.


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Since he lae 1970s, hese oundaions have also been he major unders o he

conservaive youh movemen, providing i wih suppor ha ar exceeds wha

hose on he progressive side o he aisle receive. o illusrae jus how grea

he dispariy beween progressive and conservaive youh unding is, consider

ha beween 1999 and 2003, righ-wing oundaions graned nearly $173 mil-

lion o he op eleven conservaive youh leadership organizaions, includinghe Leadership Insiue, Young Americans Foundaion, Inercollegiae Sudies

Insiue, he Federalis Sociey, and David Horowizs Cener or he Sudy o

Popular Culure. In 2003 alone, conservaive leadership organizaions received

$48.9 million, compared o jus $10.8 million ha wen o comparable progressive

insiuions. As a basis o comparison, he Democracy Alliance- he progressive

answer o he conservaive money machine- gave jus over $50 million o all o is

granees in is rs wo years o operaion.

Equally imporan is he manner in which conservaive money is dispersed.

Unlike he inconsisen grans disribuion paterns o progressive insiuions oheir youh organizaions, which end o spool up around naional elecions and

ocus solely on boosing young voer regisraion, conservaive grans eschew he

elecoral cycle, and insead ocus on long-erm capaciy building and susainabil-

iy, In addiion, raher han orce conservaive groups o compee or resources,

as many progressive organizaions do, righ-wing oundaions disperse grans o

muliple organizaions wihin he nework. Frequenly, hese grans are also ear-

marked or general unds, which allow he recipien o spend he money reely

on any projec hey choose, or jus build up cash reserves.


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Comparison of data

o clearly map he nancial and organizaional power o conservaive groups

seeking o organize youh in he service o heir ideology, we examine public ax

records and organizaional websies o deermine he size o heir endowmens

and oher asses such as real esae, spending by conservaive youh organizaions,

and he number o sa members devoed o recruiing and raining conservaive

youh. All o he analysis is based upon sel-repored public daa in order o ensure

an equal comparison across conservaive and progressive organizaions.

Assets

In 2009 he ve youh organiza-

ions wih he larges asses

Young Americas Foundaion,

Te Fund or American Sudies,

Inercollegiae Sudies Nework,

Te Federalis Sociey, and he

Leadership Insiuewere

all conservaive groups. Teir

nancial asses ypically carry

over rom year o year, meaning

he organizaions were able o

mainain similar spending levels

even as undraising ucuaed

on an annual basis.

In addiion, numerous con-servaive youh organizaions

own heir physical buildings or

oce space ourighnone o

he progressive youh organi-

FIGURE 1

Conservative youth groups have more assetsthan their progressive counterparts

The top ive conservative youth groups and their assets, according to 2009 data

$0

$10

$20

$30

$40

$50

The Leadership

Institute

The Federal

Society

Intercollegiate

Studies Institute

The Fund for

American Studies

Young Americas

Foundation

$41,888,949

$22,987,564

$13,960,755

$9,778,963

$18,202,656

In millions

Source: Authors analysis. See methodology.


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zaions can say he same, according o our analysis o asse disclosureswhich

could be he resul o eiher a donaion o land or he direc purchase o he build-

ings in which conservaive groups are housed. Te Young Americas Foundaion,

or example, purchased ormer Presiden Ronald Reagans ranch in 1998 and have

used i or conerences and evens ever since.12 Tis means conservaive groups are

beter able o garner signican long-erm savings because hey do no have o payren coss each monh.

Spending

Te nancial advanages o

asses and endowmens are

mirrored when i comes o he

signican nancial dispariy

beween conservaive and pro-gressive youh organizaions in

annual spending. Conservaive

organizaions are spending

beween hree imes and our

imes more money each year

on heir programs and sa

han heir counerpars on he

lef. Tis is based on publicly

available daa; he discrep-

ancy may hereore be slighly

smaller since, based upon our

examinaion, more progressive

youh groups are no inde-

penden organizaions wih

publicly disclosed budges.

Sill, a gap exiss beween spending on he righ and he lefand i is signican.

Tis is rue boh rom a cumulaive perspecive and on an organizaional basis.

Case in poin: All ve o he op ve spenders in he youh-engagemen secor,hose spending money on programming aimed a young people, were conserva-

ive. Addiionally, having signican asses allows conservaive elemens o rely on

exising resources in years when heir undraising drops. Afer he 2008 elecion,

or example, he Young Americas Foundaion saw undraising drop by $7.9 mil-

lion while spending ell by only $3.5 million.

FIGURE 2

Conservative groups spend more on youth engagement

From 2008 to 2010, conservative youth groups have outspent

progressive youth groups

0

$20

$40

$60

$80

$100Progressive

Conservative

$87,079,155$83,182,672

$32,376,146

$26,616,741

$28,787,80

2008 2009 2010

In millions

$76,932,386



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People

Despie having ewer youh organizaions han he lef38 progressive groups o

25 conservaive groupshe conservaive groups employ more han 60 percen

more sa members overall. (see Appendix) Conservaive organizaions end o

have larger budges and, in many cases, lower overall expenses due o owning heirpropery. Tis resuls in more money o spend on sa.

Te personnel advanage also carries over o ellows and inerns. Based upon

applicaion inormaion posed in he inernship secions o heir websies,

very ew progressive organizaions provide paid inernships, while abou hal

o conservaive youh organizaions have eiher paid inernships or ellowships.

Furhermore, he amoun o pay is subsanial wihin conservaive organizaions,

ranging rom hourly wages o ellowships ha can each exceed $50,000 annually,

as is he case wih a ellowship a he Federalis Sociey.

FIGURE 3

Progressive groups

have ewer overall

employeesConservative groups hav

60 percent larger sta th

their progressive rivals

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

Youth

progressive

Youth

conserva

275

355

Source: Authors analysis. See method


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Key findings and analysis

Fundraising, assets, and spending

Te conservaive movemen recognizes ha odays youh are omorrows leaders

and hus spend a considerable amoun o money on he uure generaion o con-

servaives. Bu his unding isn jus an invesmen in young leadersis also an

invesmen in he uure o conservaism. Tis is eviden in he broad undraising

base or conservaive youh organizaions.

