Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by CALIFORNIA GUN RIGHTS FOUNDATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $280,169
- Total expenses
- $252,450
- Contributions and grants received
- $144,406
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $30,653
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $105,110
- Total assets, end of year
- $114,216
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $114,216
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $63,316
- Management and general expenses
- $62,349
- Fundraising expenses
- $126,785
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $63,316
Program services were 25.1% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$144,406
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2a · Program service revenue: LEGAL FEE COST RECOVERY
total $30,653 · related or exempt $30,653
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11a · Other revenue: LIABILITY FORGIVENESS
total $105,110 · related or exempt $105,110
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11e · Other revenue, total
$105,110
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $16,000 · management and general $16,000
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $71,653 · program services $55,509 · management and general $16,144
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $8,032 · management and general $8,032
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $22,367 · fundraising $22,367
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $56,866 · fundraising $56,866
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $359 · management and general $359
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14 · Information technology
total $44,563 · program services $7,807 · management and general $5,281 · fundraising $31,475
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $3,226 · management and general $2,689 · fundraising $537
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17 · Travel
total $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $4,280 · management and general $4,280
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24a · Other expenses: PAYMENT PROCESSING FEES
total $5,595 · fundraising $5,595
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24b · Other expenses: PROMOTIONAL GIVEAWAYS
total $9,945 · fundraising $9,945
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24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL ADMIN FEE
total $9,564 · management and general $9,564
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $86,551 · end of year $114,216
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $54
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $86,497 · end of year $114,216
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
CGF ENGAGES IN AND SUPPORTS CHARITABLE LEGAL, EDUCATION, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS CONSISTENT WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS MISSION
Activities or mission (Part I)
CALIFORNIA GUN RIGHTS FOUNDATION CGF ENGAGES IN AND SUPPORTS CHARITABLE LEGAL, EDUCATION, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS.
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CGF ENGAGES IN AND SUPPORTS CHARITABLE LEGAL, EDUCATION, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS CONSISTENT WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS MISSION. PROGRAMS INCLUDE STRATEGIC LITIGATION, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION.
Expenses $63,316
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Michael ShwartzMICHAEL SHWARTZ
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $16,000
- From this org
- $16,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Gene HoffmanGENE HOFFMAN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Bill WieseBILL WIESE
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Joshua BergerJOSHUA BERGER
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Brandon CombsBRANDON COMBS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Wesley MorrisWESLEY MORRIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 10 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513149349306306
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