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← EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$65,690,992
Total expenses
$59,992,203
Contributions and grants received
$65,049,593
Grants paid
$998,300
Program service revenue
$280,468
Investment income
$175,171
Other revenue
$185,760
Total assets, end of year
$18,487,295
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,088,994
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,398,301
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$47,622,014
Management and general expenses
$9,101,079
Fundraising expenses
$3,269,110
Program service expenses (Part III)
$47,622,014

Program services were 79.4% 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

    $65,049,593

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $56,550

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM SERVICE

    total $280,468 · related or exempt $280,468

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $167,160 · excluded $167,160

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $105,909 · excluded $105,909

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $64,561

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

    securities $56,550

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $8,011

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $8,011 · excluded $8,011

  • 11a · Other revenue: PRIOR YEAR REFUNDS

    total $79,851 · excluded $79,851

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $79,851

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $998,300 · program services $998,300

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $238,657 · program services $79,711 · management and general $79,473 · fundraising $79,473

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $13,687,488 · program services $12,203,688 · management and general $1,252,251 · fundraising $231,549

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $411,940 · program services $376,504 · management and general $28,986 · fundraising $6,450

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,758,381 · program services $2,463,742 · management and general $263,533 · fundraising $31,106

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,131,498 · program services $1,030,710 · management and general $84,041 · fundraising $16,747

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,051,202 · program services $3,570,757 · management and general $393,153 · fundraising $87,292

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,391,127 · management and general $4,391,127

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $4,371,851 · program services $4,371,851

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $412,344 · fundraising $412,344

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,694,139 · program services $4,189,536 · management and general $442,278 · fundraising $62,325

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,269,544 · program services $6,329,544 · fundraising $940,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $730,717 · program services $252,894 · management and general $477,643 · fundraising $180

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $692,379 · program services $411,087 · management and general $277,078 · fundraising $4,214

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $416,583 · program services $416,583

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,606,854 · program services $1,542,932 · management and general $42,135 · fundraising $21,787

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $608,839 · program services $518,298 · management and general $30,963 · fundraising $59,578

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $411,330 · program services $379,795 · management and general $29,270 · fundraising $2,265

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $178,394 · program services $21,140 · management and general $157,254

  • 24a · Other expenses: POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS

    total $7,612,125 · program services $7,612,125

  • 24b · Other expenses: POSTAGE AND PRINTING

    total $1,610,935 · program services $473,113 · management and general $5,490 · fundraising $1,132,332

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

    total $1,059,747 · management and general $1,059,747

  • 24d · Other expenses: POLLING & SURVEYS

    total $246,670 · program services $246,670

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $401,159 · program services $133,034 · management and general $86,657 · fundraising $181,468

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,672,855 · end of year $6,920,994

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,690,508 · end of year $7,856,147

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,300,000 · end of year $50,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $790,188 · end of year $628,719

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $426,070 · end of year $526,195

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

    $793,547

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

    $454,943

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $446,408 · end of year $338,604

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $562,640 · end of year $453,097

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,713,539

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,189,162 · end of year $1,135,798

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $30,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,923,196

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,379,263 · end of year $15,336,936

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,320,244 · end of year $61,365

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE PRIMARY ACTIVITY OF EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND IS TO PROMOTE GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION AND INITIATIVES AND REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE THROUGH THE EDUCATION OF POLICY-MAKERS, THE PRESS, AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF GUN VIOLENCE AND ORGANIZING COMMUNITIES IN SUPPORT OF GUN SAFETY.

