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Second Amendment Foundation

EIN 91-6184167Human and Civil Rights Washington Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Promoting a better understanding about our Constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms

The Second Amendment Foundation, founded in 1974 by Alan Gottlieb, is dedicated to promoting a better understanding about our Constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms. To that end, we carry on many educational and legal action programs designed to better inform the public about the gun control debate. The Second Amendment Foundation is the nation's oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Since its founding, the Foundation has grown to more than 650,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

74.92Overall score
out of 100

77.02Financial score
out of 100

73.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$3,960,911

Total expenses · USD$4,129,021

Program expenses

$2,956,379.04 recorded amount

71.6%

Fundraising expenses

$937,287.77 recorded amount

22.7%

Administrative expenses

$231,225.18 recorded amount

5.6%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.23 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Joe Tartaro
Recorded compensation: $26,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.62%

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All 23 original fields for Second Amendment Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	73.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	The Second Amendment Foundation, founded in 1974 by Alan Gottlieb, is dedicated to promoting a better understanding about our Constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms. To that end, we carry on many educational and legal action programs designed to better inform the public about the gun control debate. The Second Amendment Foundation is the nation's oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Since its founding, the Foundation has grown to more than 650,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
`ein` EIN	91-6184167
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4129021.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.055999999999999994
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.23
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.22699999999999998
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.716
`fscore` Financial score	77.02
`leader` Recorded leader	Joe Tartaro
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	26000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0062
`motto` Tagline	Promoting a better understanding about our Constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms
`name` Charity name	Second Amendment Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	3960911.0
`score` Overall score	74.92
`state` State code	WA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	2956379.036
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	937287.7669999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	231225.17599999998

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 91-6184167
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Washington (WA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.