NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (EIN 53-0116130)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-11-08
IRS object ID: 201843129349300204
Schema version: 2017v2.3
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-11-08T07:17:27-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RSM US LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	One South Wacker Ste 800	AddressLine1Txt
City	Chicago	CityNm
State Abbreviation	IL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	60606	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	530116130	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	National Rifle Association of America	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	NATI	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7032671000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11250 Waples Mill Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fairfax	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	220307400	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Craig B Spray	PersonNm
Person Title	Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2018-11-05	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Zack Fortsch	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	3126343400	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-11-05	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	204.68.130.234	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-11-08	IPDt
IP Tm	12:15:41	IPTm
IP Timezone	ES	IPTimezoneCd
Federal Original Submission Id	5430812018309rcpk3wf	FederalOriginalSubmissionId
Federal Original Submission Id	2018-11-05	FederalOriginalSubmissionIdDt
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	F7B986F2323BCDD72C32997FA1FD0E168C38ECD5	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	F7B986F2323BCDD72C32997FA1FD0E168C38ECD5	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2019-02-21 02:37:17Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Craig B Spray	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11250 Waples Mill Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fairfax	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22030	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$342,109,050	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	www.nra.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1905	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Firearms safety, education, and training and advocacy on behalf of safe and responsible gun owners	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	76	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	69	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	819	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	150000	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$28,728,573	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	-$6,543,559	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$124,433,466	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$98,026,531	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$181,265,880	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$146,955,303	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	-$8,728	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$4,893,990	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$61,199,085	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$62,111,910	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$366,889,703	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$311,987,734	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$85,500	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$93,334	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$68,330,881	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$66,789,561	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$8,410,603	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$8,943,038	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$34,744,651	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$335,910,456	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$254,005,718	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$412,737,440	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$329,831,651	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$45,847,737	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$17,843,917	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$217,136,587	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$196,125,681	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$181,021,897	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$171,175,478	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$36,114,690	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$24,950,203	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	Per NRA Bylaws, to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution to promote public safety, law and order, and national defense to train law enforcement agencies and civilians in marksmanship to promote shooting sports and hunting.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$145,759,099	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$93,334	GrantAmt
Revenue	$165,604,307	RevenueAmt
Desc	NRA membership support includes publications, education and training, field services, competitive shooting, law enforcement, hunter services, member communications services, member programs, member services, and fulfillment of member services. The chief value of NRA membership is in gun safety and training along with regular reinforcement of these lessons and principles by keeping engaged with the community of outdoor lovers and safe and responsible shooting enthusiasts. NRA membership support and fulfillment are dedicated to providing NRA members with high quality support as well as content delivered through many platforms. Firearms safety remains the cornerstone of everything the association provides for members.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$27,086,771	ExpenseAmt
Desc	The NRA Institute for Legislative Action advocates on behalf of safe and responsible gun owners. As the foremost protector and defender of the Second Amendment, the NRA promotes firearms safety, advocates against efforts to erode gun rights and freedoms, fights for initiatives aimed at reducing violent crime, and promotes hunters rights and conservation efforts. NRA members recognize the vital importance of NRAILAs true grassroots work to preserve the Second Amendment for future generations of shooters and outdoor sportsmen and sportswomen. This legion of engaged and motivated members is the reason for the NRAs strength.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$19,795,198	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$21,282,325	RevenueAmt
