Two years before Charlie Kirk was assassinated on a Utah college stage, Turning Point USA began paying $350,000 annual premiums on a split-dollar life insurance policy covering the 31-year-old founder — an arrangement that could now deliver tens of millions to his widow, Erika Kirk, while the nonprofit recoups only its premiums.
TPV reports: The policy, routed through a Wyoming LLC named “GGLF 2023” — initials that appear to reference the Kirks’ young daughter Gigi — was established in 2023, six years after Kirk became the public face of the $80-million-a-year organization he built. Critics call it suspicious timing at best.
A former TPUSA insider speaking under the pseudonym “Brian” told online investigators the idea may have originated with Erika Kirk, not Charlie. “She’s connected enough — and her family background is documentable — that it’s not far-fetched she could have set this up without his full awareness,” he claimed. The LLC lapsed into tax dissolution three days before the September 10 shooting.
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| Charlie Kirk ordered a DOGE-style TPUSA audit before his death; widow Erika canceled the audit after becoming CEO. |
Turning Point’s 2023 IRS filings show the group took in $81 million yet ended the year with just $4 million cash and $5.6 million in savings after lavish spending, including nearly $200,000 on first-class and charter flights alone. Former TPUSA star Candace Owens had previously accused Kirk of fretting over the organization’s burn rate.
Split-dollar policies are legal and not uncommon for key executives, but critics argue a multimillion-dollar personal death benefit should not have been subsidized by donor funds — especially when Kirk was wealthy enough to pay premiums himself.
Neither Turning Point USA nor Erika Kirk responded to requests for comment. With premiums paid in 2023 and 2024, the policy is now poised to pay out.
How much the beneficiary ultimately receives — and who exactly pushed for the arrangement — remains unknown.