From hundreds o oundaions doling ou grans o broad low-dollar undraising

programs, he enire conservaive movemen has invesed heavily in developing

is young leaders.13 Young Americas Foundaion, or example, disclosed in heir

annual 990 ax orm ha hey spen $1.4 million in 2010 on direc mail undrais-

ing ha ended up raising $4.7 milliona ne reurn o $3.3 million. Tese inves-

mens are no simply made o raise unds bu also o culivae and mainain loyaly

rom a broader conservaive base.

Wih movemen-wide nancial suppor, conservaive youh organizaions have

increased heir asses on an annual basis and made longer-erm invesmens, such

as buying he buildings rom which hey operae. Teir diversied donor base

allows hem o ocus on long-erm growh raher han shorer and more specic

campaigns. Tis means ha heyre able o mainain a seady level o rainings and

evens even i undraising dips in a given year.

Tis acive and robus undraising base allows conservaive youh organizaions

o spend more money overall, while spending a higher percenage o heir ime

and resources on programming. Wih larger budges and ewer overhead expenses,

is a naural resul ha conservaive organizaions will be larger han heir liberalcounerparseven i here are more progressive youh organizaions overall.

Te impac is urher increased by he long-erm naure o many invesmens.

Securing muliyear invesmens allows exising sa o develop broad plans and


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spend more ime implemening hem raher han rying o secure a higher number

o smaller grans each year. In conras, annual nancial asses or progressive organi-

zaions rarely equal or surpass heir annual expendiures, according o our analysis.

One addiional area or analysis is ha progressive organizaions ofen exis a he

sae level insead o he naional level, such as he Bus Federaion and SudenPIRGs (public ineres research groups). From an analyical perspecive his splis

up heir budges ino separae sae budges; rom a programmaic perspecive his

resuls in more local conrol over resources. Tis area requires urher analysis ino

undersanding he sraegy behind such an approach as well as wha impac i has

on he broader progressive movemen.

From unding sources o unding levels, here are clear signican nancial dier-

ences beween progressive and conservaive organizaions. Wha is key, however,

is he impac o such dierences. So les look a litle more closely a he organiza-

ional srucure and missions o conservaive youh organizaions and heir long-erm invesmens in individuals.

TablE 1

Conservative groups invest more in land and buidlings

Many conservative youth groups buy their buildings and land, while progressive ones do not

Organization Land investments Buidling investments

Conservative $9,683,118 $33,349,183

Young Americas Foundation $5,891,268 $14,889,643

Intercollegiate Studies Institute $768,320 $3,161,227

The Fund or American Studies $2,327,023 $4,033,402

The Leadership Institute $600,300 $10,773,095

Foundation or Economic Education $9,122 $0

Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute $87,085 $491,816

Progressive $0 $0



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Organizational structures and missions

When examining public daa, more is available or conservaive youh organiza-

ions since more han hal o progressive youh groups are eiher subprograms o

larger organizaions or were ounded afer 2009, which means heir annual non-

pro disclosures have no ye been released publicly. For analyical purposes, hisresuls in ewer youh-specic budges o compare o conservaive budges. From

an organizaional perspecive, i also highlighs an imporan dierence beween

he conservaive and progressive youh inrasrucuresdedicaed resources.

As separae eniies mos conservaive youh organizaions have a greaer degree

o conrol over programming and areas o ocus. Teir programs end o be cen-

ered on conservaive or liberarian valuesTe Federalis Sociey, or example,

consiss o conservaives and liberarians ineresed in he curren sae o he

legal orderinsead o on specic issues, as are many progressive groups such

as Gay, Lesbian, and Sraigh Educaion Nework (ocused on gay righs), ChoiceUSA (a pro-choice organizaion), Sierra Suden Coaliion (an environmenal

group), or Unied We Dream (ocusing on immigraion). One reason or his may

be ha he righ ries o seer clear o he exremely progressive sances ha mos

Millennials have on specic policy areasor example, gay righs, aborion, he

environmen, and he DREAM Acand preers insead o ocus on broader op-

ics, including limied governmen and scal conservaism.

Tis also means, however, ha conservaive organizaions have buil core compe-

encies in broad programmaic areas geared oward ingraining conservaive values

in young people, ollowed by rainings on acivism and journalism o ensure

ha young people have he skills needed o implemen heir values. Examples

include programs such as he Collegiae Nework o help rain young conservaive

journaliss or ohers ha embed young conservaives hroughou he res o he

movemens inrasrucure such as he Koch Insiue.

While he ve conservaive organizaions wih he larges expendiures in 2010

he Young Americas Foundaion; he Federalis Sociey; he Fund or American

Sudies; he Insiue or Humane Sudies; and he Leadership Insiuehad a

budge o nearly $53 million, he ve larges progressive youh organizaionsFeminis Majoriy; he Gay, Lesbian, and Sraigh Educaion Nework; Advocaes

or Youh; Cener or Progressive Leadership; and Rock he Voespen more

han $23 million. O hose analyzed, only our conservaive youh organizaions

had budges under $1 million.

FIGURE 4

Annual budgets o t

top 5 youth groups

size o the group

Conservative groups spe

more than progressive

groups each year

$0

$10

$20

$30

$40

$50

$60

Top 5

progres

group

Top 5

conservative

groups

$53 million

$23 mil



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Tese organizaions are ocused on growing heir movemen by culivaing con-

servaive values and developing uure leaders. Meanwhile, mos progressive orga-

nizaions are narrowly ocused on eiher a specic group among Millennial youh,

such as immigrans, or on a specic issue area, such as aborion or he environ-

men. While many young people care more abou specic issues han abou broad

ideology, groups on he lef mus srenghen he connecion beween issues andprogressive values o mee he conservaive atacks and o build a healhy, long-

erm progressive inrasrucure. Ulimaely, he progressive movemen isel ends

up wih less o a core inrasrucure or an inenional movemen-wide leadership

pipeline han he conservaive movemen.

Long-term investment in individuals

Perhaps he movemen-building naure o he conservaive youh inrasrucure

is mos eviden in heir leadership pipeline, which carries young conservaiveshrough heir 20s and early 30s, wheher i be college, pos-college, graduae

school, or employmen ocused on poliics or policy. Beginning in college, many

sudens are exposed o programs specically geared oward conservaism and

libery ha have been backed by invesmens rom he Koch brohers and oher

conservaive unders.14

ake, or example, he Insiue or Humane Sudies, which has he larges number

o sa members o any youh organizaion. Te Koch brohers use he coers o

he organizaion o purchase enured proessorships a colleges and universiies

and oer ellowships o sudens in hose programs.15 Tis suppor exiss hrough

paid inernships, ellowships or graduae sudies, and even includes ellowships

o up o $60,000 or hose looking o comba liberal ideology by eaching a law

schools. Programs such as his one work o ensure here is no gap in he conserva-

ive pipeline rom iniial recruimen hrough ull-ime employmen. Te program

boass one paricularly amous graduae.

