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← EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$58,479,092
Total expenses
$34,309,951
Contributions and grants received
$57,899,292
Grants paid
$6,482,732
Program service revenue
$104,687
Investment income
$428,753
Other revenue
$46,360
Total assets, end of year
$48,056,766
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,150,865
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$44,905,901
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$28,305,515
Management and general expenses
$4,856,001
Fundraising expenses
$1,148,435
Program service expenses (Part III)
$28,305,515

Program services were 82.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $57,899,292

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,120,571

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $104,687 · excluded $104,687

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $426,384 · excluded $426,384

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $6,694 · excluded $6,694

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,122,940

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,120,571

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,369

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,369 · excluded $2,369

  • 11a · Other revenue: PRIOR YEAR REFUNDS

    total $39,666 · excluded $39,666

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $39,666

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,482,732 · program services $6,482,732

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $12,608,569 · program services $11,235,671 · management and general $1,034,567 · fundraising $338,331

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $370,356 · program services $333,248 · management and general $25,658 · fundraising $11,450

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,348,318 · program services $2,067,751 · management and general $239,265 · fundraising $41,302

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,019,070 · program services $921,531 · management and general $71,529 · fundraising $26,010

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $560,267 · program services $506,195 · management and general $40,747 · fundraising $13,325

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,137,440 · management and general $2,137,440

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $415,599 · fundraising $415,599

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,709,383 · program services $4,186,071 · management and general $337,213 · fundraising $186,099

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $132,791 · program services $130,531 · fundraising $2,260

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $517,470 · program services $150,301 · management and general $367,169

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $472,582 · program services $225,272 · management and general $244,371 · fundraising $2,939

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $104,020 · program services $104,020

  • 17 · Travel

    total $668,706 · program services $565,534 · management and general $16,794 · fundraising $86,378

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $658,357 · program services $630,086 · management and general $26,314 · fundraising $1,957

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $533,197 · program services $475,139 · management and general $43,750 · fundraising $14,308

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $160,646 · management and general $160,646

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH & RECORDS FEES

    total $122,883 · program services $122,883

  • 24b · Other expenses: DATA ACQUISITION

    total $105,909 · program services $105,909

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $103,761 · management and general $103,761

  • 24d · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND PRINTING

    total $52,196 · program services $43,530 · management and general $189 · fundraising $8,477

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $25,699 · program services $19,111 · management and general $6,588

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,639,215 · end of year $5,547,975

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $14,457,129 · end of year $36,883,478

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,189,867 · end of year $4,521,495

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $190,216 · end of year $172,475

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $230,385

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $124,743

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $141,348 · end of year $105,642

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,227,192 · end of year $825,701

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,658,707 · end of year $1,331,305

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,192,500 · end of year $1,639,660

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $257,000 · end of year $179,900

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,054,134 · end of year $39,339,116

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,682,626 · end of year $5,566,785

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND SEEKS TO IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CAUSES OF GUN VIOLENCE AND HELP TO REDUCE IT BY CONDUCTING GROUNDBREAKING ORIGINAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPING EVIDENCE-BASED POLICIES, COMMUNICATING THIS KNOWLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, AND ADVANCING GUN SAFETY AND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN COMMUNITIES AND THE COURTS.

  • IN 2022, GUN VIOLENCE REACHED RECORD LEVELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS COMMUNITIES CONTINUED TO GRAPPLE WITH THE FALLOUT FROM TWO YEARS OF COVID-RELATED DISRUPTIONS TO THE ECONOMY, EDUCATION AND DAILY LIFE. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND HELPED TO MAKE COMMUNITIES SAFER THROUGH SUPPORT FOR CRITICAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY-BASED INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, ROBUST PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, TARGETED LITIGATION AND LIFE-SAVING ORIGINAL RESEARCH. IN FEBRUARY, THE FOURTH ANNUAL NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS WEEK WAS THE LARGEST AND MOST IMPACTFUL ELEVATION OF SURVIVORS' VOICES AND EXPERIENCES YET. IN AUGUST, THE EVERYTOWN COMMUNITY SAFETY FUND AWARDED $1.5 MILLION IN FUNDING TO 15 COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUILDING ON EVERYTOWN'S GRANT OFFERINGS TO SUPPORT THE VITAL WORK OF COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO FIGHT GUN VIOLENCE. IN OCTOBER, ALL 30 CURRENT EVERYTOWN SUPPORT FUND GRANTEES WERE INVITED TO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY FUND CONVENING WHERE GRANTEES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, COMMUNITY SAFETY FUND ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND CELEBRATE THIS YEAR'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS. IN JUNE, ADVOCATES, PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, INFLUENCERS, CORPORATE BRANDS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS AND MORE CAME TOGETHER TO MARK THE EIGHTH ANNUAL NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY AND PARTICIPATE IN THE WEAR ORANGE CAMPAIGN. NOTABLY, MORE THAN 300 LANDMARKS, INCLUDING THE WHITE HOUSE, WERE ILLUMINATED ORANGE AND MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS HOSTED MORE THAN 370 WEAR ORANGE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES IN ALL 50 STATES AND WASHINGTON, D.C. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS, THE BE SMART PROGRAM ANNOUNCED NEW NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS TO EDUCATE PARENTS AND OTHER ADULTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SECURE FIREARM STORAGE AND THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS' HARD WORK, MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL LIVE IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT REQUIRES SCHOOLS TO EDUCATE PARENTS ABOUT THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF SECURE FIREARM STORAGE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, EVERYTOWN LAW EXPANDED ITS EFFORTS TO DEFEND THE GUN SAFETY MOVEMENT'S PROGRESS, PURSUE ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROMPT LONG-OVERDUE ACTION. IN THE WAKE OF THE SUPREME COURT'S EXTREME AND DANGEROUS RULING IN NEW YORK STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASSOCIATION, INC. V. BRUEN, IN ADDITION TO OTHER EFFORTS, EVERYTOWN LAW ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF THE EVERYTOWN CENTER FOR THE DEFENSE OF GUN SAFETY TO ASSIST STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN DEFENDING LIFE-SAVING GUN LAWS AGAINST GUN LOBBY ATTACKS IN THE COURTS. AND AS ADVOCATES, JOURNALISTS, AND POLICYMAKERS SOUGHT CLEAR ANALYSIS ABOUT AMERICA'S GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC IN 2022, EVERYTOWN'S RESEARCH TEAM WAS A LEADING SOURCE TO PROVIDE CRITICAL DATA AND IMPORTANT CONTEXT.

