"[2] Scott Walker, former governor of Wisconsin and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, became President of YAF on February 1, 2021. Notable alumni members include Jeff Sessions and Stephen Miller.

[10] The Time article noted that in surveys of incoming college students by the American Council on Education, a "majority of 2003 freshmen – 53% – wanted affirmative action abolished, compared with only 43% of all adults.

[13] YAF's stated mission is "ensuring that increasing numbers of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise, and traditional values.

"[14] YAF is a member of the advisory board of Project 2025,[15] a collection of conservative and right-wing policy proposals from the Heritage Foundation to reshape the United States federal government and consolidate executive power should the Republican nominee win the 2024 presidential election.

[16] YAF has twice sued the Know Your Enemy podcast charging trademark infringement due to a satirical labeling of a membership tier on Patreon as "Young Americans for Freedom".

The National Journalism Center which was founded in 1977 by M. Stanton Evans,[18]: 489–98  is currently a project of Young America's Foundation that places college students and recent graduates at media organizations in the Washington, D.C.

[24] The charter for the Young Americans for Freedom, written by M. Stanton Evans, the Sharon Statement,[25]: 21 was described by K.E.Grubbs in 2010 as "the late 20th century's single most elegant distillation of conservative principles".