Conservative lawyer-auth

commentator Ann Coulte

became involved with rig

wing youth

groups early

in her lie.

While earn-

ing degrees

rom Cornell

University

and the University o Mic

gan Law School, Coulter w

active in conservative camgroups.16 With the help o

Collegiate Network, Coult

ounded the Cornell Revi

conservative student-run

paper.17 At Michigan, she

a chapter o the conserva

Federalist Society and wa

trained by the National Jo

ism Center, a branch o th

Young Americas Foundat

In a prole o Coulter, You

Americas Foundation wro

that, Speaking on campu

is important to Miss Coult

because it allows, learnin

proceed or the rst time.

many students its their

and only opportunity to s

real conservative during t

entire college experience.

Ann Coulter


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Historical trends

Tese nancial dispariies are no new o he youh engagemen secor. A 2006

repor by Young People For, a progressive organizaion ha rains young leaders in

civic engagemen, examined similar daa and had similar ndings.19 While inves-

men on boh sides has increased since he 2006 repor, he gap beween he wo

sides in spending sill exiss and is coninuing o grow.

From 2003 o 2004 progressive youh organizaions spen a oal o nearly $11

million, while conservaive groups spen nearly $50 million. In 2010 his spend-ing gap beween conservaive and progressive groups spikedrom $39 million

o $48.5 millionas spending by youh groups jumped o $28.8 million on he

lef and $77.3 million on he righ. As he Young People For repor concluded six

years ago, Progressive orces have no mached he growing presence o he Righ

on campusesand i is criical ha we do so.

FIGURE 5

Annual budgets o t

top 5 youth groups

2010 spending

Conservative unding ha

increased much more

drastically than progres

youth group unding

2003 2010

$11

$50

Progressive

Conservative

$0

$10

$20

$30

$40

$50

$60

$70

$80

$90

$28.8

$7



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Conclusion

An analysis o his daa shows ha he conservaive youh inrasrucures signi-

can nancial advanages, already in place in he early 2000s, have only grown in

scope, causing a variey o imporan side eecs. From endowmens and paid

inernships and ellowships o owning heir buildings and inegraion in he

overall movemen, conservaive groups unding advanage has helped he righ

communicae wih young Americans and develop leaders despie he undamen-

al issue-area dierences beween conservaive movemen undamenals and he

Millennial generaion.

Yes, a srong majoriy o Millennials displayed heir progressive values a he bal-

lo box his pas elecion, bu as he larges and mos progressive generaion in

American hisory coninues o growboh in numbers and elecoral poweri

creaes poenial problems, as well as opporuniies, or he progressive movemen.

Millennials may develop apahy oward he poliical process due o a lack o engage-

men rom progressive organizaions, which could resul in a slow bu seady decline

o he progressive movemen and progressive insiuions as Millennials become

older and are needed o replace he curren leaders and members.

Te 2012 elecions reec he imporance o a mobilized youh elecorae:

Analysis conduced he day afer he polls closed by he Cener or Inormaion

and Research on Civic Learning and Engagemen deermined ha mainain-

ing he same youh urnou level as 2008 ended up being he deciding acor in

Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginiaand hereore who won he presiden-

ial elecion.20 Tis is especially impressive considering he low level o unding or

progressive youh urnou operaionsless han $10 million or progressive non-

parisan organizaions, compared o hundreds o millions or V adverisemens.

Te generaion ha ollows he Millennialsodays pre-eensmigh also be

less progressive iniially and move more rapidly oward conservaive ideology,

hanks o well-unded conservaive programming and iniiaives. Tis, however,

can be counerbalanced i he progressive youh organizaions have he necessary


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resources and develop raining and engagemen programs similar o hose o he

conservaive movemenand is no oo lae ye, as here are sill years beore

hese preeens hi voing age. Tese iniiaives should work o reach his genera-

ion now, hough, so as o inorm and help shape heir opinions as hey ener

adulhood in he coming decade and beyond.

Boh he amoun o unding and he undraising inrasrucure among conserva-

ive youh groups have creaed signican challenges or youh groups on he lef.

Te movemen mus ocus on he imporance o progressive values more gener-

ally, as opposed o specic issues or candidaes, i i wans o build a long-lasing

progressivism in he Millennial generaion and beyond. While young progres-

sives have mobilized behind specic candidaessuch as Barack Obama in 2008

and 2012or around specic causes such as marriage equaliy, heir long-erm

engagemen wih he progressive movemen may be a risk i he movemen

doesn develop a sraegy o culivae progressive values wihin Millennials and

oer leadership developmen opporuniies or he nex generaion.

Te conservaive movemen has done well in his regard, creaing raining

programs and osering opporuniies or young conservaives and liberarians

o learn more abou he movemen. In ac, as he broades spli beween young

people and conservaive values ends o be around social issues, liberarian organi-

zaions in paricular are well-posiioned o pu aside hose issues in an atemp o

win over he Millennial generaion.

Elecoral engagemen is a criical sep, bu broader engagemen and inegraion

wihin he progressive movemen is essenial or he advancemen o progressive

policies and values. I i is o build on he progressive successes o he 2012 elec-

ion, he lef mus work harder o consisenly engage he Millennialsand oher

generaions o he uure.

Anne Johnson is the Director o Campus Progress. obin Van Ostern is the Deputy

Director o Campus Progress. Aaron Brennan, Brian Stewart, Kyle Miskell, and

Lindsay McCluskey also contributed to this report.


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Methodology

For his analysis o progressive and conservaive youh organizaions, we examined

he 2008, 2009, and 2010 Form 990s available on GuideSar.org, a 501(c)(3) non-

pro ha provides inormaion on nonpros ha advance ransparency. Daa rom

2011 have no ye been ully repored, hereore we excluded i rom his repor.

For each organizaion wih daa lised, daa were compiled rom he Form 990s

led iniially or ha year. Annual expendiure daa were gahered rom he oal

expenses cell, ypically line 18. Annual asse daa were gahered rom he oal

asses cell, ypically line 20. Propery value was calculaed by combining he

disclosed value o boh land and buildings in Schedule D, Par VI. Te number o

naional youh-specic sa in 2012 was based on he number o naional employ-

ees lised on each organizaions websie as o Ocober 2012. Inernship and el-

lowship inormaion was based on a combinaion o specic gran disclosures and

applicaion daa available online. Organizaional and program descripions werebased on he publicly lised mission o he organizaion. Te ax saus o each

organizaion is based on is Form 990, Secion I (ax-exemp saus). Te designa-

ion o organizaions as conservaive or progressive is based heavily on original

research conduced by Lindsay McCluskey. Designaion as Youh Organizaion,

Youh Elecoral Organizaion, or Youh Program is based on a deerminaion

made by he repors auhors as o wheher he lised eniy is in ac an indepen-

den organizaion or a youh program a a larger organizaion.

Some organizaions were lised wihou asse or spending daa because hey: (1)

were a youh program a a larger organizaion; (2) were a new organizaion; or (3)

did no have a publicly led Form 990.

Organizaions in Appendix A are lised in order o 2010 oal spending, rom larg-

es o smalles; elecoral organizaions are lised by 2012 spending. Organizaions

wihou repored 2010 oal spending daa are lised in order o youh-specic

sa, rom larges o smalles.


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Endnotes

1 Ae Johso, Milleial Voters Reuse to Be Let Outo This Electio (Washigto: Ceter or AmericaProgress, 2012).

2 Ibid.

3 Ibid.

4 The Ceter or Iormatio & Research o Civic Lear-ig ad Egagemet, At Least 80 Electoral VotesDepeded o youth,(2012); Cnn, Exit Polls: natioalPresidet. Vote B Age, november 9, 2012, available athttp://www.c.com/electio/2012/results/mai.

5 Johso, Milleial Voters Reuse to Be Let Out o ThisElectio.

6 Tobi Va Oster, Rome Too Extreme or the Mille-ial Geeratio (Washigto: The Ceter or AmericaProgress,2012).

7 Zeke Miller, A new Republica Geeratio Gets Readto Take Over, Buzzeed, november 8, 2012, available athttp://www.buzzeed.com/zekejmiller/a-ew-republi-ca-geeratio-gets-read-to-take-ove.

8 Ibid.

9 Campus Progress,Ballot Measures-From Marriage toMarijuaa-Drawig youg Voters Attetio (2012),available at http://campusprogress.org/articles/ballot_measuresrom_marriage_to_marijuaadraw-ig_oug_voters_attetio/.

10 Sarah McBride, youth support drives passage o Cali-oria tax-hike measure, Reuters, november 8, 2012.

11 Michael Coer, Youth to Power: How Todays YoungVoters Art Building Tomorrows Progressive Majority(Brookl, new york: Ig Publishig, 200 8), used withpermissio o Ig Publishig, available at http://www.amazo.com/youth-Power-Buildig-Tomorrows-Pro-gressive/dp/0978843134.

12 Ibid.

13 Lidsa McCluske, Upublished Research, 2012.

14 Jae Maer, Covert Operatios: The Billioaire BrothersWho Are Wagig a War Agaist Obama, The New Yorker,August 30, 2010.

15 Ibid.

16 A Coulter, available at http://campusprogress.org/articles/a_coulter/ (last accessed november 2012).

17 Ibid.

18 youg Americas Foudatio,Alumi Profles (2012),available at http://www.a.org/ladigpagetemplate.aspx?id=168.

19 youg People For, Ivest ig i Log-Term ProgressiveLeadership Developmet, (2006).

20 The Ceter or Iormatio & Research o Civic Lear-ig ad Egagemet, At Least 80 Electoral VotesDepeded o youth.
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19 Ceter or America Progress | Appedix A

Young Americas Foundation is committed to

ensuring that increasing numbers o young Americans

understand and are inspired by the ideas o individual

reedom, a strong national deense, ree enterprise,

and traditional values.

501(c)3, Conservative Youth Organizationwww.ya.org

Young Americas Foundation

PAIDInternships

32National youth-specic sta (2012)

$20,780,911Property value

Total assets Total spending

2008

2009

2010

$0 $23,000,000 $46,000,000

$14,814,440

$13,252,406

$15,722,615

$45,856,242

$41,888,949

$41,215,532

It is ounded on the principles that the state exists topreserve reedom, that the separation o governmen-

tal powers is central to our Constitution, and that it is

emphatically the province and duty o the judiciary to

say what the law is, not what it should be.

501(c)3, Conservative Youth Organization

www.ed-soc.org

The Federalist Society

PAID

Fellowships

30

National youth-specic sta (2012)

NONE

Property value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$11,432,328

$9,827,044

$9,779,417

$7,912,615

$9,778,963

$9,764,864

Teaching [young people] the ideas o reedom and a

ree-market economy. recruit young people likely

to pursue careers in public policy, journalism, interna-

tional aairs, business, government educate them

in individual liberty and personal responsibility.


www.tas.org

The Fund or American Studies

NONEInternships




2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$9,735,469

$9,585,665

$9,974,256

$23,507,228

$22,987,564

$21,486,574


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Dedicated to womens equality, reproductive health, and

non-violence utilizes research and action to empower

women economically, socially, and politically. Believes

that eministsboth women and men, girls and boys

are the majority, but this majority must be empowered.

501(c)3, Progressive Youth Organization

www.eminist.org

Feminist Majority

UNPAIDInternships

N/ANational youth-specic sta (2012)

NONEProperty value

The Leadership Institutes mission is to increase thenumber and eectiveness o conservative activists and

leaders in the public policy process.


www.leadershipinstitute.org

The Leadership Institute & Campus Reorm (Campus Leadership Project)

PAID

Internships

60


$11,373,395

Property value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$7,094,356

$5,404,540

$5,698,945

$3,042,163

$3,173,709

$3,377,617


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$7,589,910

$8,897,087

$11,159,325

$19,415,207

$13,960,755

$15,681,104

The Institute or Humane Studies is a unique

organization that assists undergraduate and

graduate students worldwide with an interest in

individual liberty.


www.theihs.org

Institute or Humane Studies

PAIDInternships &

Fellowships


NONEProperty value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$8,632,911

$7,022,506

$7,169,944

$5,062,561

$3,577,546

$3,398,587


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We are dedicated to the deense o ree societieswhose moral, cultural and economic oundations are

under attack by letist and Islamist enemies at home

and abroad.


www.leadershipinstitute.org

David Horowitz Freedom Center & Freedom Center Students

NONE

Internships

15


NONE

Property value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$5,384,902

$4,477,327

$5,994,547

$1,468,315

$1,339,331

$1,646,789

Assure that each member o every school community is

valued and respected regardless o sexual orientation or

gender identity develop school climates where di-

erence is valued or the positive contribution it makes

in creating a more vibrant and diverse community.