Desc	NRA shows and exhibits include the NRA Annual Meetings and Members Exhibit Hall, held in a different city each year, and other shows around the country. The annual meetings and exhibits are presented as a celebration of American freedom featuring acres of exhibits, premier events, educational seminars and workshops, and fun-filled activities for the entire family. Dallas, Texas was the 2017 host city. Other NRA hosted expos included the Great American Outdoor Show held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$66,024,821	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$2,178,816	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$258,665,889	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	Yes (true)	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (true)	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (true)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	Yes (true)	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (true)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	Yes (true)	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	Yes (true)	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	1028	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	819	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	76	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	69	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AZ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	LA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ME	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ND	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NM	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	UT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Wilson H Phillips Jr Treasurer Nati	PersonNm
Phone	7032671000	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11250 Waples Mill Road	AddressLine1Txt
City	Fairfax	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	220307400	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part VII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIIInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (93 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd	Former Ofcr Director TrusteeFormerOfcrDirectorTrusteeInd
Pete R Brownell
President	020.00	001.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$3,244	$0	$0
Richard R Childress
First Vice President	010.00	001.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Carolyn D Meadows
Second Vice President	010.00	001.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Joseph P DeBergalis Jr through Janu
Deputy Executive Director, General Operations	050.00		Yes (X)		$368,805	$0	$43,827	Yes (X)
Joe M Allbaugh
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William H Allen
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Thomas P Arvas
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Scott L Bach
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William A Bachenberg
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bob Barr
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ronnie G Barrett
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Clel Baudler
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David E Bennett through April 29 20
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
J Kenneth Blackwell
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Matt Blunt
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dan Boren
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert K Brown
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David Butz
Director	005.00		Yes (X)		$150,000	$0	$0
J William Carter through April 29 2
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ted W Carter
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Patricia A Clark
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Allan D Cors
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Charles L Cotton
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David G Coy
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Larry E Craig
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John L Cushman
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William H Dailey through April 29 2
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
R Lee Ermey
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Edie P Fleeman
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Carol Frampton
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joel Friedman
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sandra S Froman
Director	005.00		Yes (X)		$39,680	$0	$0
James S Gilmore III
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marion P Hammer
Director	005.00		Yes (X)		$184,000	$0	$0
Maria Heil
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Graham Hill starting April 29 2017
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steve Hornady
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Susan Howard
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Roy Innis through January 8 2017
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Curtis S Jenkins
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David A Keene
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$32,000	$0	$0
Tom King
Director	005.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Timothy Knight
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Herbert A Lanford Jr
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Willes K Lee starting January 8 201
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Karl A Malone
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sean Maloney
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert Mansell starting April 29 20
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bill Miller
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Owen Buz Mills
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$6,348	$0	$0
Craig Morgan
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Grover Norquist
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Oliver L North
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert A Nosler
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Johnny Nugent
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ted Nugent
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lance Olson
Director	005.00		Yes (X)		$90,000	$0	$0
Melanie Pepper starting April 29 20
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
James W Porter II
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Peter J Printz
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Todd J Rathner
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Kim Rhode starting May 1 2017
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Wayne Anthony Ross
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Carl T Rowan Jr
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Don Saba
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William H Satterfield
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mercedes V Schlapp through October
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$40,000	$0	$0
Ronald L Schmeits
Director	005.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Esther Q Schneider
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steven C Schreiner
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tom Selleck
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John C Sigler
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Leroy Sisco
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bart Skelton
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$15,000	$0	$0
Dwight D Van Horn
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Blaine Wade
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Linda L Walker
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Howard J Walter
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$1,000	$0	$0
Heidi E Washington starting April 2
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Allen B West
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert J Wos
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Donald E Young
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Wayne LaPierre
CEO and Executive Vice President	060.00	001.00		Yes (X)	$1,366,688	$0	$67,289
Chris W Cox
Executive Director, NRAILA	058.00	001.00		Yes (X)	$1,099,762	$0	$91,432
Robert K Weaver
Executive Director, General Operations former				Yes (X)	$720,000	$0	$0		Yes (X)
Joshua L Powell
