Firearms Policy Coalition Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472460415
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
9163785785
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Liberties

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,128,482
Expenses
$5,365,593
Assets
$1,870,003
Liabilities
$633,855

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRANDON COMBS (PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN)
  • SABRINA LOPEZ (SECRETARY AND VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRANDON COMBS (PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN): $304,048 total reported compensation
  • SABRINA LOPEZ (SECRETARY AND VICE PRESIDENT): $230,497 total reported compensation
  • ROCKY MEZY (HEAD OF ACCOUNTING): $180,533 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Firearms policy coalition fpc fights forward to defend and advance individual liberty, defeat government overreach, and restore the right to keep and bear arms through high-impact strategic litigation, groundbreaking research, legislative and regulatory advocacy, grassroots activism, continued in schedule o

What it reported doing in 2025

In addition to its direct advocacy, outreach, education, support, and engagement programs reaching millions each year, fpcs legal program, fpc law fpclaw.org, led one of the nations most aggressive efforts to challenge and defeat unconstitutional gun-control laws in the courts. During 2025, fpc litigated more than 60 major lawsuits in state and federal courts nationwide, filed 10 new cases, 54 substantive briefs, 8 major amicus briefs, and 1 published law review article. Fpc secured more than 10 significant victories, including major injunctions against unconstitutional restrictions on firearm ownership and carry in multiple states, vacatur of the atfs pistol brace rule in mock v. Garland, and a victory over the federal firearm carry ban at u.s. Post offices in fpc v. Bondi. Learn more about fpcs successes at firearmspolicy.org/wins.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.3%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 65.5%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -30%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.3% of revenue deployed · 65.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $304K · 7 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.