501(c)3, Progressive Youth Organizationwww.glsen.org

Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$6,456,914

$5,224,379

$5,892,398

$6,253,010

$6,897,724

$7,591,057

Advocates or Youth champions policies and

programs that help young people make inormed

and responsible decisions about their sexual and

reproductive health.


www.advocatesoryouth.org

Advocates or Youth

PAIDInternships


NONEProperty value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$5,001,005

$4,962,913

$6,198,896

$7,113,832

$5,152,907

$6,772,464


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The Center or Progressive Leadership develops

diverse leaders who can eectively advance

progressive political and policy change.


www.progressiveleaders.org

Center or Progressive Leadership

UNPAIDFellowships


NONEProperty value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$2,419,859

$3,894,882

$3,613,930

$756,751

$805,021

$1,655,162

We serve high school and college students whoare relative newcomers to the economics and

philosophy o the ree society and who show potential

to be uture leaders and activists on libertys behal.


www.ee.org

Foundation or Economic Education

PAID

Internships

10


$9,122

Property value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$2,848,435

$2,831,209

$2,845,721

$6,256,963

$4,778,165

$5,191,625

Inspiring college students to discover, embrace, and

advance the principles and virtues that make America

ree and prosperous.


www.isi.org

Intercollegiate Studies Institute

PAIDInternships




2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$4,184,715

$10,736,201

$12,792,614

$16,502,404

$18,202,656

$20,536,189


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The American Civil Rights Institute is a national civil

rightsorganization created to educate the public on

the harms o racial and gender preerences.


www.acri.org

American Civil Rights Institute

NONEInternships

UNKNOWNNational youth-specic sta (2012)

NONEProperty value

Rock the Votes mission is to engage and build

political power or young people in our country.


www.rockthevote.com

Rock the Vote

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value

The mission o FIRE is to deend and sustain individ-ual rights at Americas colleges and universities. These

rights include reedom o speech, legal equality, due

process, religious liberty, and sanctity o conscience -

the essential qualities o individual liberty and dignity.


www.thefre.org

Foundation or Individual Rights in Education

PAID

Internships

16


NONE

Property value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$2,091,912

$1,604,189

$5,240,932

$1,252,390

$574,617

$1,074,395


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$2,218,236

$2,524,004

$3,069,871

$411,062

$128,387

$121,494


2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$2,196,706

$2,275,684

$2,336,583

$2,646,488


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The League o Young Voters Education Fund supports

young people to build power to create solutions in our

own communities nationwide.


www.theleague.com

League o Young Voters

NONEInternships


NONEProperty value

Through our various student programs, we strive to en-gage, inorm, and connect conservative women across

the country providing them with the resources, role

models, and encouragement they need or uture

success in their workplace, school, and community.

Conservative Youth Organization

www.cblpi.org

Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute

PAID

Internships

7


$578,901

Property value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$1,670,019

$2,085,985

$1,790,794

$1,401,554

$1,357,965

$1,234,844

Seeks to educate and organize young Americans on

the challenges acing our nation working toward

solutions on immediate challenges, such as the lack o

job opportunities, as well as the broader underlying

issues, such as debt and ederal spending.


www.generationopportunity.org

Generation Opportunity

UNKNOWNInternships


NONEProperty value


2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$1,583,735$443,225


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$1,884,130

$1,529,154

$1,451,555

$506,883

$174,120

$575,602


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Expand the conservative coalition, both by increasingthe number o women who understand and value the

benets o limited government, personal liberty, and

ree markets, and by countering those who seek to ever-

expand government in the name o protecting women.


www.iw.org

Independent Womens Forum

UNPAID

Internships

7


NONE

Property value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$1,028,393

$4,373,313

$1,260,987

$119,146

$303,467

$463,828

A nonprot public interest law rm dedicated to the

deense o individual liberties against the increasingly

aggressive and unchecked authority o ederal and

state governments. CIR seeks to enorce constitutional

limits on state and ederal power.

501(c)3, Conservative Youth Organizationwww.cir-usa.org

Center or Individual Rights

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value


2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$1,552,049

$1,969,897

$2,503,845

$2,842,964

To educate pro-lie college students about the issues

o abortion, euthanasia, and inanticide; identiy pro-lie

student leaders; equip with the training, skills and re-

sources to be eective and successul; promote student

activity to other local, college and national groups.


www.studentsorlie.org

Students or Lie o America

NONEInternships


NONEProperty value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$1,003,907

$956,382

$1,314,275

$102,569

$99,761

$97,550


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United by the belie that Latino issues are American

issues and American issues are Latino issues bring-

ing new and diverse voices into the political process by

leveraging the youth, media, the latest technology and

celebrity voices to promote positive change.

501(c)3, Progressive Youth Organizationwww.votolatino.org

Voto Latino

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value


2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$924,174

$350,920

$431,042

$254,004

Mobilizing Millenials to discuss the issues most impor-tant to them, provide an opportunity to work collabora-

tively to propose solutions to those issues and challeng-

es, and invest in groups o Millennials as they work

to implement those solutions across the country.

Progressive Youth Organization

www.mobilize.org

Mobilize

PAID

Internships

8


NONE

Property value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$792,654

$398,861

$433,379

$536,857

$436,114

$127,945

Choice USA envisions a world where all people have

agency over their own bodies and relationships, and

the power, knowledge and tools to exercise that

agency.


www.choiceusa.org

Choice USA

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$725,531

$833,344

$768,290

$554,267

$398,647

$580,285


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With Crossroads Generation, we want to start a

conversation about that new direction. About why

things havent gotten better, but also about how

things can get better.

