History
Young America's Foundation was founded in 1969 at Vanderbilt University when students formed an organization called University Information Services (UIS). The reason for creating the UIS was 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. The goal of this organization was to bring conservative speakers to campus. It held the first National Conservative Student Conference in 1979. It has been a prominent supporter of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference for many years.
Ron Robinson has been president of Young America's Foundation since 1977.
In 1998, Young America's Foundation purchased Rancho del Cielo, the Santa Barbara, California ranch of Ronald Reagan.
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