Kirk started the conservative activist organization Turning Point USA, which has a chapter at Winthrop University.

Kirk made visits to all three of Arizona's major public university campuses — Northern Arizona University, Arizona State University and the University of Arizona — as well as GCU, most recently in fall 2024 for the "You're Being Brainwashed" tour. Kirk also attended voter registration events across Arizona college campuses.

Kirk, who was the co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, was able to set up his family — wife, Erika, and two young children — to be financially stable before his death with an estimated net worth of $12 million, according to ValueWalk.

Turning Point has released a statement, a day after political activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead during a campus event.

The students plan to meet with Turning Point USA about creating a chapter at Vanderbilt, and then set up a meeting with school administration.

Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA colleagues mourned the late conservative political leader and organizer with a social media post on Kirk's personal accounts Thursday. Eulogizing him as "America's greatest martyr to the freedom of speech he so adored,

CNN commentator Scott Jennings gave an emotional on-air eulogy Wednesday for Charlie Kirk. Kirk, 31, was shot during a public speaking event at Utah Valley State University. Videos show Kirk talking about mass shootings moments before he was struck in the neck.

Charlie Kirk brought thousands of young voters to the Republican Party through annual conferences at the County Convention Center.