SuperPAC, Conservative Youth Electoral Organization

www.crossroadsgeneration.com

Crossroads Generation

UNKNOWNInternships


NONEProperty value


2012

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$627,533

$955,098

Has supported independent college newspapers,

magazines and journals that serve to ocus public

awareness on the politicization o American college

and university classrooms,curricula, student lie, and

the resulting decline o educational standards.


www.collegiatenetwork.org

Collegiate Network

PAIDInternships


NONEProperty value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$379,106

$1,909,229

$1,667,629

$0

$552,733

$971,236

Students For Libertys mission is to provide a unied,student-driven orum o support or students and

student organizations dedicated to liberty.


www.studentsorliberty.org

Students or Liberty

PAID

Internships

8


NONE

Property value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$423,931

$155,023

$174,491

$69,302


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Campus Pride develops necessary resources, pro-

grams and services to support LGBT and ally students

on college campuses across the United States.


www.campuspride.org

Campus Pride

NONEInternships


NONEProperty value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$329,094

$161,152

$182,016

$28,154

$37,106

$21,209

Works to build and uniy the college and university-

based responsible investment movement, both by

organizing a diverse network o individuals to act on

their campuses, and by ostering a national network

or collective action.


www.endowmentethics.org

The Responsible Endowments Coalition

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$260,605

$414,841

$343,865

$118,786

$130,932

$275,204

USSA develops current and uture leaders andamplies the student voice at the local, state, and

national levels by mobilizing grassroots power to win

concrete victories on student issues.


www.usstudents.org

United States Student Association

NONE

Internships

11


NONE

Property value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$269,686

$352,110

$252,960

$170,814

$219,400

$354,971


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Exposes political bias in education, with an emphasis

on: The use o classroom and/or university resources to

indoctrinate students; Discrimination against students,

aculty or administrators based on political or aca-

demic belies; and Campus violations o ree speech.


www.democracymatters.org

Accuracy in Academia

PAIDInternships


NONEProperty value

YDA mobilizes young people under the age o 36to participate in the electoral process, inuences the

ideals o the Democratic Party, and develops the skills

o the youth generation to serve as leaders at the local

and national level.

527, Progressive Youth Electoral Organization

www.yda.org

Young Democrats o America

UNPAID

Internships

1


NONE

Property value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$187,533

$827,809

$2,848,073

$265,568

$688,345

$2,728,207


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$139,641

$161,336

$149,599

$640,237

$611,746

$509,644

Democracy Matters seeks to educate and engage

college students and communities in projects in order

to strengthen our countrys democratic system o

governance.


www.democracymatters.org

Democracy Matters

PAIDInternships


NONEProperty value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$208,793

$237,201

$297,676

$693,215

$823,776

$973,370


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YDA mobilizes young people under the age o 36to participate in the electoral process, inuences the

ideals o the Democratic Party, and develops the skills

o the youth generation to serve as leaders at the local

and national level.

SuperPAC, Progressive Youth Electoral Organization

www.yda.org

Young Democrats o America PAC

UNPAID

Internships

1


NONE

Property value

Maverick PAC (MavPAC) is a political action committee

that is engaging next generation Republican leaders

rom business, politics and law to build a national

network and strengthen the uture o our country.

SuperPAC, Conservative Youth Electoral Organization

www.maverickpac.com

Maverick PAC

UNKNOWNInternships


UNKNOWNProperty value


2008

2010

2012

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$133,300

$58,500

$197,900

$146,600

$68,100

$184,300


2012

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$119,000

$151,100

Americas Future Foundation seeks to educate

and mobilize young Americans in support o

limited government ree, ree markets, personal

responsibility moral virtue, a strong deense and

technological progress.


www.americasuture.org

Americas Future Foundation

NONEInternships


NONEProperty value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$86,941

$236,534

$339,228

$35,049

$56,554

$81,105


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The YWCs mission is to organize, educate, and

train activists dedicated to the revival o Western

Civilization.


www.westernyouth.org

Youth or Western Civilization

UNKNOWNInternships


UNKNOWNProperty value

Campus Progress is a national organization that works

with and or young people to promote progressive

solutions to key political and social challenges.

501(c)3/(c)4, Progressive Youth Organization

www.campusprogress.org

Campus Progress

PAIDInternships


NONEProperty value

Sierra Student Coalition trains, empowers, and

organizes youth to run eective campaigns that result in

tangible environmental victories and develops leaders

or the environmental movement.


http://ssc.sierraclub.org

Sierra Student Coalition

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value


2008

2009

2010

$0 $11,000,000 $22,000,000

$26,612

$44,175

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$3,199


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Young Invincibles is a national non-partisan, non-prot

organization dedicated to expanding opportunity or

all young adults, ages 18 to 34, with a ocus on higher

education, health care and economic opportunity.


www.younginvincibles.org

Young Invincibles

PAIDInternships


NONEProperty value

The Generational Alliance is a collaboration o 20

national youth organizations building collective power

or underrepresented & low-income communities. Were

working together to win real victories on policy priorities.


www.generationalalliance.org

Generational Alliance

NONEInternships


NONEProperty value

NBSU is ormed exclusively or the purpose o working

with Black Student Unions to enhance the quality o lie

or Undergraduate College Students.


www.nbsu.org

Black Student Unions

NONEInternships


NONEProperty value

Energy Action Coalition unites a generation in

demanding a 100% sae and clean energy uture.


www.nbsu.org

Energy Action Coalition

PAIDFellowships


NONEProperty value


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The Roosevelt Institute Campus Network, a national

student initiative, engages young people in a unique

orm o progressive activism that empowers them as

leaders and promotes their ideas or change.


www.rooseveltcampusnetwork.org

The Roosevelt Institute Campus Network

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value

The mission o NeW is to oster the education and

leadership skills o conservative university women.

NeW is also devoted to expanding the intellectual

diversity on college campuses.


www.enlightenedwomen.org

Network o Enlightened Women

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value

The mission o OUR TIME is to combine the voting

and purchasing power o young Americans so that

politicians and businesses represent our needs better.


www.ourtime.org

Our Time

NONEInternships


NONEProperty value

To achieve equal access to higher education or all

people, regardless o immigration status.


www.unitedwedream.org

United We Dream Network

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value


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The Bus Federation is an innovative network o

homegrown nonprot organizations that mobilize huge

numbers o volunteers and develop next generation

leaders to create a more just and responsive democracy.

