Action Pistol Group Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 275259631
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO, USA
- Phone
- 9702615189
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $68,973
- Expenses
- $122,142
- Assets
- $84,043
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SCOTT MARTIN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SCOTT MARTIN (PRESIDENT)
- RUSS HASSINGER (VICE PRESIDE)
- JOHN GROVES (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Part iv: narrative descriptive of organization's mission and exempt purpose activites past, present, and planned action pistol group, inc. (the organization) was formed on march 01, 2011 to carry on the following exempt purposes under 501 of the internal revenue code: 1) education. The organization holds comprehensive education and training classes (basic, advanced, instructor, and range safety officer) covering firearms law, safe operation, and maintenance of firearms. Training far exceeds the state of Colorado requirements for obtaining a concealed carry permit, and is carried on with a mix of both male and female instructors, all of whom are nra certified instructors. These classes have been carried on continuously since 2011. In recent years the organization added the nra "refuse to be a victim" class to its offerings. 2) sponsorship of national and international amateur sports competitions the organization has also acted, since its inception in 2011, as a sponsor of national and i
What it reported doing in 2025
Classes in firearms safety & handling: the organization conducts regular classes in the proper and safe handling of firearms and especially their proper use in firearms proficiency competitive events.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 94% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -77.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $119K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.