Ohio · Nonprofit
BUCKEYE FIREARMS FOUNDATION INC
BUCKEYE FIREARMS FOUNDATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,340 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($6,340). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $330k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $778k
What Buckeye Firearms Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation's principal purpose shall be exclusively to be a charitable organization engaged in activities designed to defend and advance human and civil rights secured by law, specifically defending and advancing the rights of citizens to own and use firearms for all legal activities, including, but not limited to, self-defense, hunting, competition and recreation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Defending and advancing human and civil rights secured by law, specifically the rights of citizens to own and use firearms for all legal activities.
$3,039 spent$19,130 earned by the program1% of program spendingFaculty/administrator safety training and emergency response - faster saves lives: we provide and facilitate training for school staff to properly respond to and reduce damages during active killer/active shooter events. We contract with other experts to provide training and guidance. Training includes mindset, shooting, and trauma care of the injured. It includes "force on force- or scenario based training and concludes with passing the same qualification course required by all ohio law enforcement, but to a much higher standard. These classes are appropriate for school staff and law enforcement.
$208,844 spent$283,589 earned by the program90% of program spendingProvided a 2-day youth shoot event for under 18 year old youths to learn about firearms safety and marksmanship. Also hosted the buckeye blast fun shoot. Provided other 1-day training classes for beginners to advanced shooters for basic tactical training, idpa-style scenario shoots, and learning fundamentals of reactive shooting. The events also provided introductions to handgun and skeet activities for more experienced attendees. The foundation also provided multiple organizational grants to help facilitate local youth and family shooting events.
$19,486 spentof which $18,000 as grants$4,370 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $231,369.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $309k to $724k (+135%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 16% · 2018 29% · 2019 30% · 2020 21% · 2021 41% · 2022 54% · 2023 48% · 2024 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $1k.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $108k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Buckeye Firearms Association Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money BUCKEYE FIREARMS FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of BUCKEYE FIREARMS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of BUCKEYE FIREARMS FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like BUCKEYE FIREARMS FOUNDATION INC
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In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BUCKEYE FIREARMS FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BUCKEYE FIREARMS FOUNDATION INC?
- BUCKEYE FIREARMS FOUNDATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,340 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($6,340). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BUCKEYE FIREARMS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,340 in grants to BUCKEYE FIREARMS FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUCKEYE FIREARMS FOUNDATION INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,340 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUCKEYE FIREARMS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing