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Dream for America

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Dream for America
AbbreviationDfA
FoundedJuly 4, 2023; 3 years ago (2023-07-04)
FounderWilliam He
Type501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
HeadquartersPlano, Texas, United States
Founder and CEO
William He
AffiliationsDream for Action (501(c)(4))
Websitedreamforamerica.org

Dream for America is an American 501(c)(3) non-profit organisation that recruits and organises high school and college students.[1][2] It was founded on 4 July 2023 by William He, then a 16-year-old high school student in Texas, who describes the organisation as a left-leaning counterpart to Turning Point USA.[1][3][4] The organisation is affiliated with Dream for Action, a 501(c)(4) political advocacy organisation.[4][5]

History

He founded Dream for America in 2023 while a high school student in Plano, Texas.[1][4] He has written that the January 6 United States Capitol attack shaped his personal view that his generation needed to organise to defend democracy.[6] DfA was launched with the aim of countering the influence of conservative youth organisations among young voters.[1] He has said that he started the organisation without funding or political connections and initially ran it alone before recruiting friends as volunteers.[1][3] In March 2024, Dream for America was one of fifteen youth organisations, including Voters of Tomorrow, NextGen PAC, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Students Demand Action, the Young Democrats of America, the College Democrats of America and the High School Democrats of America, that jointly endorsed the Biden–Harris re-election campaign.[7][8] The organisation later supported Kamala Harris's campaign.[2] In April 2024, Newsweek reported that Dream for America was organising a coalition of student groups at Kent State University to oppose a campus talk by Kyle Rittenhouse hosted by the university's Turning Point USA chapter. The organisation's organising director, Josh Brons, told the magazine that financing and coordinating such protests fell within the group's mission.[9] Following the 2024 United States presidential election, He told the Associated Press that conservative youth organisations such as Turning Point USA had effectively shaped youth political culture online and on campus, arguing that Democratic campaigns were slow to compete on that ground.[2][10] On 11 August 2025, DfA held its first national conference, a virtual event known as "DemocracyFest 2025". Speakers included Kamala Harris, Mark Kelly, Andy Beshear and James Talarico.[1][11] In September 2025, He was interviewed by BBC News on political violence following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.[12] By May 2026, DfA was reported to have about 40 active campus chapters and 1,200 volunteers, most of them in Republican-leaning or swing states, and to have raised approximately 644,000 United States dollars since its founding.[1] In June 2026, He appeared on a closing plenary panel on youth engagement at the Netroots Nation conference in Philadelphia alongside representatives Maxwell Frost and Jamie Raskin.[13][3] The organisation held its first in-person national conference, "Democracy Summit 2026", on 15 August 2026 at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center in Austin, Texas, timed to coincide with the United States Semiquincentennial.[1][14] Announced speakers included Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Kelly, Beshear, Stacey Abrams, Chris Murphy, Ro Khanna, Frost and Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin.[14]

Structure

Dream for America describes itself as a 501(c)(3) exempt organisation based in Plano, Texas, and is affiliated with a 501(c)(4) exempt organisation known as Dream for Action, which was created for political advocacy.[4][5] Internal Revenue Service records compiled by ProPublica list an entity named Dream For America in Plano, granted tax exemption in March 2023, as a 501(c)(4) organisation.[15] The organisation is mainly operated by student volunteers and organises its work around campus chapters, digital content and conferences.[1][4] Its advisory board includes former Austin mayor Steve Adler, former Planned Parenthood president Gloria Feldt and former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh.[1][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Brumley, Jeff (11 May 2026). "Dream for America offers alternative to TPUSA". Baptist News Global. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brown, Matt (30 November 2024). "Young men swung to the right for Trump after a campaign dominated by masculine appeals". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Breeden, Alix (5 June 2026). "Can there really be a Turning Point USA of the left?". Daily Kos. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "About Us". Dream for America. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Our Team". Dream for America. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  6. ↑ He, William (2 February 2024). "After witnessing January 6th, Gen Z is fighting to save our democracy". Courier Newsroom. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  7. ↑ Weissert, Will (11 March 2024). "Youth activist groups jointly endorse Biden. They say his achievements matter more than his age". The Hill. Associated Press. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  8. ↑ "15 Youth Vote Groups Endorse Biden-Harris Campaign, Announce Initiatives to Support Reelection Efforts" (Press release). Voters of Tomorrow. March 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  9. ↑ Rahman, Khaleda (16 April 2024). "Kyle Rittenhouse's War with Campus Activists". Newsweek. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  10. ↑ "The Future of America: How Gen Z feels about our country's path forward". KLBK-TV. Nexstar Media Group. July 2026. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  11. ↑ "DemocracyFest 2025". Dream for America. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
  12. ↑ "William He on the BBC". Dream for America. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  13. ↑ Zaidi, Kamil (June 2026). "Netroots Nation 2026 closes with calls to organize, protect voting rights, and engage young people in progressive causes". Cascadia Advocate. Northwest Progressive Institute. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Democracy Summit 2026". Dream for America. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  15. ↑ "Dream For America". Nonprofit Explorer. ProPublica. Retrieved 9 September 2026.



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