501(c)4, State-Based Progressive Youth Organization

www.busederation.com

The Bus Federation

PAIDFellowships


NONEProperty value

The Student PIRGs organize college students to

solve some o the worlds most pressing public

interest problems.

501(c)3, Youth Program at Progressive Organization

www.studentpirgs.org

Student PIRG Chapters

PAIDFellowships


NONEProperty value

Protects and promotes our nations core values by

identiying, engaging, and empowering young leaders

and activists and equipping them to work toward positive

social change in their communities and across the nation.


www.youngpeopleor.org

Young People For

UNPAIDFellowships


NONEProperty value

Advancement o education, promotion o social welare,elimination o prejudice and discrimination and deense

o human and civil rights secured by law.

501(c)3, Youth Program at Progressive Organizationwww.drummajorinstitute.org/dmi-scholars/

Drum Major Institute Scholars

UNPAIDFellowships


NONEProperty value


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United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) is a

grassroots organization o youth and students who

believe that a powerul and dynamic labor movement will

ensure greater justice or all people.

Progressive Youth Organization

www.usas.org

United Students Against Sweatshops

NONEInternships 3National youth-specic sta (2012) NONEProperty value

HRC Youth & Campus empowers Youth to ght or LGBT

equality on campuses.


www.hrc.org/issues/youth-campaigns/

HRC Youth & Campus

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value

The Native Youth Leadership Alliance is an

intergenerational collective o Tribal College studentsand their allies that spark positive change in Native

American communities.


www.nativeyouthleadership.org

Native Youth Leadership Alliance

UNPAIDFellowships


NONEProperty value

Young conservatives can interact with Heritage policy

experts on their campuses. Young Leaders Program

will host briengs about Heritage and policy issues.

501(c)3, Youth Program at Conservative Organization

www.heritage.org/about/internships-young-leaders/

young-leaders-program

The Heritage Foundation Young Leaders Program

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value


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Campus Camp Wellstone works to empower young

people through highly relevant and interactive training

to become their own leaders, win on the issues that are

important to them, and engage in lives o public service.

501(c)3/(c)4, Youth Program at Progressive Organization

www.wellstone.org/programs/campus-camp-

wellstone

Campus Camp Wellstone

PAIDFellowships


NONEProperty value

Ten ofcers who serve or a one-year term on college

campuses across the country. Our leaders in the

states and on individual campuses [work] to bring about

change on their campuses and in their communities.


www.collegedems.org

College Democrats o America

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value

A national network o students and youth organizing

with armworkers to eliminate sweatshop conditions

and modern-day slavery in the elds. Part o larger

movements or economic and social justice.


www.salliance.org

Student Farmworker Alliance

PAIDInternships


NONEProperty value

To organize young people to be active in elections,

policy-making, and service projects.


www.hiphopcaucus.org

Hip Hop Caucus

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value


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Working with Jobs with Justice and the United States

Student Association, SLAP supports the growing student

movement or economic justice by making links between

campus and community organizing.


www.studentlabor.org

Student Labor Action Project

UNPAIDInternships


NONEProperty value

To empower, educate and motivate our youth to

become active leaders. Give them the tools and skills

they need to aect positive change in their community.


www.ncbcp.org/programs/byv/

Black Youth Vote

PAIDInternships


NONEProperty value

The mission o the National Association or the

Advancement o Colored People is to ensure the political,

educational, social, and economic equality o rights o all

persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.


www.naacp.org/programs/entry/youth-and-college

NAACP Youth & College Division

PAIDInternships


NONEProperty value

Through the Institutes proessional education, research,and training programs, we work to prepare proessionals

or careers in advancing economic reedom.

501(c)3, Youth Program at Conservative Organizationwww.charleskochinstitute.org

Charles Koch Institute

PAIDFellowships


NONEProperty value


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38 Ceter or America Progress | Appedix B

