Small Public Charity

KNIFE RIGHTS FOUNDATION INC

Based in GILBERT, AZ, KNIFE RIGHTS FOUNDATION INC operates as a Small Public Charity. The organization reported $114K in revenue, $110K in expenses, $145K in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 3 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $32K.

EIN: 743197994 GILBERT, AZ Civil Liberties NTEE: R60 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$114K
Total Expenses$110K
Total Assets$145K
Grant Records3
Funding Total$32K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

1. ENCOURAGING SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF KNIVES AND EDGED TOOLS THROUGH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH; 2. EDUCATING KNIFE OWNERS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY OF KNIVES AND EDGED TOOLS; 3. EDUCATING KNIFE OWNERS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT KNIFE AND EDGED TOOL RELATED LAWS AND REGULATIONS; 4. DEFENSE OF KNIFE OWNERS AND THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LITIGATION; 5. TO ENGAGE IN ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES AND FOR ANY AND ALL PURPOSES AS SHALL BE PERMITTED BY LAW FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

Where $100 goes at Knife Rights Foundation Inc

How Knife Rights Foundation Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990-EZ filings, averaged across 9 years.

$90 Programs the work itself
$10 Everything else operations and overhead

Form 990-EZ reports program spending but doesn't separate management from fundraising, so those are shown together.

Inside the $90 for programs

$90
Massachusetts supreme judicial court struck down the state's ban on "switchblades" longer than 1.5-inches in which Knife Rights Foundation filed an amicus brief.Knife Rights Foundation supports an appeal…
All program spending
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Source: Form 990-EZ filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

CHAIRMAN/CEO Douglas Ritter
DIRECTOR Ethan Becker
DIRECTOR Pete Brownell
SEC/TREASURER Susan Ritter

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$31,730 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $114K $110K $145K
2024 $70K $33K $141K
2023 $78K $8K $105K
2022 $24K $3K $35K
2021 $10K $5K $13K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $10K to $114K (+1028%), with total assets most recently reported at $145K.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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