  • 2022 WAS A YEAR MARKED BY PROGRESS IN THE WAKE OF TRAGEDY WITH EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND LEADING THE WAY IN ACCOMPLISHING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL PROGRESS IN A GENERATION. IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AFTER THE TRAGIC MASS SHOOTING IN UVALDE, TEXAS, EVERYTOWN, MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS ORGANIZED HUNDREDS OF MOBILIZATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS EFFORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY URGING THE SENATE TO TAKE ACTION, FROM SCHOOL WALKOUTS, TO MAJOR RALLIES ON CAPITOL HILL, TO HYPER-LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTIVATIONS, AND MORE. THOSE EFFORTS CULMINATED IN THE PASSAGE OF THE BIPARTISAN SAFER COMMUNITIES ACT, THE FIRST MAJOR PIECE OF FEDERAL GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION TO BECOME LAW IN NEARLY 30 YEARS. THE BILL PASSED OVER THE OBJECTION OF THE NRA AND MARKED A HISTORIC VICTORY.THE MASSIVE VICTORY IN CONGRESS WAS MET WITH A HISTORIC YEAR AT THE BALLOT BOX AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING KEY VICTORIES IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, GEORGIA, MICHIGAN, NEVADA AND PENNSYLVANIA, ONCE AGAIN PROVING GUN SAFETY IS THE ISSUE TO RUN AND WIN ON AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. EVERYTOWN ACTION FUND AWARDED A RECORD-BREAKING 5,000 GUN SENSE CANDIDATE DISTINCTIONS ACROSS ALL 50 STATES AND WASHINGTON, D.C. AND AS MOMS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS GO FROM ADVOCATING FOR GOOD POLICY TO WRITING IT, ALL TOLD, DURING THE 2021-2022 ELECTION CYCLE, MORE THAN 275 VOLUNTEERS RAN FOR OFFICE, AND A RECORD-BREAKING 158 VOLUNTEERS WON THEIR RACES. DURING AUGUST'S NINTH ANNUAL TRAINING CONFERENCE, GUN SENSE UNIVERSITY, WE HOSTED OUR LARGEST GATHERING EVER: MORE THAN 2,500 MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS AND GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS CAME TOGETHER VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON TO LEARN, SHARE, CELEBRATE SUCCESSES AND PREPARE FOR THE WORK AHEAD. WE ALSO PRESENTED OUR ANNUAL GUN SENSE LAWMAKER OF THE YEAR AWARDS TO FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL GUN SENSE CHAMPIONS.ADDITIONALLY, THANKS TO HARD FOUGHT ADVOCACY OF EVERYTOWN, ALONGSIDE MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS, STATE LAWMAKERS AND GOVERNORS ENACTED AT LEAST 51 GUN SAFETY BILLS, INVESTED $860 MILLION IN GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND LOCAL VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS, AND REJECTED DOZENS OF EXTREME GUN LOBBY-BACKED BILLS TO WEAKEN GUN LAWS.FIREARMS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS, AND GUN VIOLENCE CONTINUED TO SHATTER FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, BUT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, EVERYTOWN WORKED WITH POLICYMAKERS, THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSCORE THE URGENCY OF ACTION ON GUN SAFETY.

    Expenses $47,622,014 · Grants $998,300

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard K Descherer

    DIRECTOR & CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dennis Walcott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jason Post

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Michael Best

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John Feinblatt

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Michael Brouillard

    SECRETARY/TREASURER,CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Matthew McTighe

    COO & EXECUTIVE VICE PRESI

    Total calculated
    $402,931
    From this org
    $377,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,220
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $365,750
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $11,961
    Deferred
    $11,837
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,383
    Filer's total
    $402,931
  • Nicholas Suplina

    LAW & POLICY SENIOR VICE P

    Total calculated
    $341,854
    From this org
    $303,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,104
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $303,750
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,104
    Filer's total
    $341,854
  • Charles B Kelly

    POLITICAL AFFAIRS SENIOR V

    Total calculated
    $416,171
    From this org
    $373,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,421
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $373,750
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,317
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,104
    Filer's total
    $416,171
  • Zoe L Segal-Reichlin

    GENERAL COUNSEL SENIOR VIC

    Total calculated
    $320,654
    From this org
    $272,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,404
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $272,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,104
    Filer's total
    $320,654
  • Stacey Mera Lipson

    COMMUNICATIONS CHIEF PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $262,782
    From this org
    $216,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,740
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,042
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,642
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,099
    Filer's total
    $262,783
  • Monisha Henley

    STATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $231,689
    From this org
    $197,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,939
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,750
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,020
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,919
    Filer's total
    $231,689

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 AND COO 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

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

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.

  • EVERYTOWN FEDERAL VICTORY FUND

    527 · POLITICAL ACTIVITY · DE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND INC

  • EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND

    527 · POLITICAL ACTIVITY · DE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND INC

  • EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND STATE COMMITTEE LLC

    527 · POLITICAL ACTIVITY · DE · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
2 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323199349304757

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