Foundation

Ackerman Foundation, Edward & Wilhelmina, Texas X X X X X

Aequus Institute, New York X X

Alord Foundation, Inc., J & D, New Jersey X

Allegheny Foundation, Pennsylvania X

Alpha Foundation Inc., Alabama X

Anderson Foundation, Robert A. and Kathey K., Texas X

Annenberg Foundation, The, Caliornia X

Apgar Foundation, Inc., Indiana X X X X

Aqua Charitable Trust, Pennsylvania X

AT&T Foundation, Texas X

Ather ton Foundation, William s. & Ann, Oklahoma X

Austin Community Foundation or the Capital Area, Inc.,

TexasX

Bachman Foundation, Ohio X X

Bader Charitable Trust, Lars, New York X

Banbury Fund, Inc., New Jersey X X

Bass Foundation, Lee and Roma, Texas X

Becker Charitable Trust, Newton & Rochelle, Caliornia X

Bell Charitable Foundation, Caliornia X X

Belz Founation, Tennessee X

Bochnowski Family Foundation, Caliornia X

Boston Foundation, Inc., Massachusetts X X

Brady Education Foundation, Inc., North Carolina X X

Bridges Foundation, Robert and Alice, Caliornia X

Broyhill Family Foundation, Inc., North Carolina X X

Broyhill Family Foundation, Inc., North Carolina

Bruni Foundation, Jerome V., Colorado X

Camp Younts Foundation, Georgia X

Campbell Charitable Trust, Ruth Camp, New York X

Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation, Kentucky X

Casey Foundation, Sophia & William, New York X

YoungAmerica

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Foundation

Castle Rock Foundation, Colorado X X X X

Ceres Foundation, Illinois X

Chase Foundation o Virginia, Virginia X X X X

Ciocca Charitable Foundation, Arthur & Carlyse, Caliornia X

Cliton Foundation, Texas X

Cobb Family Foundation, Inc., Florida X

Coleman Jr. Foundation, George E., District o Columbia X X

Communities Foundation o Texas, Inc., Texas X X

Connemara Fund, Wyoming X

Connolly Foundation, G.L., Caliornia X X

Crystal Trust, Delaware X

Daniels Fund, Colorado X X X

Danielson Foundation, James Deering, Illinois X X X

Davey Foundation, Lillian Butler, Connecticut X

Davis Foundation, Ken W., Texas X X X

Deering Foundation, Illinois X

Dodge Jones Foundation, Texas X X X

DorBarLeo Foundation, Inc. X

Dunns Foundation or the Advancement o Right Think-

ing, FloridaX

Earhart Foundation, Michigan X X X X

Ed Foundation, Texas X X

El Pomar Foundation, Colorado X

Engemann Family Foundation, Caliornia X

ExxonMobil Foundation, Texas X X

Federal Investors Foundation, Inc., Pennsylvania X

Field Family Foundation, Eris & Larry, Caliornia X

Filene Foundation, Inc., Lincoln and Therese, Massachu-

settsX

Filingieri Philosophical Society o America, Inc., Gaetano,

ConnecticutX

Friedmann Family Charitable Trust, Philip M., Illinois X X X X

YoungAmerica

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Foundation

Gaby Foundation, Richard & Barbara, Georgia X X

Garvy Family Foundation, Inc., Florida X

General Motors Foundation, Inc., Michigan X X

Gilder Foundation, Inc., New York X X

Goldman Foundation, Neal and Marlene, New York X

Goodrich Foundation, Pierre F. and Enid, Indiana X X X

Gulton Foundation, Inc., New Jersey X

Haller, Jr. Foundation, Henry E., Pennsylvania X X X

Hanson Family Foundation, Colorado X

Harper Foundation, Philip S., Vermont X

Henderson Foundation, Massachusetts X X X

Henkels Foundation, Pennsylvania X

Herrick Foundation, Michigan X

Hertog Foundation, Inc., Florida X

Herzstein Charitable Foundation, Albert & Ethel, Texas X

Hickory Foundation, New Jersey X X

Houston Community Foundation, Greater, Texas X

Howell Foundation, Barbara N. and Don N., Georgia X X

Huty Foundation, Florida X X X X

Hunt Foundation, Roy A., Pennsylvania X

Immanuel Charitable Foundation, Arizona X

Iroquois Avenue Foundation, New York X X

Jackson Charitable Trust, John E. & Sue M., Ohio X X

Jacobs Family Foundation, Inc., Caliornia X

Kamber Foundation, Abraham, New York X

Kansas City Community Foundation, Missouri X X

Kauman Foundation, Ewing Marion, Missouri X

Kingdon Fund, Mark and Anla Cheng, New York X

Kirby Foundation, Inc., F.M., New Jersey X X X X X X

Koch Charitable Foundation, Charles G., Virginia X X

Koret Foundation, Caliornia X X X X

YoungAmerica

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Foundation

Lake Charitable Trust, Diane S., Caliornia X

Lakeside Foundation, Caliornia X

Lambe Charitable Foundation, Claude R., Kansas X X X X X

Larson Family Foundation, W. & J., New York X

Lehrman Institute, Connecticut X X

Lilly Endowment Inc., Indiana X X

Longwood Foundation, Inc., Delaware X

LoPrete Family Foundation, Michigan X X

Lozick Foundation, Edward A. and Catherine L., Ohio X

M.Z. Foundation, Caliornia X

Mary Anna Foundation Charitable Trust, Florida X

Mathewson Foundation, Charles N., Nevada X

McCaw Foundation, Wendy P., Caliornia X

McCune Charitable Trust, John R., Pennsylvania X X

McGovern Foundation, John P., Texas X

McKenna Foundation, Inc., Philip M., Pennsylvania X X

Merillat Foundation, Orville d. & Ruth A., Michigan X

Merlo Foundation, Inc., Harry A., Oregon X

Meyers Charitable Family und, Illinois X

Milwaukee Foundation, Greater, Wisconsin X

Modzelewski Charitable Trust, Virginia X X X X X

Moller Foundation, Dorothy D. and Joseph A., Michigan X X

Monroe Foundation, Henry E. & Lola, Caliornia X

Morgan Foundation, Pete, Colorado X

Mosher Family Foundation, George & Julie, Illinois X X X

Murdock Charitable Trust, M.J., Washington X X

Natan Foundation, Washington X

Orange County Community Foundation, Caliornia X X

Outhwaite Charitable Trust, June G., Caliornia X

Papadopoulos Charitable Foundation, C. N. and Maria,

TexasX

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Foundation

Perry Foundation, Patricia and Douglas, Virginia X

Pinkerton Foundation, Delaware X

Pope Foundation, John William, North Carolina X X X X X X X X

Prince Foundation, Edgar and Elsa, Michigan X X

Red Bird Hollow Foundation, Illinois X

Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation, Inc., Virginia X

Rishwain Family Foundation, Rober t & Karen, Caliornia X

Rosenbloom Foundation, Inc., Ben & Esther X

Rupe Foundation, Athur N., Caliornia X X X

Same Line Foundation, Inc., Maryland X

Scaie Foundation, Inc., Sarah, Pennsylvania X X X X X X

Schlinger Foundation, Warren & Katherine, Caliornia X X

Schmidt Family Foundation, Theodore & Elizabeth, New

JerseyX

Searle Freedom Trust, District o Columbia X X X

Seid Foundation, Barbara and Barre, Illinois X X

Shipley, Jr. Foundation, Inc. Charles R., Massachusetts X

Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Caliornia X

Simon Foundation, Inc., William E., New York X X X X X

Simpson Foundation, Joseph T. & Helen M., Pennsylvania X

Stein Foundation, Inc., Jack & Joan, Wisconsin X

Stone Family Foundation, Roger X

Stoneman Charitable Fund, James M., Massachusetts X X

Strake Foundation, Texas X X X X

Strawbridge Foundation, Maxwell, Pennsylvania X

Stuart Family Foundation, Illinois X

Sumners Foundation or the Study and Teaching o Sel-

Government, Inc., Hatton W., Texas

X

Susquehanna Foundation, Pennsylvania X X

Swenson Family Foundation, New Jersey X X

Swensrud Foundation, Sideny A., Massachusetts X

T & O Foundation, Inc., Wisconsin X X

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Foundation

Taper Foundation, Barry, Caliornia X

Tell Foundation, William & Karen, Connecticut X

Templeton Foundation, John, Pennsylvania X X X X

The Achelis Foundation, New York X X

The American Foundation Corporation, Ohio X

The Ammerman Foundation, Maryland X

The Andras Foundation, Texas X

The Anschutz Foundation, Colorado X X X X X

The Armstrong Foundation, Mississippi X X X X

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