Virginia · Public charity
NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund
The fund provides legal and financial assistance to selected individuals and organizations defending their right to keep and bear arms. Additionally, the fund sponsors legal research and education on a wide variety of gun-related issues, including the meaning of the second amendment.
- $965k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $890k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $505,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $161k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $890k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $764k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $223k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $407k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $114k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $652k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $441k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Rifle Association of America | $2,884,556 | 7 | 0% |
| Delaware State Sportsman Asso | $163,423 | 2 | n/a |
| Silent Majority Foundation | $120,155 | 1 | 20% |
| Association of Nj Rifle & Pistol Clubs Inc | $71,466 | 2 | 3% |
| Liberty Justice Center | $60,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hunter Sports Shooting Grounds | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Pennsylvania Sportsmens Club | $35,381 | 2 | 11% |
| The Buckeye Institute | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sporting Arms Company | $19,447 | 1 | n/a |
| Deputy Big Shot LLC | $15,825 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Rifle Association of America | $2,884,556 | 7 | 0% |
| Delaware State Sportsman Asso | $163,423 | 2 | n/a |
| Silent Majority Foundation | $120,155 | 1 | 20% |
| Association of Nj Rifle & Pistol Clubs Inc | $71,466 | 2 | 3% |
| Liberty Justice Center | $60,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hunter Sports Shooting Grounds | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Pennsylvania Sportsmens Club | $35,381 | 2 | 11% |
| The Buckeye Institute | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sporting Arms Company | $19,447 | 1 | n/a |
| Deputy Big Shot LLC | $15,825 | 2 | n/a |
| Granby Bow & Gun Club Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Putnam County Parks Gun Club | $15,000 | 1 | 10% |
| The Independent Institute | $6,632 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund
- How much does NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund give?
- NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund reported 7 itemized grants totaling $890,256, out of $965,436 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (83%), Crime & Legal (6%), Recreation & Sports (6%).
- Who are NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: National Rifle Association of America ($2.9M), Delaware State Sportsman Asso ($163k), Silent Majority Foundation ($120k).
- Does NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund based?
- NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund is based in VA.
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