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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,457,257
Total expenses
$12,164,493
Contributions and grants received
$10,426,036
Grants paid
$1,632,945
Program service revenue
$822,468
Investment income
$208,753
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$10,815,967
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,316,248
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$9,499,719
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,334,808
Management and general expenses
$1,155,397
Fundraising expenses
$1,674,288
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,334,808

Program services were 76.7% 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

    $10,426,036

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $221,760

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE REVENUE

    total $822,468 · related or exempt $822,468

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $211,327 · excluded $211,327

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

    securities $2,574

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$2,574

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,574 · excluded -$2,574

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,632,945 · program services $1,632,945

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $418,796 · program services $330,700 · management and general $37,751 · fundraising $50,345

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $4,864,164 · program services $3,866,169 · management and general $427,610 · fundraising $570,385

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $173,430 · program services $136,230 · management and general $18,266 · fundraising $18,934

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $552,130 · program services $433,766 · management and general $57,871 · fundraising $60,493

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $402,576 · program services $316,387 · management and general $41,862 · fundraising $44,327

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $133,927 · program services $114,167 · management and general $8,844 · fundraising $10,916

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $78,941 · management and general $78,941

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $111,649 · fundraising $111,649

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $890,853 · program services $759,417 · management and general $58,827 · fundraising $72,609

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $142,681 · program services $132,419 · fundraising $10,262

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $34,676 · program services $17,296 · management and general $9,446 · fundraising $7,934

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $226,288 · program services $158,778 · management and general $34,851 · fundraising $32,659

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $318,428 · program services $226,184 · management and general $61,291 · fundraising $30,953

  • 17 · Travel

    total $495,183 · program services $153,996 · management and general $171,770 · fundraising $169,417

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,353,389 · program services $942,856 · management and general $14,352 · fundraising $396,181

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,747 · management and general $11,747

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $69,824 · program services $9,641 · management and general $42,055 · fundraising $18,128

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $134,543 · program services $67,110 · management and general $36,645 · fundraising $30,788

  • 24b · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $31,209 · program services $4,308 · management and general $18,797 · fundraising $8,104

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES

    total $22,615 · program services $4,108 · management and general $12,863 · fundraising $5,644

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSE & FEES

    total $17,386 · program services $8,673 · management and general $4,735 · fundraising $3,978

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $47,113 · program services $19,658 · management and general $6,873 · fundraising $20,582

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $6,271,567 · end of year $2,976,010

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,358,417 · end of year $2,511,395

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $368,897 · end of year $2,103,807

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $38,786 · end of year $71,522

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $81,061 · end of year $180,555

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

    $108,993

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

    $82,724

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $38,016 · end of year $26,269

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,441,159 · end of year $2,626,660

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $319,749

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $109,472 · end of year $151,493

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $15,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,381,562 · end of year $1,164,755

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,644,369 · end of year $7,435,433

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,452,500 · end of year $2,064,286

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF GUN VIOLENCE AND PROPOSE SOLUTIONS THAT INCREASE THE SAFETY OF COMMUNITIES BY ENCOURAGING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMON SENSE POLICIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III

  • EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA AND PROPOSING SOLUTIONS THAT INCREASE THE SAFETY OF COMMUNITIES BY ENCOURAGING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMON SENSE POLICIES.

    Expenses $9,334,808 · Grants $1,632,945 · Revenue $822,468

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Emma Brown

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $326,293
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $300,491
    Other
    $25,802
    Hours/week
    9 + 31 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $300,491 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,012 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,790 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $326,293 related
  • John Heisse

    PRESIDENT/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Kapnick

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Ambler See Sched O

    FORMER E.D. (12/2023) MEMBER,

    Total calculated
    $258,125
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $226,562
    Other
    $31,563
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $226,562 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,364 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,199 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $258,125 related
  • Steven Baron

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Monica Bhargava

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Chapman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Owen Clements

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brook Dooley

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Dyke

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Feeney

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Fousekis

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melinda Haag

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mikiko Huang

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol Kingsley

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Kissinger

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Lipkin

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony Malutta

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffry Mann

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Mosley

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Raymond Marshall

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Mogilnicki

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Nill Sanchez

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Powers

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent Ray

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Ray

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Roth

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Seff

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Smith

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harold Sogard

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeanna C Steele

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kenneth Taber

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roderick Thompson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gabby Giffords

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $279,661
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $256,328
    Other
    $23,333
    Hours/week
    13 + 27 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $256,328 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,233 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,100 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $279,661 related
  • Alison Damaskos

    VP OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $250,059
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $211,778
    Other
    $38,281
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $211,778 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,467 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,814 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $250,059 related
  • Christopher Phillips

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $242,723
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $220,945
    Other
    $21,778
    Hours/week
    17 + 23 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $220,945 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,838 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,940 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $242,723 related
  • Laura Cutilletta

    CHIEF OF STAFF, VP PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $300,810
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $268,928
    Other
    $31,882
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $268,928 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,012 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,870 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $300,810 related
  • Paul Carrillo

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $272,527
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $242,102
    Other
    $30,425
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $242,102 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,898 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,527 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $272,527 related
  • John Adam Skaggs

    CHIEF COUNSEL/VP

    Total calculated
    $262,912
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $240,310
    Other
    $22,602
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $240,310 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,613 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,989 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $262,912 related
  • Lindsay Nichols

    POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $208,345
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $182,922
    Other
    $25,423
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $182,922 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,666 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,757 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $208,345 related

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
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses

Answered no

  • 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 IS ALLOWED ONLY WITH PRIOR APPROVAL AND WHEN REQUIRED FOR MEDICAL REASONS UNDER THE ORGANIZATION'S TRAVEL POLICY.
PART I, LINE 3
GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE (GLC), RELIES ON A RELATED ORGANIZATION, GIFFORDS TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION. GIFFORDS ALSO SERVES AS THE PAYROLL MASTER FOR GLC. AT TIMES, GIFFORDS AND THE ORGANIZATION SHARE STAFF. AS A RESULT, THE ORGANIZATION REIMBURSES GIFFORDS FOR ITS ACTUAL STAFF AND RELATED BENEFITS. GIFFORDS USED THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION: - INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY - APPROVAL BY THE BOARD AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • GIFFORDS

    501(C)(4) · PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY · DC

  • GIFFORDS PAC

    527 · POLITICAL COMMITTEE · DC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533189349303358

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