Chief of Staff and Executive Director, General Operations	050.00			Yes (X)	$711,396	$0	$67,670
Wilson H Phillips Jr
Treasurer	029.00	011.00		Yes (X)	$664,313	$0	$45,683
John C Frazer
Secretary and General Counsel	050.00	001.00		Yes (X)	$375,332	$0	$69,899
Todd Grable
Executive Director, Membership, Affinity and Licensing	050.00				$788,497	$0	$56,367	Yes (X)
Michael Marcellin
Managing Director, Affinity and Licensing former	001.00				$713,975	$0	$0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)
Tyler Schropp
Executive Director, Advancement	050.00	001.00			$622,280	$0	$67,811	Yes (X)
Douglas Hamlin
Executive Director, Publications	050.00				$598,823	$0	$66,200	Yes (X)
David Lehman
Deputy Executive Director, NRAILA	050.00	001.00			$446,613	$0	$29,795	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$9,037,756	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$605,973	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	144	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	Yes (true)	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	Yes (true)	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
InfoCision Management Corp
325 Springside Dr	Akron	OH	44333	Membership processing and contribution solicitations	$24,272,991
Ackerman McQueen Inc
1601 NW Expressway	Oklahoma City	OK	73118	Public relations and advertising	$20,324,364
Membership Marketing Partners LLC
11250 Waples Mill Rd Ste 310	Fairfax	VA	22030	Fundraising printing and mailing	$11,605,255
Quadgraphics Inc
500 1st Ave	Pittsburgh	PA	15219	Publishing	$8,123,992
Valtim Inc
1095 Venture Dr	Forest	VA	24551	Fulfillment center	$7,824,001

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	121	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Info In Schedule O Part VIII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIIIInd
Related Organizations	$19,519,398	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
All Other Contributions	$78,507,133	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$223,995	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$98,026,531	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Program fees	$18,746,000	$18,746,000
Member dues	$128,209,303	$128,209,303

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$146,955,303	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$840,627	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$840,627	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$19,752,320	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$19,752,320	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$1,255,235	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$2,167,355	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	-$912,120	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$912,120	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$912,120	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$27,222,671	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$23,169,308	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$4,053,363	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,053,363	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$4,053,363	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$1,387,378	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$225,813	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,161,565	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,161,565	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$17,144,417	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$4,558,840	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$12,585,577	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$12,163,297	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$422,280	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
Advertising	541800	$26,935,893	$26,935,893
Other unrelated business activity	900004	$1,370,400	$1,370,400
Cafe Sales	722320	$383,788		$383,788

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$834,487	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$834,487	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$29,524,568	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$311,987,734	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$159,953,087	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$28,728,573	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$25,279,543	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$78,334	TotalAmt
Program Services	$78,334	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,120,736	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,787,459	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,940,196	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$393,081	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$44,345,737	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,668,610	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,088,905	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,588,222	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,686,254	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,328,617	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,818,162	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$539,475	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,569,032	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,655,887	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,567,271	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$345,874	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,067,802	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,013,912	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$863,360	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$190,530	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,972,324	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,612,772	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$359,552	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$155,870	TotalAmt
Management And General	$155,870	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,186,100	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,186,100	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,943,038	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$8,943,038	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$218,403	TotalAmt
Management And General	$218,403	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,625,271	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,625,271	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$55,974,621	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49,346,836	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$6,627,785	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,688,496	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,127,454	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,561,042	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,741,068	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,518,754	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,222,314	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,118,810	TotalAmt
Program Services	$268,238	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,850,572	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,647,235	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,243,748	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,403,487	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,012	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,012	ProgramServicesAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,574,087	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,921,974	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,652,113	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,399,143	TotalAmt
