Civic Intelligence

Liberal Gun Owners

990EZ • Fiscal year 2019 • EIN 83-2190014

Jan 01, 2019 to Dec 31, 2019 • Filed on Jul 13, 2020

Organization ProfileWww.liberalgunowners.org
1106 19thSt NWEast Grand Forks, MN 56721

(412) 297-3989

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.

Liabilities / Assets

95th percentile

0.91x

Higher debt load relative to assets than 95% of similar nonprofits.

2019 filings • 501(c)4 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2019

Liabilities / Revenue

83rd percentile

0.19x

Higher debt load relative to revenue than 83% of similar nonprofits.

2019 filings • 501(c)4 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2019

Net Margin

47th percentile

1.9%

Higher net margin than 47% of similar nonprofits.

2019 filings • 501(c)4 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2019

Top Officer Pay

95th percentile

$48,004

Higher top officer pay than 95% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 45.3% of source-year revenue.

2019 filings • 501(c)4 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2019

Asset Growth

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No value available

No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.

Source year 2019

Revenue Growth

Score unavailable

No value available

No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.

Source year 2019

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets95th percentile

Assets

$22,144

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Net Assets

$2,000

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Liabilities

$20,144

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Revenue And Expenses
Liabilities / Revenue83rd percentileNet Margin47th percentile

Revenue

$105,924

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Expenses

$103,924

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Net Income

$2,000

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Historical Trend

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset GrowthScore unavailable

The highlighted filing sits inside the broader history for assets, liabilities, and net assets.

$80K$60K$40K$20K$0Assets 2019: $22,144Liabilities 2019: $20,144Net Assets 2019: $2,0002019Assets 2020: $38,980Liabilities 2020: $0Net Assets 2020: $38,9802020Assets 2021: $60,970Net Assets 2021: $60,9702021Assets 2022: $2,512Liabilities 2022: $2,000Net Assets 2022: $5122022Assets 2024: $312Liabilities 2024: $0Net Assets 2024: $3122024

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2019

Assets$22,144
Liabilities$20,144
Net Assets$2,000
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Operations Trend

Revenue GrowthScore unavailable

Revenue, expenses, and net income across loaded years, with this filing highlighted.

$150K$100K$50K$0-$50K-$100KRevenue 2019: $105,924Expenses 2019: $103,924Net Income 2019: $2,0002019Revenue 2020: $110,990Expenses 2020: $72,010Net Income 2020: $38,9802020Revenue 2021: $103,241Expenses 2021: $81,251Net Income 2021: $21,9902021Revenue 2022: $28,441Expenses 2022: $88,899Net Income 2022: -$60,4582022Revenue 2024: $12,876Expenses 2024: $12,876Net Income 2024: $02024

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2019

Revenue$105,924
Expenses$103,924
Net Income$2,000
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2019 to Dec 31, 2019
Signed
Jul 13, 2020
Return Version
2019v5.0
Gross Receipts
$107,896
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Our mission is to support both the right to armed self-defense and the mitigation of firearms-related injury and death. We do this through education and the provision of opportunities or the liberal gun-owning community. Activities rotate between community building maintenance casual education social media representation unique training opportunities support creation of firearms related businesses research and publication and investment in other organizations who education on firearms or who are directly involved in the mitigation of firearms-related injury and death.

Liberal Gun Owners' mission is to both support the underserved portion of the left-leaning gun ownership culture and to provide an innovative company which can educate the public on matters of gun ownership rights and matters of public safety.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
Community creation and support for the liberal gun owner using both online and real world enhancements for solidarity and education. A seven day per week moderating and security effort has been maintained in order for the community to fight against the constant cultural threats towards our core efforts.$0$40,000
The support of other innovative firearms companies who are injecting a 21st century mentality into the American gun community. This includes companies that also focus on public safety and innovative self-defense and self-defense education.$12,000$25,000
The establishment of an innovative think-tank which creates relationships with outside, subject matter experts in order to enhance understanding surrounding public safety. Extensive travel and networking efforts are consistently engaged in order to establish these relationships. Our efforts in 2018 and 2019 have largely revolved around suicide prevention and mitigation of school shootings.$0$25,000
There is a lot of cross-over with the above dollar amounts.$0$0
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer Pay95th percentile

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
Randy MiyanExecutive DirectorFT$48,004-$48,004
Adam SorumOperations DirectorPT$18,200-$18,200
Hunter StarrDirectorPT$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Liberal Gun Owners
EIN
83-2190014
In Care Of
% Adam Sorum
Phone
4122973989
Address
1106 19thSt NW, East Grand Forks, MN 56721

Signing Officer

Name
Randy Miyan
Title
Executive Director
Phone
4122973989
Signed
2020-07-13
Discuss with paid preparer
No
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Part I, line 10

“| Activity:, Grantee Name:, Grantee Address:, Amount:, Relationship:| Contribution to organization which offers free mental health screening and suicide prevention education., Walk The Talk America, "10825 Bernini Dr. Los Vegas, Nevada 89141", $2000.00, None| Contribution to company that offers education and training to the underserved liberal gun owner., Liberal Gun Club, "77 Oak St STE202 Newton MA 02464", $10000.00, None|”

Part I, line 16

“| Other Expenses:, Amount:| General Administrative Expenses., $1000.00| Other expenses., $1299.00| Purchases., $1020.00| Research materials., $108.00| Additional training., $1568.00| Travel related expenses., $7322.00| Promotional expenses and swag., $5111.00|”

Part II, line 26

“| Liabilities Name:, BOY Amount:, EOY Amount:| Accounts Payable, $10111, $20144|”

Part IV, List of Officers

“| Employee Name:, Description:| Hunter Starr, We use contractors and volunteers at this point. Mr. Starr is a director and has volunteered his time.|”

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Filings

Displayed year

2019 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$22,144
Liabilities
$20,144
Net assets
$2,000
Revenue
$105,924
Expenses
$103,924
Net income
$2,000
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2024Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.13$0.13$0.00
2022Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.03$0.02$0.01$0.28$0.89$0.60
2021XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.61$0.61$1.03$0.81$0.22
2020XML pending. An XML filing is linked for this year, but detailed extraction is still pending.$0.39$0.00$0.39$1.11$0.72$0.39
2019Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$0.22$0.20$0.02$1.06$1.04$0.02