Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2022.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
11 people listed on the 990; $433K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).
Nina Vinik’s $231K as President is at the 92nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 433 $1–10M public safety & disaster nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Nina Vinik | $231,469 | $139,819 |
| Ann Taylor Maxwell | $201,386 | $118,235 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Project Unloaded INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Educates youth about gun violence risks, empowering them to make safer choices.
Questions for Project Unloaded INC
Your first name shows with your question. Project Unloaded INC answers here, for everyone.
Our campaigns leverage the power of social media and gen z to reach american teens with a message that sticks. Whether it's through a post on their favorite social media platform or a message via trusted gaming or lifestyle influencers, we reach young people at scale with the information they need to make informed, independent choices…
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 87-4212016) · Dispute this lineYoung people are at the heart of everything we do at project unloaded. Our teen and young adult leaders are the creative engines behind our social media campaigns, reaching their peers with the life-saving message that guns make us less safe. Project unloaded is proudly supported by two teams of young people.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 87-4212016) · Dispute this lineThrough our community partner program, project unloaded works with teen-facing organizations to empower young people with the facts on why they're safer unarmed and to train teens on how to use social media to spread that message to their peers.
Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 87-4212016) · Dispute this lineFunders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.8M | $1.6M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $2.7M | $2.0M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $25K | $8K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $2.7M | $2.0M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5 | $247K | $180K | $12K | $54K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $559K | $417K | $51K | $90K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $32K | $25K | $2K | $5K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $62K | $50K | $2K | $10K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $59K | $44K | $5K | $10K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $3K | $3K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $62K | $62K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $405K | $328K | $31K | $46K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $380K | $379K | $1K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $5K | $76 | $4K | $1K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $21K | $16K | $5K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $21K | $15K | $5K | $1K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $45K | $34K | $2K | $9K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $8K | $8K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $21K | $21K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.9M | $1.5M | $205K | $232K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 26, 2026 | $1.2M | $1.9M | −$701K | $2.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Nov 5, 2025 | $3.8M | $1.1M | $2.7M | $2.7M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $1,229,439 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 9 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,229,439 across 4 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,930,575 across 15 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,005,896 assets, 10 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,997,847 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file FY2025 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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