Gun by Gun

EIN 46-3738319 • 501(c)3 • Venice, CA

Profile

To empower people to make a tangible impact on gun violence without waiting for political action.

318 Lincoln Blvd Ste 204Venice, CA 90291

www.gunxgun.org

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.

No value available

Liabilities-to-assets requires both liabilities and assets on the latest valid filing.

Source year 2025

No value available

Liabilities-to-revenue requires both liabilities and revenue on the latest valid filing.

Source year 2025

100%

Higher net margin than 99% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2025

Higher top officer pay than 81% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2025

0.0%

Faster asset growth than 55% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2024 to 2025

-99%

Faster revenue growth than 4% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2024 to 2025

Balance Sheet

Liabilities / AssetsScore unavailable

Assets

$45,357

Up $5 (+0.0%) from 2024

Liabilities

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Net Assets

$45,357

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Operations

Liabilities / RevenueScore unavailable Net Margin99th percentile

Revenue

Down

Down $398 (-99%) from 2024

Expenses

Down

Down $53,709 (-100%) from 2024

Net Income

Up $53,311 (+100%) from 2024

Trend Graphs

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth55th percentile

Grouped bars show assets, liabilities, and net assets across loaded filings.

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2025

Assets$45,357

Liabilities-

Net Assets$45,357

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Operations Trend

Revenue Growth4th percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income by year, with the latest filing highlighted.

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2025

Revenue$5

Expenses$0

Net Income$5

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Filings

Most recent year

2025 • Form 990EZXML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.

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Assets: $45,357
Liabilities: -
Net assets: $45,357
Revenue: $5
Expenses: $0
Net income: $5

	Balance Sheet			Operations
Year	Assets	Liabilities	Net Assets	Revenue	Expenses	Net Income
2025XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.	$0.45		$0.45	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
2024Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$0.45	$0.00		$0.00	$0.54	$0.53
2023Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.	$0.99	$0.00	$0.99	$0.93	$0.56	$0.38
2022XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.	$0.61		$0.61	$0.68	$0.81	$0.13
2021XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.	$0.74		$0.74	$0.03	$0.00	$0.02
2020Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$0.72	$0.00		$0.33	$0.42	$0.09
2019XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.	$0.80		$0.80	$0.29	$0.58	$0.29
2018Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$1.10	$0.00		$1.52	$0.57	$0.95

Latest Detailed Filing

The latest 2025 filing currently has linked XML that has not been fully parsed yet. Showing the latest detailed filing from 2023 below.

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Filing Snapshot

Filing Period: Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2023
Signed: Nov 6, 2023
Return Version: 2022v5.0
Gross Receipts: $93,451

Mission and Program Overview

Mission

To empower people to make a tangible impact on gun violence without waiting for political action.

Program Services

Description	Grants	Expenses
Gun buyback programs in San Mateo County	$85,000	$55,556

Compensation and Service Providers

Top Officer Pay81st percentile

Employees

Name	Title	Full / Part Time	Base	Other	Total
Ian Johnstone	President	PT	$0	-	-
Eric King	Secretary & Treasurer	-	$0	-	-
Rahul Prakash	Director	-	$0	-	-

Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name: Gun by Gun
EIN: 46-3738319
In Care Of: % Ian Johnstone
Address: 318 Lincoln Blvd Ste 204, Venice, CA 90291

Signing Officer

Name: Ian Johnstone
Title: President
Signed: 2023-11-06

Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Part I, line 16

“| Other Expenses:, Amount:| Gun Buybacks, $55450| Bank Fees, $56| State Filing Fee, $50|”

Part II, line 24

“| Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| Cash, $, $| Savings, $, $| Investments, $, $| Land and Buildings, $, $| Inventory, $, $| Prepaid Expenses, $, $| Organization's share of assets, $, $|”

Part II, line 26

“| Explanation:, BOYAmount:, EOYAmount:| Accounts Payable, $, $| Grants Payable, $, $| Mortgages or other loans payable, $, $|”

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