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| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS | 2023 WAS A POWER-BUILDING YEAR FOR THE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION MOVEMENT AND, IN THE WAKE OF TRAGEDY, WE FORGED NEW PATHS IN OUR FIGHT TO KEEP OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES SAFE. EVERYTOWN, MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS BUILT ON THE 2022 PASSAGE OF THE BIPARTISAN SAFER COMMUNITIES ACT (BSCA) BY SUCCESSFULLY URGING THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION TO ISSUE A GAME-CHANGING, NEW RULE CLARIFYING THE DEFINITION OF WHO IS "ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS" OF SELLING FIREARMS, AND THEREFORE REQUIRED TO GET A LICENSE AND PERFORM BACKGROUND CHECKS ON ALL SALES. IN SEPTEMBER, THE U.S. BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND FIREARMS ("ATF") ANNOUNCED THE "ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS" PROPOSED RULE TO CLOSE THE ONLINE AND GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE, MOVING THE NATION CLOSER TO BACKGROUND CHECKS ON ALL GUN SALES. DURING THE COMMENT PERIOD, EVERYTOWN SUPPORTERS SUBMITTED OVER 238,000 COMMENTS IN FAVOR OF THE RULE. ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF PASSAGE OF BSCA, PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE AT THE NATIONAL SAFER COMMUNITIES SUMMIT IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, WHICH WAS HOSTED BY EVERYTOWN, MOMS DEMAND ACTION, STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION, AND OTHERS, HIGHLIGHTING THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE IN THE LAW'S FIRST YEAR. THE WORK DIDN'T STOP THERE. THANKS TO HARD FOUGHT ADVOCACY OF EVERYTOWN, ALONGSIDE MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS, IN STATEHOUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, LAWMAKERS PASSED A RECORD-BREAKING 130 GUN SAFETY POLICIES WHILE BLOCKING 95 PERCENT OF THE GUN LOBBY'S DANGEROUS AGENDA, AND ALLOCATING $693 MILLION TO GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS. IN VIRGINIA, AFTER EVERYTOWN STRATEGICALLY ENGAGED AND INVESTED IN THE STATE, GUN SENSE LEGISLATORS TOOK CONTROL OF THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES AND MAINTAINED THEIR MAJORITY IN THE VIRGINIA SENATE. NOTABLY, MOMS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS HAD A RESOUNDING VICTORY IN THE VIRGINIA ELECTION, NOW MAKING UP NEARLY 20 PERCENT OF THE VIRGINIA HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. OVERALL, IN 2023, 162 MOMS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS RAN FOR OFFICE IN 28 STATES, WITH 96 WINNING THEIR ELECTIONS, SHOWING THE POWER OF MOMS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS GOING FROM ADVOCATING FOR GOOD POLICY TO WRITING IT. AS MOMS DEMAND ACTION EMBARKED ON ITS 10TH YEAR OF ADVOCACY, WE WELCOMED MORE VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS TO OUR MOVEMENT THAN EVER BEFORE, WHICH WAS ON FULL DISPLAY DURING OUR 10TH ANNUAL TRAINING CONFERENCE, GUN SENSE UNIVERSITY, THE FIRST IN-PERSON SINCE THE PANDEMIC. THERE, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS JOINED FOR A SWEEPING CONVERSATION ABOUT THE POWER OF THE GUN SAFETY MOVEMENT AND ILLINOIS GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AND OTHER STATE GUN SENSE LEADERS JOINED VOLUNTEERS ON STAGE TO SIGN LANDMARK LEGISLATION TO HOLD THE GUN INDUSTRY ACCOUNTABLE INTO LAW AND CELEBRATE THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT'S RULING TO UPHOLD THE STATE'S ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN, WHICH WAS PASSED IN THE WAKE OF THE HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTING TRAGEDY. OUR MOVEMENT IS LARGER AND MORE DIVERSE THAN EVER BEFORE, AND WE CONTINUED TO SHOW AMERICANS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE THAT WE CAN MAKE LIFE-SAVING PROGRESS WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 | THE ORGANIZATION'S BYLAWS PROVIDE THAT THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL SERVE AS THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A | THE ORGANIZATION'S BYLAWS PROVIDE THAT THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL SERVE AS THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION, WHO WILL ELECT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B | THE CORPORATION HAS NO COMMITTEES WITH AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BOARD. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B | ALL OF THE DIRECTORS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE CURRENT YEAR FORM 990 BEFORE THE PRESIDENT SIGNS AND FILES THE RETURN. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C | THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REQUIRES FULL DISCLOSURE OF ALL ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. EACH DIRECTOR SHALL DISCLOSE ANY AND ALL FACTS THAT MAY BE CONSTRUED AS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BOTH THROUGH AN ANNUAL DISCLOSURE PROCESS AND WHENEVER SUCH ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT OCCURS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS, AND WHETHER OR NOT SUCH CONFLICT MATERIALLY AND ADVERSELY AFFECTS THE INTERESTS OF EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND INC. A DIRECTOR WHOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICT IS UNDER REVIEW MAY NOT DEBATE, VOTE, OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE IN SUCH DETERMINATION. IF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES THAT AN ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST DOES EXIST, THE BOARD SHALL ALSO DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE REMEDY. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 | THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE PRESIDENT HAVE INSTITUTED AN ANNUAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS FOR COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. THIS PROCESS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL POSITION AND EVALUATES AVERAGE SALARIES USING COMPARABLE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DATA TO ENSURE THAT COMPENSATION IS REASONABLE. OFFICERS WHOSE COMPENSATION IS UNDER REVIEW DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS. THE APPROVAL PROCESS INCLUDES CONTEMPORANEOUS SUBSTANTIATION OF THE DELIBERATION AND DECISION. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FORM 990S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON ITS WEBSITE OR UPON REQUEST. ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 1023 IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. ALL REQUESTS FOR REVIEWING THE ORGANIZATION'S DOCUMENTS CAN BE ADDRESSED TO THE ORGANIZATION IN CARE OF GELLER & COMPANY LLC, AS NOTED IN PART VI, SECTION C, QUESTION 20. |
| FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: | OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS -50,000. |
| FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: | THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIRECTLY EXERCISE OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. |
| COST SHARING AGREEMENT | THE ORGANIZATION IS PARTY TO A COST SHARING AGREEMENT WITH EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND, INC. THE PURPOSE OF THE COST SHARING AGREEMENT IS TO MINIMIZE DUPLICATIVE EXPENSES AND TO CARRY OUT THE ORGANIZATIONS' MISSIONS IN AN ECONOMICAL AND EFFICIENT MANNER, WHICH INCLUDES THE SHARING OF EMPLOYEES WHOSE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE WILL ASSIST BOTH ORGANIZATIONS, CONSISTENT WITH EACH ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE. |
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