Flex Your Rights Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
320022088
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-T 2023
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026705690
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Liberties

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,313
Expenses
$12,134
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVEN SILVERMAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • STEVEN SILVERMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • MEAGAN HELLER (TREASURER)
  • DAVID BORDEN (SECRETARY)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Flex your rights educates the general public about practical constitutional rights during police encounters. We produce and distribute educational media to the general public, including articles, videos, and software.

What it reported doing in 2023

Flex your rights (flex) is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit founded in 2002. Its purpose is to educate people about their constitutional rights during police encounters and prepare them to "flex" their constitutional rights when necessary. Flex also maintains the internet's most influential educational content about practical constitutional rights during police encounters through our professional and social media network. For example, flex's facebook page has 268 thousand followers, and our youtube channel has hit 48 million views and 210 thousand subscribers. We also maintain relationships with hundreds of attorneys, educators, and law enforcement professionals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.8%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -7.3% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2023
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.