Liabilities / Assets
56th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Knife Rights Foundation Inc.
990EZ • Fiscal year 2016 • EIN 74-3197994
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.00x
Liabilities / Revenue
55th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
3rd percentile
Higher net margin than 3% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
75th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 75% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
2nd percentile
Faster asset growth than 2% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
5th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 5% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Down$1,987
Down $32,272 (-94%) from 2015
Net Assets
Down$1,987
Down $32,272 (-94%) from 2015
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2015
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
Down$14,924
Down $35,971 (-71%) from 2015
Expenses
Down$47,196
Down $28,388 (-38%) from 2015
Net Income
Down-$32,272
Down $7,583 (-31%) from 2015
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Oct 1, 2015 to Sep 30, 2016
- Signed
- Aug 15, 2017
- Return Version
- 2015v3.0
- Gross Receipts
- $14,924
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
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.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| KNIFE RIGHTS FOUNDATION CONTINUED ITS FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT AGAINST NEW YORK CITY AND NEW YORK DISTRICT ATTORNEY CYRUS VANCE, JR. TO VOID THEIR INTERPRETATION OF NEW YORK STATE PENAL CODES COVERING SWITCHBLADE AND GRAVITY KNIVES TO INCLUDE COMMON FOLDING KNIVES (POCKET KNIVES) WITH A BIAS TOWARDS CLOSURE, WHICH INTERPRETATION HAS RESULTED IN CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST NUMEROUS NEW YORK CITY RETAILERS AND CITIZENS. | $0 | $43,441 |
| LEGALBLADE APP WAS DEVELOPED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE KNIFE LAWS OF ALL 50 STATES AND 40 MAJOR CITIES. AS LAWS ARE UPDATED THE APP IS UPDATED AND USERS OF LEGALBLADE RECEIVE THESE UPDATES. THE APP HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO WORK ON BOTH APPLE AND ANDROID PLATFORMS. | $0 | $0 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOUGLAS RITTER | Chairman/CEO | PT | $0 | - | - |
| ETHAN BECKER | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| SUSAN RITTER | Sec/Treasurer | PT | $0 | - | - |
| PETE BROWNELL | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Knife Rights Foundation Inc
- EIN
- 74-3197994
- Phone
- 6024762702
- Address
- 313 W TEMPLE CT, GILBERT, AZ 85233
Signing Officer
- Name
- Douglas S Ritter
- Title
- Chairman/CEO
- Phone
- 6024762702
- Signed
- 2017-08-15
- Discuss with paid preparer
- Yes
Preparer
- Firm
- Cliftonlarsonallen Llp
- Address
- 5255 EAST WILLIAMS CIRCLE STE 5000, TUCSON, AZ 85711
- Preparer
- Herb Hoffman CPA
- Phone
- 5207903500
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16 - Other Expenses
“Description: travel. Amount: 15,878. Description: bank fees. Amount: 105. Total to form 990-ez, line 16: 15,983.”
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| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | DESCRIPTION: TRAVEL. AMOUNT: 15,878. DESCRIPTION: BANK FEES. AMOUNT: 105. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 15,983. |
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| TransferPrsnlBnftContractsDecl/DeclarationDesc | 0 | THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT. |
| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z |
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Filings
Displayed year
2016 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $1,987
- Liabilities
- $0
- Net assets
- $1,987
- Revenue
- $14,924
- Expenses
- $47,196
- Net income
- -$32,272