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Creating a Conservative Movement
YAF played a critical role in the development of many, if not most, of the new conservative organizations that were established in the 1960s, 1970s and beyond. Those who were college students and young adults active in YAF went on to form new groups or serve as important personnel in conservative organizations founded by others. To fully understand the influence of YAF on the creation of a lasting movement in America, it is helpful to view those organizations formed by YAF alumni and then those which YAFers have played an important contributing role.

Conservative Organizations
Below is a list of conservative organizations YAFers founded or played an important role in founding:
 * American Conservative Union - founded in 1964 - William F. Buckley, David R. Jones & others.
 * The Fund for American Studies - founded in 1966 - David R. Jones, Charles Edison, Dr. Walter Judd, Marvin Liebman and William F. Buckley Jr.
 *  The American Spectator - founded in 1967 - Publisher Alfred S. Regnery; Editor-in-Chief R. Emmett Tyyell Jr. (both YAF alumni)
 * Conservative Victory Fund - founded in 1969 - Congressman John Ashbrook & Tom Winter.
 * Young Americas Foundation - founded in 1969 - Students at Vanderbilt University, Ron Robinson & others
 * American Legislative Exchange Council - founded in 1973 - Kathy King Rothschild, assisted by Connie Campanella.
 * Conservative Political Action Conference - started in 1974 - Young Americans for Freedom, American Conservative Union, Human Events & National Review
 * The Conservative Caucus - founded in 1974 - Howard Phillips
 * The Second Amendment Foundation - founded in 1974 - Alan Gotlieb; Treasurer Sam Slom, Hawaii State Senator and YAF alumnus
 * The National Journalism Center - founded in 1977 - M. Stanton Evans
 * Cato Institute - founded in 1977 - Edward Crane
 * Reason Foundation - founded in 1978 - Robert W. Poole Jr.
 * The Lincoln Institute for Research and Education - founded in 1978 - Jay A. Parker
 * The Leadership Institute - founded in 1979 - Morton Blackwell
 * Young Conservatives of Texas - founded in 1980 - Steve Munisteri
 * The Ludwig von Mises Institute - founded in 1982 - Lewellyn Rockwell
 * The National Center for Public Policy Research - founded in 1982 - Amy Moritz Ridnour.
 * The Institute for Policy Innovation - founded in 1987 - Peter Ferrara
 * The Media Research Center - founded in 1987 - L. Brent Bozell III & Brent Baker
 * Citizens United - founded in 1988 - Floyd Brown
 * The American Policy Center - founded in 1988 - Tom DeWeese
 * The Goldwater Institute - founded in 1988 - Dr. Michael Sanera
 * The National Legal and Policy Center - founded in 1991 - Kenneth Boehm & Peter Flaherty
 * Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute - founded in 1993 - Michelle Easton
 * The Jefferson Institute - founded in *** - Michael Thompson, Chris Braulich, Randal C. Teague & Robert Turner.
 * Grasstops USA - founded in 2004 - Christoper Carmouche

Notable YAF Alumni - Public Service

 * U.S. President Ronald Reagan, former YAF Honorary National Chairman
 * U.S Vice President Dan Quayle;
 * U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions;
 * U.S. Senator and D.C. District Court of Appeals Judge John Buckley
 * U.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher;
 * U.S. Representative Ed Royce;
 * U.S. Representative Ted Poe;
 * U.S. Representative Peter King;
 * U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann
 * U.S. Representative Robert Bauman, and former YAF national chairman and former;
 * U.S. Representative Mark Souder;
 * U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo, a 2008 presidential candidate;
 * Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Chris Cox;
 * Federal Judge Daniel A. Manion
 * California legislator Pat Nolan, former California chairman;

Notable YAF Alumni - Conservative Movement

 * David Keene, President of National Rifle Association and former Chairman of American Conservative Union ;
 * Ron Robinson, President of Young Americas Foundation and former YAF executive director;
 * Michelle Easton, Founder and President of Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute;
 * Christopher Long, President of Intercollegiate Studies Institute and former YAF executive director;
 * David J. Porter of Giddings, Texas, the 2010 Republican nominee for the Railroad Commission of Texas;
 * James Bopp Jr., Prominent conservative attorney;
 * Dr. Lee Edwards, Conservative historian, founding YAF member and founding editor of YAF's New Guard Magazine;
 * M. Stanton Evans, YAF founder and conservative writer;
 * Richard Viguerie, Conservative fundraiser, founder of direct mail marketing, and YAF's first executive director;
 * Richard Norman, Conservative fundraiser;
 * Bruce Eberle, Conservative Fundraiser;