Major TPUSA donor pulled funding from Charlie Kirk before his death
Turning Point USA's biggest donor cut off a promised $2 million to Charlie Kirk shortly before Kirk was killed, a sign of how sharply pro-Israel funders had turned against him.
- The donor, a millionaire who also backed Laura Loomer's career, denounced Kirk at a private gala days before the assassination and said the money would not come.
- The break followed Kirk's opposition to war with Iran and his public complaints about Jewish donors he described as becoming too controlling.
- At a closed-door summit of influencers convened by pro-Israel billionaire Bill Ackman, Kirk was reportedly shouted down by a lawyer after asking why he could not host certain speakers at his youth events.
- A leaked contract shows the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, one of the largest private funders of the Israeli government, had pledged $700,000 to TPUSA.
- That pledge was at risk while Kirk was alive but has continued under his widow, Erica Kirk.
Outlook: Expect more scrutiny of who funds TPUSA and whether the group's line on Israel shifts now that Kirk is gone.