Young America's Foundation
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| Abbreviation | YAF |
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| Formation | 1969 |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
| Purpose | Conservative Youth Organization |
| Headquarters | 11480 Commerce Park Drive, Sixth Floor, Reston, VA 20191 |
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Region served
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United States of America |
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President
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Ron Robinson |
| Affiliations | Young Americans for Freedom, National Journalism Center, The Reagan Ranch |
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Budget
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Revenue: $36,193,437 Expenses: $21,482,145 (FYE December 2015) |
| Slogan | The Conservative Movement Starts Here |
| Website | http://www.yaf.org |
Young America's Foundation (YAF) is a conservative youth organization, founded in 1969, whose self-described mission is to ensure that "increasing numbers of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values."
Young America's Foundation was founded in 1969 at Vanderbilt University when students formed an organization called University Information Services (UIS). UIS was established to provide students with a familial atmosphere to express their conservative beliefs. When UIS became a national organization in the early 1970s, it changed its name to Young America’s Foundation. Young America's Foundation held the first National Conservative Student Conference in 1979. It is a co-founder of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference and has been a prominent supporter of the event since then.
In 1998, Young America's Foundation purchased Rancho del Cielo, the Santa Barbara, California ranch of Ronald Reagan.
Young America's Foundation merged with Young Americans for Freedom in 2011.
Young America’s Foundation is a tax-exempt educational foundation. The Foundation's programs include lectures on college and high school campuses, conferences throughout the United States, and campus activism initiatives. These programs are broadcast on C-SPAN. Young America's Foundation also preserves the Ronald Reagan Ranch, runs the National Journalism Center (NJC), and oversees Young Americans for Freedom. A Time Magazine article written in 2004 details some of the rhetoric used by YAF. Author John Cloud says that conservative students have borrowed the left’s rhetoric of victim-hood. He goes on to say that conservatives carve out pockets for themselves among universities in which liberals control the faculty, the curriculum, and the resources. They have even gone so far as to support “intellectual diversity” on campus. The article also points to controversial tactics used when distributing fliers on college campuses. In 2000, before a speech given by conservative Michelle Easton, fliers were passed out reading: “What does a woman REALLY want? Husband. Children. Picket Fence.”
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