For the sixth consecutive year, The NRA Foundation has received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, America's largest independent evaluator of charities. Rated for efficiency and effectiveness, four stars is Charity Navigator's highest rating. In the past 16 years, the foundation has funded more than 15,000 grants totaling more than $100 million dollars, becoming America’s leading charitable organization in support of competitive shooting, range development, education and training, and the second amendment.
Charity Navigator's Vince Bogucki said in a letter to the foundation, "Receiving four out of a possible four stars indicates that your organization excels, as compared to other charities in America, in successfully managing your finances in an efficient and effective manner." He added, "This consistency in your rating is an exceptional feat, especially given the economic challenges many charities have had to face in the last year."
The NRA Foundation raises money in a variety of ways, ranging from philanthropic individuals, businesses and foundations to its volunteer-driven Friends of NRA program. Organized by volunteers throughout the country, this grassroots program has raised more than $100 million since its inception in 1992.
"The Charity Navigator's rating is reaffirming what our donors and members know. We are effective at funding shooting, training, educational and community programs because we are passionate about the second amendment," Executive Director of General Operations Kayne Robinson said. "The second amendment is our right but it needs to be exercised. The NRA Foundation provides that exercise in its daily preservation of our right to keep and bear arms."
Established in 1990, The NRA Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c) (3) tax-exempt organization that raises tax-deductible contributions in support of a wide range of firearm-related public interest activities of the National Rifle Association of America and other organizations that defend and foster the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans. These activities are designed to promote firearms and hunting safety, to enhance marksmanship skills of those participating in the shooting sports, and to educate the general public about firearms in their historic, technological and artistic context. More information about The NRA Foundation can be found online at www.nrafoundation.org. To view the 4-Star rating report by Charity Navigator please visit www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/5450.htm.