GearBlast a Non-profit Organization
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 993866796
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Franklin Park, IL, USA
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $105,257
- Expenses
- $81,971
- Assets
- $57,833
- Liabilities
- $12,725
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Christian Smith (President)
People named in this filing
- Christian Smith (President)
- Brad Bartley (Secretary)
- Tyler Brown (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
It is GearBlasts mission to provide a safe environment for all people who share an interest in gear to meet socialize and learn from each other. The open atmosphere allows participants to find safety information on potentially risky behaviors that is more reliable than an anonymous internet search. None of our activities would prohibit us from exemption as none of our earnings benefit any individual and we are not involved in any political campaigns or lobbying.
What it reported doing in 2025
The purpose of this gathering is to bring together like-minded individuals to participate in education through social events and activities. Similar to a summer camp environment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.6%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 22.1%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 72.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.