Program Services	$882,397	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$516,746	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,894,978	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,817,026	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,077,952	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,193,898	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,193,898	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Additional member communications expenses	$54,312,805	$42,093,601	$12,219,204
Additional training and community service expenses	$33,082,512	$33,082,512
Additional printing and publications expenses	$25,348,243	$25,348,243
Fulfillment materials	$9,125,752	$8,277,187	$749,259	$99,306

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,710,090	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,536,047	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,025,860	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,148,183	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$329,831,651	TotalAmt
Program Services	$258,665,889	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$36,421,111	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$34,744,651	FundraisingAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,831,228	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,764,563	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,516,303	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,184,593	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$76,952,115	BOYAmt
EOY	$66,861,150	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,000,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,000,000	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,209,123	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,639,054	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,788,017	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,277,662	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$77,628,707	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$43,153,547	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$37,336,030	BOYAmt
EOY	$34,475,160	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$52,018,678	BOYAmt
EOY	$47,415,094	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,048,948	BOYAmt
EOY	$646,822	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,436,145	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,861,583	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$217,136,587	BOYAmt
EOY	$196,125,681	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$95,398,139	BOYAmt
EOY	$90,339,532	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$39,424,563	BOYAmt
EOY	$31,402,766	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,838,124	BOYAmt
EOY	$47,121,100	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,361,071	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,312,080	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$181,021,897	BOYAmt
EOY	$171,175,478	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	-$14,853,143	BOYAmt
EOY	-$31,779,579	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,743,947	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,398,818	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$43,223,886	BOYAmt
EOY	$45,330,964	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$36,114,690	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,950,203	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$217,136,587	BOYAmt
EOY	$196,125,681	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$17,843,917	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$2,260,061	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$4,419,369	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consol And Sep Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolAndSepBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Political Expenditures	$2,968,011	PoliticalExpendituresAmt
Volunteer Hours	3750	VolunteerHoursCnt
Form1120 POL Filed	Yes (true)	Form1120POLFiledInd

Section527 Political Org Section527PoliticalOrgGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Paid Internal FundsPaidInternalFundsAmt
Republican Attorneys General Association
1747 Pennsylvania Ave NW Ste 800	Washington	DC	20006	464501717	$775,000
Republican Governors Association
1747 Pennsylvania Ave NW Ste 250	Washington	DC	20006	113655877	$155,400
Republican State Leadership Committee
1201 F St NW Ste 675	Washington	DC	20004	050532524	$60,389
NRA Political Victory Fund (see Parts I-A and IV)
11250 Waples Mill Rd	Fairfax	VA	22030	521083020

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nonded	Yes (true)	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
I-A 1	Support for fundraising and administrative expenses of a separate segregated fund is industry standard for nonprofit organizations like the NRA, as allowed by law. In 2017, the NRA paid 2,968,011 fundraising and administrative expenses for the separate segregated fund, NRA Political Victory Fund, as allowed by law. The NRA engaged in activities in support of its mission, which includes protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States, especially with reference to the inalienable right of the individual American citizen guaranteed by such Constitution to acquire, possess, collect, exhibit, transport, carry, transfer ownership of, and enjoy the right to use arms, in order that the people may always be in a position to exercise their legitimate individual rights of self preservation and defense of family, person, and property. In pursuit of these goals of the association, the NRA spent funds directly and indirectly on political activities, which were not the primary activities of the organization. The NRA is organized primarily to promote social welfare and can also engage in political activities on behalf of or in opposition to candidates for political office, as allowed by law. By any measure, the percentage of funds spent by the NRA on political activities is modest in comparison to the budget devoted to the primary activities of the NRA. For instance, all expenditures noted on Parts I-A and I-C of Schedule C amounted to about 1 of the NRAs total expenses in 2017, as applied to total expenses reported on Form 990, Part IX, line 25. Reporters and other readers are also kindly reminded that the separate segregated fund is a separate entity for tax purposes.
I-C 4	This informational note regards the NRAs taxes. The NRA separately files Form 1120-POL, which is not subject to public disclosure. The following information about taxes paid with the NRAs Forms 1120-POL is shared here on a voluntary basis as a service to readers and to demonstrate in good faith that the organization is a taxpayer in good standing. 527f proxy tax is paid on the lesser of net investment income or certain political expenditures as defined by the federal tax code, such as when certain political communications expressly advocate the election or defeat of a candidate and are made by the NRA itself rather than by the NRAs separate segregated fund. No 527f proxy tax was required to be paid for 2017. Historically, the amount of 527f proxy tax paid with the NRAs 2016 Form 1120-POL was 20,835 the amount paid with the NRAs 2015 Form 1120-POL was 21,817 and the amount paid with the NRAs 2014 Form 1120-POL was 1,662,307. As another polite reminder to reporters and other readers, Form 990 information is not necessarily expected to tie to Federal Election Commission FEC reporting due to different definitions and exclusions in the different regulatory regimes.
