Evolve USA

{{Short description|US nonprofit organization}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = Evolve USA

| logo = Evolve USA logo.png

| logo_size = 136px

| formation = {{start date|2013|06|25}}"[https://appext20.dos.ny.gov/corp_public/CORPSEARCH.ENTITY_INFORMATION?p_token=8E5127BF3A19217CF7A6B4E96AE9A870CD604190C2129C3CF823C6636E7AF9CF47B826BD8B1376A2E2B29B661EB2B56A&p_nameid=57FBF6024482812B&p_corpid=BB3CCE987C9C9311&p_captcha=16377&p_captcha_check=8E5127BF3A19217CF7A6B4E96AE9A870CD604190C2129C3CF823C6636E7AF9CF30AB4C475CC99D09C1B82962E769ABD9&p_entity_name=Evolve%20Together&p_name_type=A&p_search_type=BEGINS&p_srch_results_page=0 Evolve Together, Inc.]" Entity Information. Division of Corporations. New York State Department of State. Retrieved February 23, 2018.

| founders = Rebecca Bond and Jon Bond

| tax_id = 30-0792448"[https://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2016/300/792/2016-300792448-0e38442f-Z.pdf Form 990-EZ: Short Form Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax]". Evolve Together Inc. Guidestar. December 31, 2016.

| purpose = Gun safety

| headquarters = New York, New York, U.S.

| coords = {{coord|40.734429|-73.996545|display=inline,title}}

| status = 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization"[https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/pub78Search.do?ein1=30-0792448&names=&city=&state=All...&country=US&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=searchCharities&submitName=Search Evolve USA, Inc.]' Exempt Organizations Select Check. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved February 23, 2018.

| leader_title = Director

| leader_name = Rebecca Bond

| leader_title2 = Co-director

| leader_name2 = Jon Bond

| revenue = $30,000

| revenue_year = 2016

| expenses = $31,100

| expenses_year = 2016

| website = {{URL|http://evolveusa.com}}

| formerly = Evolve Together

}}

Evolve USA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that advocates for gun safety. In contrast to many groups involved in gun politics in the United States, Evolve focuses on individual, voluntary actions to prevent accidental shootings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/EvolveTogether.Us/info?tab=page_info|title=Evolve|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=13 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.evolveusa.com/faqs.html|title=Evolve USA {{!}} There's no debating the need for Gun Safety.|last=LLC|first=Evolvinx|website=www.evolveusa.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918191702/http://www.evolveusa.com/faqs.html|archive-date=18 September 2018|url-status=live|access-date=13 October 2018}} It was founded in 2013, after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/opinion/nocera-changing-minds-after-newtown.html|title=Opinion {{!}} Changing Minds After Newtown|last=Nocera|first=Joe|date=1 March 2013|work=The New York Times|access-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615055641/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/opinion/nocera-changing-minds-after-newtown.html|archive-date=15 June 2018|url-status=live|language=en}}

In 2015 they ran an ad campaign that caught media attention for its humour, using "hilarious social faux pas to illustrate the danger of keeping guns in the house."{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/surprising-new-gun-safety-ads-6382813|title=Why are the kids in this ad campaign playing with condoms and tampons?|last=McCrum|first=Kirstie|date=4 September 2015|work=Daily Mirror|access-date=3 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202071145/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/surprising-new-gun-safety-ads-6382813|archive-date=2 December 2016|url-status=live}}