    Expenses $28,305,515 · Grants $6,482,732

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ian Shapiro

    SECRETARY & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • John Feinblatt

    PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Megan Sheekey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Richard K Descherer

    VICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Shari Hyman

    DIRECTOR (AS OF APRIL 26, 2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Michael Brouillard

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Becky T George

    MOVEMENT BUILDING SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE SENIOR

    Total calculated
    $228,297
    From this org
    $214,662
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,635
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,662
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,786
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,849
    Filer's total
    $228,297

  • Eric Tirschwell

    EVERYTOWN LAW EXEC DIRECTOR & CHIEF LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $375,610
    From this org
    $325,306
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,304
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $325,306
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,104
    Filer's total
    $375,610

  • Sarah Burd-Sharps

    RESEARCH SENIOR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $223,856
    From this org
    $190,316
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,540
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,316
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,652
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,888
    Filer's total
    $223,856

  • Tamara Angela Ferrell-Zabala

    MOVEMENT BUILDING&PUBLIC E

    Total calculated
    $359,104
    From this org
    $321,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,104
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $321,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,104
    Filer's total
    $359,104

  • Alla Lefkowitz

    AFFIRMITIVE LITIGATION SENIOR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $210,848
    From this org
    $191,800
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,048
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,800
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,754
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,294
    Filer's total
    $210,848

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses

Answered no

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
FIRST CLASS TRAVEL WAS OCCASIONALLY USED BY THE PRESIDENT BASED ON BUSINESS NEED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S DOCUMENTED TRAVEL & EXPENSE POLICY AND AS APPROVED BY THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. THE COSTS OF SUCH TRAVEL FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES WERE PROPERLY EXCLUDED FROM TAXABLE COMPENSATION.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • TRACE MEDIA INC

    $1,330,425

    RESEARCH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION INITIATIVES

  • EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND INC

    $1,000,000

    EDUCATIONAL AND LOBBYING ACTIVITY - GRANT MADE TO ORGANIZATION IS TAX EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE CODE WAS FOR PERMISSIBLE 501(C)(3) ACTIVITIES AND WAS NOT PERMITTED TO BE USED FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

  • CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

    $850,000

    COMMUNITY GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANT TO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

  • DUKE UNIVERSITY

    $150,000

    TO SUPPORT RESEARCH IN FIREARMS LAW AND POLICY

  • THE DIETRICH BONHOEFFER INSTITUTE

    $125,000

    TO SUPPORT FAITH COMMUNITIES OUTREACH

  • AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

    $114,854

    COMMUNITY GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANT TO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

  • TIDES FOUNDATION

    $106,000

    TO SUPPORT BUFFALO OUTREACH EVENT, TO SUPPORT GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION SUMMIT & GENERAL SUPPORT FOR PARTNER ORGANIZATION

  • WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

    $105,000

    TO SUPPORT CENTER FOR HISTORY OF GUN STUDIES

  • 1 CHURCH 1 SOUL MINISTRY

    $102,000

    WEAR ORANGE CRIME PREVENTION GRANT AND COMMUNITY GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANT TO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

  • YOUTURN

    $102,000

    THE CITIES UNITED CONVENING CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP AND COMMUNITY GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANT TO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
2 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349304371

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