I-C 5	The NRA Political Victory Fund, an independent political action committee PAC of the NRA, directly received contributions during 2017 of 6,051,963. All contributions to the PAC were directly received from contributors. The NRA did not take possession of those contributions, nor did it or was it required to deliver or transfer those funds to the PAC. Reflecting industry standard and as allowed by law, the NRA provided fundraising and administrative support to the NRA Political Victory Fund as described above in line 1, but the NRA did not contribute its own funds to the NRA Political Victory Fund for the purposes of candidate or campaign contributions. The NRA has chosen, for full transparency, to list the NRA-PVF in the line 5 table to show these facts.

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly Rsrch	Yes (X)	CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Coll Used Loan Or Exch Prog	Yes (X)	CollUsedLoanOrExchProgInd
Solicited Assets Sale	Yes (true)	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	false	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$19,520,483	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,371,910	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$625,818	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$916,400	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$35,574	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$20,566,237	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$17,657,500	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,482,504	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,204,551	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$786,344	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$37,728	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$19,520,483	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$16,738,628	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,988,178	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$266,970	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$772,538	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$29,798	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$17,657,500	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$15,706,221	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,346,379	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$366,395	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$642,077	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$38,290	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$16,738,628	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$12,587,566	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$2,818,471	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$794,093	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$461,526	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$32,383	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$15,706,221	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	1.00000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd
Related Org List Sch R	Yes (true)	RelatedOrgListSchRInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$5,380,792	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$5,380,792	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$54,253,187	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$30,506,886	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$24,133,885	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$17,994,728	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$12,465,903	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$4,960,483	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$34,475,160	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc
Financial derivatives and other financial products
Closely-held equity interests

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
Federal income taxes
Derivative instrument market valuation	$1,175,705
Capital lease arrangement	$943,270
Accrued sales and use taxes	$149,220
Coupon liability	$43,885

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$2,312,080	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$325,315,025	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$2,260,061	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	$4,419,369	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$6,679,430	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$318,635,595	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	-$6,647,861	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	-$6,647,861	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$311,987,734	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$336,479,512	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$6,726,195	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$6,726,195	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$329,753,317	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Other Expenses Not Included	$78,334	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$78,334	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$329,831,651	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (10 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
III 4	This response describes the museum collections which are held by the NRAs related organizations and curated by NRA employees. The NRA Museums promote gun collecting and preservation of history through firearms. The NRA Museums include the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virginia the Frank Brownell Museum of the Southwest in Raton, New Mexico and the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum at Bass Pro Shops in Springfield, Missouri. To make the NRA Museums the finest possible resource for the public, the NRA and its affiliated charities rely on generous supporters to build the exhibition and research collections through contributions of historically significant firearms. Please visit NRAmuseums.org for current information on the museum galleries.
III 5	This response explains why the NRA may solicit or receive assets that some donors intend to be sold rather than maintained permanently. When donors intend their gifts of firearms to be sold rather than held for exhibition or research in the collections of the NRA Museums, the NRA partners with auctionhouses. Donors may choose to have guns sold for various reasons, such as to support current program services or to fund a charitable gift annuity or charitable trust with one of the NRAs affiliated charities. The philanthropic intent of each donor determines how a gift is handled.
V 4	This response describes the intended uses of the organizations endowment funds. The endowment funds benefit a diverse range of philanthropic interests, including training in marksmanship, national shooting championships, womens leadership, hunters leadership, recreational shooting, law enforcement, NRA Museums, and the National Endowment for the Protection of the Second Amendment.
X 12	This informational note provides context for the derivative financial instrument disclosed as a liability. Interest rate swaps are entered into to manage interest rate risks associated with the NRAs borrowing, and interest rate swaps are accounted for in accordance with FASB ASC 815. The NRAs interest rate swap is recorded in the balance sheet at fair value, with fair value of changes recorded as unrealized gain or loss on derivative instrument.
X 14	This informational note regards the NRAs taxes. The NRA is a substantial taxpayer and remains in good standing with the tax authorities. State and local taxes paid by the NRA include sales and use taxes, real estate and personal property taxes, amusement taxes, and state unemployment taxes. The liability shown on Schedule D, Part X for accrued sales and use taxes relates to timing and is a small fraction of taxes paid during the year. Additional notes regarding the NRAs taxes are shared on Schedule C regarding 527f proxy taxes and on Schedule O regarding unrelated busines income taxes. The NRA chooses to share this additional information about the NRAs total taxes to demonstrate in good faith that the organization is a taxpayer in good standing.
