California Gun Rights Foundation

Analysis

California Gun Rights Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Las Vegas, NV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, California Gun Rights Foundation reported income of $462k and spending of $559k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $464k to $462k (-0.4%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 132%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, California Gun Rights Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within NV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fountain Rescue and Emergency ($462k), Central Fire Department of Davidson County Inc ($462k) and Clarksburg Community Volunteer Fire Dept ($462k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 64% of the total. It paid $27k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $87k against liabilities of $54, net assets of $86k.