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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,350 to it, the largest being The Schmitt Family Charitable Trust ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$11M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$9k
Net assets
$2.0M
1/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What National Association for Gun Rights Inc does

Mission

As an advocacy group, the National Association for Gun Rights(NAGR)purpose is to educate gun owners and gun rights supporters on firearms issues both at the local and federal level. NAGR assists the growing movement of state level grassroots gun rights organizations, as well as, organizing grassroots advocacy at every level.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Education of united states citizens on their constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms.

    $6,459,955 spent$9,812,265 earned by the program
    75% of program spending

  2. Monitoring legislative and regulatory activity regarding second amendmnent issues federally, as well as in the several states.

    $1,838,979 spent
    21% of program spending

  3. Training and providing assistance to state level second amendment activists and organizations.

    $241,896 spent$396,738 earned by the program
    3% of program spending

  4. Other program expenses

    $104,832 spent$221,130 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,645,662.

02The organization over time

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($7.1M) Expenses 100 ($7.2M) Net assets 100 ($2.5M)2018 Revenue 95 ($6.7M) Expenses 98 ($7.1M) Net assets 71 ($1.8M)2019 Revenue 86 ($6.1M) Expenses 86 ($6.2M) Net assets 65 ($1.7M)2020 Revenue 139 ($9.8M) Expenses 135 ($9.8M) Net assets 65 ($1.6M)2021 Revenue 220 ($16M) Expenses 213 ($15M) Net assets 71 ($1.8M)2022 Revenue 147 ($10M) Expenses 144 ($10M) Net assets 70 ($1.8M)2023 Revenue 151 ($11M) Expenses 133 ($9.6M) Net assets 110 ($2.8M)2024 Revenue 156 ($11M) Expenses 162 ($12M) Net assets 79 ($2.0M)
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Revenue (156)Expenses (162)Net assets (79)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $4.0M to $3.0M (−25%).

$3.6M
$3.0M
$2.9M
$3.3M
$3.8M
$3.0M
$4.0M
$3.0M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

95% of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (96% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 157 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$186k
’17
−$414k
’18
−$137k
’19
−$7k
’20
$155k
’21
−$35k
’22
$1.0M
’23
−$768k
’24
0.3
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed65677788
Joined·+0+1+1+1+0+3+0
No longer listed·1001020
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $100 → $5k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'21
'22
total
funders
1
2
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS 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.

How concentrated its funding is

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

53%
largest funder
96%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 95% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 3 states in all.

NY
MO
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
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’22
Virginia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−7% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 152 civil rights nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Organizations like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Virginia

National Foundation for Gun Rights Inc82%Gun Owners of America Inc81%NRA Freedom Action Foundation78%NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund77%NRA Foundation Inc76%Gun Owners Foundation75%National Rifle Association of America74%Lafayette Gun Club of Va Inc71%

Nationally

National Foundation for Gun Rights Inc82%National African American Gun Associatio81%Gun Owners of America Inc81%NRA Freedom Action Foundation78%The Anjrpc Foundation Inc78%NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund77%Second Amendment Foundation77%Alliance for Gun Responsibility Foundation76%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 13%Fundraising 13%

Governance

6
board members
50%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 37 states

AK
ME
NH
WA
ND
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
HI
OK
MS
AL
GA
FL

Part of a family of 11 related entities

  • Palmetto Gun Rights LLC · exempt
  • Great Lakes Gun Rights LLC · exempt
  • Texas Gun Rights LLC · exempt
  • Florida Gun Rights LLC · exempt
  • Hoosier Gun Rights LLC · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC?
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,350 to it, the largest being The Schmitt Family Charitable Trust ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $9,350 in grants to NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC?
The Schmitt Family Charitable Trust is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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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 4 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