NRA Foundation Earns Highest Rating for Sixth Consecutive Year
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 15 years, the foundation has funded more than 11,000 grants totaling more than $72 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 $70 million since its inception in 1992.