Ohio Gun Owners
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475056180
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Lancaster, OH, United States
- Phone
- 6144205729
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recreational l Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $306,158
- Expenses
- $379,238
- Assets
- $372,860
- Liabilities
- $5,595
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRISTOPHER DORR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- CHRISTOPHER DORR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $96,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Ohio Gun Owners is the state’s most feared Second Amendment organization — and it shows. Powered by grassroots patriots, we secured Stand-Your-Ground, won Constitutional Carry, and we intend to keep racking up victories. We don’t cozy up to politicians—we hammer them with pressure until they deliver. Our mission: defend and expand the gun rights of every Ohioan. About Us Defending Freedom Timeline. When I moved my family to Ohio in 2016 to start Ohio Gun Owners, I had a simple mission: to make Ohio one of the strongest pro-gun states in the nation. Growing up in a small town farming community, I learned early that firearms aren’t just tools for hunting — they’re the cornerstone of freedom. Since launching Ohio Gun Owners in 2016, we’ve stopped Republican governors John Kasich and Mike DeWine from ramming through Red Flag laws, passed Stand-Your-Ground and Constitutional Carry, and...
What it reported doing in 2024
We have advocated for the second amendment rights of all law abiding citizens of Ohio
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -23.9%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 25.3%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $341K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $96K · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.