X 2	This response provides the text of the footnote to the organizations financial statements in accordance with FASB ASC 740. Management evaluated the NRAs tax positions and concluded that the NRA had taken no uncertain tax positions that require adjustment to the financial statements to comply with the provisions of this guidance. Generally, the NRA is no longer subject to income tax examinations by the U.S. federal, state, or local authorities for years before 2014, which is the standard statute of limitations lookback period.
XI 2d	This response explains 4,419,369 in the reconciliation of revenue from the audited financial statements to the revenue as stated on 990. The figure includes 3,466,371 agency transactions between the NRA and NRA Foundation and 952,998 unrealized gain on derivative instrument. The agency transactions figure of 3,466,371 includes endowment contributions and endowment earnings designated by NRA Foundation donors for eligible NRA programs. An information note regarding the purpose of the derivative instrument is included with Schedule D, Part X, line 12.
XI 4b	This response explains 6,647,861 in the reconciliation of revenue from the audited financial statements to the revenue as stated on 990. The figure includes 4,558,840 cost of goods sold, 2,167,355 rental expense, less 78,334 offset, which were reported as expenses on the audited financial statements.
XII 2d	This response explains 6,726,195 in the reconciliation of expenses from the audited financial statements to the expenses as stated on 990. The figure includes 4,558,840 cost of goods sold and 2,167,355 rental expense, which are reported on Form 990, Part VIII revenue statement.
XII 4b	This response explains 78,344 in the reconciliation of expenses from the audited financial statements to the expenses as stated on 990. The figure is the amount of interest on endowment grants.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (3 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Central America and the Caribbean	Investments	$5,453,000
Europe Including Iceland and Greenland	Program services	$59,000	International smallbore prone shooting competition
Europe Including Iceland and Greenland	Program services	$5,000	Law enforcement training at U.S. Armed Forces base

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent	$5,517,000	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$5,517,000	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I Line 31	The NRAs offshore investments follow industry standard best practices in risk management for national nonprofit institutional investors. Alternative investments reduce overall portfolio risk by reducing volatility and improving diversification. The NRA maintains several investment accounts that are multi-strategy funds of funds. Income from passive investments, when appropiately structured, is excluded from unrelated business income by law. This type of investment posture is commonly accepted in the U.S. exempt organization industry. 100 of the amount is the total book value of investments for that region.
Part I Line 32	This disclosure of program services provided in the European region refers to NRA Competitive Shooting Divisions institutional support provided during the competition for the Roberts Trophy at Century Range at Bisley Camp. 100 of the amount is the cash value of expenditures made by the NRA Competitive Shooting Division for necessary travel, accommodations, and related expenses.
Part I Line 33	This disclosure of program services provided in the European region refers to NRA Law Enforcement Divisions training school provided to a branch of the United States Armed Forces at a foreign military base. 100 of the amount is the cash value of expenditures made by the NRA Law Enforcement Division instructors for necessary travel and accommodations.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (8 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
Allegiance dba Membership Advisors Fundraising LLC
11250 Waples Mill Rd	Fairfax	VA	22030	Paid solicitor	false	$27,309,487	$790,000	$26,519,487
InfoCision Management Corp
325 Springside Dr	Akron	OH	44333	Paid solicitor	false	$10,026,850	$5,300,038	$4,726,812
McKenna & Associates
2000 Clarendon Blvd Ste 200	Arlington	VA	22201	Fundraising consultant	false		$860,000
HWS Consulting
221 Homeport Dr	Grasonville	MD	21638	Fundraising consultant	false		$710,000
501c Solutions
2530 Meridian Pkwy Ste 300	Research Triangle Park	NC	27713	Fundraising consultant	false		$671,000
Sharpe Group
855 Ridge Lake Blvd Ste 300	Memphis	TN	38120	Fundraising consultant	false		$480,000
Key & Associates
12176 Chancery Station Cir	Reston	VA	20190	Fundraising consultant	false		$72,000
Commonwealth Group Partners
1579 Monroe Dr Ste F-341	Atlanta	GA	30324	Fundraising consultant	false		$60,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$37,336,337	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$8,943,038	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$31,246,299	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AZ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	DC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	GA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	HI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	LA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	NRAILA Event	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$1,387,378	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$1,387,378	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$178,121	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$47,692	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$1,387,378	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$1,387,378	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$178,121	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$47,692	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$225,813	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$1,161,565	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I Line 2b2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	This supplemental information notes the distinction between 990 core form Part VIII Section B line 1 and Schedule G Part I line 2b2 for the filing organizations vendor InfoCision Management Corp. The vendor InfoCision provided services to the filing organization for both memberships and contributions solicitations, as shown on 990 core form Part VIII Section B line 1. Schedule G is specific to the vendors work as a paid solicitor providing professional fundraising services. Therefore, the Schedule G disclosure excludes the membership processing services.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	National Fdn for Women Legislators	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	910 16th St NW	AddressLine1Txt
City	Aashington	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20006	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN	521480785	RecipientEIN
IRC Section	501c3	IRCSectionDesc
Cash Grant	$15,000	CashGrantAmt
Purpose Of Grant	Undergraduate college scholarships	PurposeOfGrantTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	NRA Jeanne E Bray Memorial Scholarship Awards Program	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	20	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$78,334	CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Part I Line 2

The National Foundation for Women Legislators partners with the National Rifle Association for the annual NFWL/NRA Bill of Rights Essay Scholarship Contest for female high school juniors and seniors. The NRA actively assists National Foundation of Women Legislators in the selection and administration of NFWL scholarships for college. NFWL scholarship applications are assessed on the elements of historical research, insight and perspective, demonstrated understanding of the American Constitution, inspirational quality, and meaningful personal connection. Scholarship awards are paid directly to the educational institution.

Part III Line 1

The NRA Jeanne E. Bray Memorial Scholarship Awards Program is named in honor and recognition of the groundbreaking police officer Jeanne E. Bray, a shooting champion and past member of the NRA Board of Directors. Jeanne E. Bray was the first female detective on a burglary squad, which has evolved into todays modern SWAT. She was the first female police officer to earn the NRA Police Marksmanship Distinguished bar, and she won the National Womens Police Pistol Combat Championship five times from 1962 to 1967. The program offers scholarships of up to 2,500 per semester, up to 5,000 per year for a maximum of four years, to dependent children of any public law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty who was an NRA member at the time of death, and to dependent children of any current or retired law enforcement officers who are living and have current NRA membership. The membership restriction is permitted by law because the NRA Jeanne E. Bray Memorial Scholarship Awards Program is a 501c4 program. Scholarship awards are paid directly to the educational institution.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter Travel	Yes (X)	FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
Idemnification Gross Up Pmts	Yes (X)	IdemnificationGrossUpPmtsInd
Housing Allowance Or Residence	Yes (X)	HousingAllowanceOrResidenceInd
Club Dues Or Fees	Yes (X)	ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	Yes (true)	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (true)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	Yes (true)	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	Yes (true)	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (13 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Wayne LaPierre
CEO and Executive Vice President	$1,172,166	$150,000	$44,522	$19,680	$47,609	$1,433,977
Chris W Cox
Executive Director, NRAILA	$911,095	$166,667	$22,000	$30,000	$61,432	$1,191,194
Robert K Weaver
Executive Director, General Operations former			$720,000			$720,000
Joshua L Powell
Chief of Staff and Executive Director, General Operations	$557,172	$50,000	$104,224	$15,900	$51,770	$779,066
Wilson H Phillips Jr
Treasurer	$525,942	$100,000	$38,371	$19,680	$26,003	$709,996
John C Frazer
Secretary and General Counsel	$318,621	$25,000	$31,711	$15,900	$53,999	$445,231
Todd Grable
Executive Director, Membership, Affinity and Licensing	$440,541	$213,769	$134,187	$10,600	$45,767	$844,864
Michael Marcellin
Managing Director, Affinity and Licensing former	$522,426		$191,549			$713,975
Tyler Schropp
Executive Director, Advancement	$492,941	$125,000	$4,339	$15,900	$51,911	$690,091
Douglas Hamlin
Executive Director, Publications	$447,381	$100,000	$51,442	$15,900	$50,300	$665,023
David Lehman
Deputy Executive Director, NRAILA	$377,000		$69,613	$15,900	$13,895	$476,408
Joseph P DeBergalis Jr through Janu
Deputy Executive Director, General Operations	$300,500	$10,396	$57,909	$10,385	$33,442	$412,632
Marion P Hammer
Director	$184,000					$184,000

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I Line 1a	Charter travel was used on occasions when travel logistics or security concerns precluded other available options, and travel was properly excluded from taxable compensation. Certain compensation elements were grossed up for one individual, and the tax gross up was properly included in taxable compensation. Housing expenses were provided for four individuals, and personal housing was properly included in taxable compensation. Dues for clubs used for business purposes were properly excluded from taxable compensation.
