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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2023

Filed by KNIFE RIGHTS FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$69,572
Total expenses
$33,104
Contributions and grants received
$69,572
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
not reported
Membership dues (line 3)
not reported
Investment income (line 4)
not reported
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
not reported
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
not reported
Total assets, end of year
$141,395
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$141,395
Program service expenses (Part III)
$29,518

Program services were 89.2% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2023

Primary exempt purpose

1. ENCOURAGING SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF KNIVES AND EDGED TOOLS THROUGH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH; 2. EDUCATING KNIFE OWNERS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY OF KNIVES AND EDGED TOOLS; 3. EDUCATING KNIFE OWNERS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT KNIFE AND EDGED TOOL RELATED LAWS AND REGULATIONS; 4. DEFENSE OF KNIFE OWNERS AND THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LITIGATION; 5. TO ENGAGE IN ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES AND FOR ANY AND ALL PURPOSES AS SHALL BE PERMITTED BY LAW FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

  • MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT STRUCK DOWN THE STATE'S BAN ON "SWITCHBLADES" LONGER THAN 1.5-INCHES IN WHICH KNIFE RIGHTS FOUNDATION FILED AN AMICUS BRIEF. KNIFE RIGHTS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS AN APPEAL OF DISTRICT COURT'S DECSION IN LAWSUIT SEEKING TO END CALIFORNIA'S TO UNCONSTITUTIONAL "SWITCHBLADE" BAN IN WHICH KNIFE RIGHTS INC. IS A PLAINTIFF. KNIFE RIGHTS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS A LAWSUIT SEEKING TO END MINNESOTA'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL "SWITCHBLADE" BAN IN WHICH KNIFE RIGHTS INC. IS A PLAINTIFF. KNIFE RIGHTS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE FEDERAL SWITCHBLADE ACT AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN WHICH KNIFE RIGHTS INC. IS A PLAINTIFF. KNIFE RIGHTS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS UPDATES TO ITS LEGAL BLADE APP.

    Expenses $29,518

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

  • Douglas Ritter

    CHAIRMAN/CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Susan Ritter

    SEC/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ethan Becker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pete Brownell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202502279349201010

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