Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

What it reported doing in 2024

Legal enforcement: our legal team has led the gun violence prevention movement in landmark victories on behalf of gun violence victims for more than thirty years representing families of slain children, domestic violence victims, police officers shot in the line of duty, entire communities, and many other plaintiffs. Through litigation, we challenge laws that put americans at greater risk, and we target sources of crime guns by suing gun dealers who don't follow the law and established best practices when selling guns. Additionally, brady's legal team steps in when the american public's safety is threatened as a whole, such as the threat of widespread creation of 3d printed guns, ghost guns, and other emerging, and as yet unidentified, dangers to the public.crime guns initiative: brady's combating crime guns initiative aims to reduce gun violence in impacted communities by stemming the flow of crime guns into those communities, frequently from dealers outside their city or even their own state. The burden of ending gun violence should not rest solely on the communities most impacted. A comprehensive approach to ending gun violence addresses the supply side, specifically the gun industry and the minority of irresponsible dealers who are contributing to and profiting from gun violence. The combating crime guns initiative relies on a three-pronged strategy of education, identification, and reform to shift focus on the upstream source of crime guns, rather than the individuals that perpetrate crime. The combating crime guns initiative engages with communities on each of these prongs in order to bring supply-side solutions to their cities and states. At the national level, the combating crime guns initiative pursues efforts for increased data transparency about the sources and paths of trafficked firearms and government oversight of the firearms industry, as well as pursuing programs with law enforcement and private sector companies aimed to reduce the flow of trafficked firearms into impacted communities.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 63.1%; rating input score 63
• Program expense ratio: 71%; rating input score 71
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 95%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 27.8%; rating input score 28; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 12%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 16.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings