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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FIREARMS POLICY COALITION.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,132,486
Total expenses
$6,107,961
Contributions and grants received
$8,105,065
Grants paid
$120,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$27,421
Total assets, end of year
$3,870,892
Total liabilities, end of year
$354,723
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,516,169
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,973,860
Management and general expenses
$1,469,392
Fundraising expenses
$1,664,709
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,973,860

Program services were 48.7% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $4,805,907

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,299,158

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $131,425

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $104,004

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $27,421

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $120,000 · program services $120,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $404,266 · program services $168,444 · management and general $168,444 · fundraising $67,378

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,921,039 · program services $977,428 · management and general $475,880 · fundraising $467,731

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $84,009 · program services $38,448 · management and general $19,331 · fundraising $26,230

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $120,135 · program services $39,108 · management and general $38,248 · fundraising $42,779

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $180,310 · program services $84,777 · management and general $55,502 · fundraising $40,031

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,351,944 · program services $1,141,322 · management and general $210,622

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,751 · management and general $23,751

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $125,473 · program services $125,473

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $63,409 · fundraising $63,409

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $113,397 · program services $900 · management and general $112,497

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $112,679 · program services $40,374 · management and general $841 · fundraising $71,464

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $126,654 · program services $52,783 · management and general $69,561 · fundraising $4,310

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $302,355 · program services $162,675 · management and general $87,683 · fundraising $51,997

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $141,296 · program services $6,721 · management and general $134,575

  • 17 · Travel

    total $85,115 · program services $14,127 · management and general $39,034 · fundraising $31,954

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,683 · program services $1,280 · management and general $5,303 · fundraising $1,100

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,120 · management and general $28,120

  • 24a · Other expenses: Credit card processing

    total $377,435 · fundraising $377,435

  • 24b · Other expenses: Membership materials

    total $418,891 · fundraising $418,891

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,194,966 · end of year $3,808,545

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $417,031 · end of year $50,449

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $94,081 · end of year $11,898

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $214,434 · end of year $354,723

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,491,644 · end of year $3,516,169

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

See Schedule O

  • Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) undertakes efforts to create a world of maximal human liberty, defend constitutionally protected rights, protect and advance individual liberty (including natural rights, private property, and economic freedoms), and restore freedom. FPC's efforts are currently focused on the right to keep and bear arms and adjacent issues including freedom of speech, due process, unlawful searches and seizures, separation of powers, asset forfeitures, pri- vacy, encryption, and limited government. FPC works to achieve our strategic objectives through litigation, research, scholarly publications, amicus briefing, legislative and regulatory action, grassroots activism, education, outreach, and other programs. The

    Expenses $2,973,860

  • organization's FPC Law program (FPCLaw.org) is the nation's preeminent legal initiative focused on restoring the right to keep and bear arms throughout the United States. In 2023 alone, FPC Law engaged in litigating more than 50 public interest strategic lawsuits in state and federal courts across the country, additionally filing 10 new cases, 116 substantive briefs, 14 major amicus briefs, and 2 published law review articles, resulting in over 21 significant victories including major injunctions against state and federal regulations. FPC also provided grants to other non-profit organizations to support their efforts in promoting individual liberty.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Brandon Combs

    President

    Total calculated
    $314,588
    From this org
    $305,160
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,428
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,160
    Bonus
    $97,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,428
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,052
    Filer's total
    $323,640

  • Alan Normandy

    Executive Vice Pres

    Total calculated
    $48,785
    From this org
    $48,785
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $48,785
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $48,785

  • Francisco Cordova

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported

  • Michael Borland

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported

  • Sabrina Lopez

    SecretaryTreasurer

    Total calculated
    $179,900
    From this org
    $179,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,900
    Bonus
    $32,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,688
    Filer's total
    $187,588

  • Evan Burt

    SrDir GrowthMarket

    Total calculated
    $182,165
    From this org
    $173,490
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,675
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,410
    Bonus
    $20,080
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,675
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,817
    Filer's total
    $189,982

  • Jeffrey Silvester

    Senior Development Off

    Total calculated
    $149,017
    From this org
    $141,921
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,096
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,680
    Bonus
    $7,241
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,096
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,596
    Filer's total
    $158,613

  • Richard Thomson

    VP Programs

    Total calculated
    $180,551
    From this org
    $177,011
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,540
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,800
    Bonus
    $13,211
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,540
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,170
    Filer's total
    $181,721

  • Michael Dakduk

    COOTreasurer

    Total calculated
    $141,130
    From this org
    $141,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,130
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $141,130

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 · Payments for business use of a personal residence
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403199349304090

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