Part I Line 4a	Robert K. Weavers employment as Executive Director of General Operations ended in 2016 and during calendar year 2017 Mr. Weaver received taxable compensation of 720,000.
Part II Line 4b	The NRA has deferred compensation retirement benefit plans for certain employees and nonqualified supplemental executive retirement plans for certain employees. For nonqualified plans, the filing organization decides the benefit amount and timeframe for vesting of each participant using different factors particular to each relevant individual and his specific circumstances. Payouts are properly included in taxable wages and reported in W-2 income.
Part II	Column Biii Other reportable compensation within taxable wages for Mr. LaPierre included 22,098 group life insurance, 18,000 457b plan, and 4,424 taxable personal expenses. Other reportable compensation within taxable wages for Mr. Cox included 18,000 457b plan, 2,610 group life insurance, and 1,390 taxable personal expenses. Other reportable compensation within taxable wages for Mr. Powell included 102,484 taxable personal expenses and 1,740 group life insurance. Other reportable compensation within taxable wages for Mr. Phillips included 18,000 457b plan, 16,002 group life insurance, and 4,369 taxable personal expenses. Other reportable compensation within taxable wages for Mr. Frazer included 18,000 457b plan, 3,174 group life insurance, and 10,537 taxable personal expenses. Other reportable compensation within taxable wages for Mr. Grable included 132,657 taxable personal expenses and 1,530 group life insurance. Other reportable compensation within taxable wages for Mr. Marcellin included 522,246 paid by an unrelated organization, Lockton Affinity LLC as further detailed on Schedule O, and 457b payout of 191,549. Other reportable compensation within taxable wages for Mr. Schropp included 2,611 taxable personal expenses and 1,728 group life insurance. Other reportable compensation within taxable wages for Mr. Hamlin included 26,306 taxable personal expenses, 18,000 457b plan, and 7,136 group life insurance. Other reportable compensation within taxable wages for Mr. Lehman included 50,263 457f payout including 263 interest, 18,000 457b plan, and 1,350 group life insurance. Other reportable compensation within taxable wages for Mr. DeBergalis included 38,644 taxable personal expenses, 18,000 457b plan, and 1,265 group life insurance.
Part II	Column C Employer deposits toward benefits that will not be paid until a future date are shown in Column C. The amount for Mr. LaPierre included 15,900 401k and 3,780 pension plan. The amount for Mr. Cox included 15,900 401k, 10,320 457f, and 3,780 pension plan. The amount for Mr. Powell included 15,900 401k. The amount for Mr. Phillips included 15,900 401k and 3,780 pension plan. The amount for Mr. Frazer included 15,900 401k. The amount for Mr. Grable included 10,600 401k. The amount for Mr. Schropp included 15,900 401k. The amount for Mr. Hamlin included 15,900 401k. The amount for Mr. Lehman included 15,900 401k. The amount for Mr. DeBergalis included 10,385 401k.
Part II	Column D Nontaxable benefits are provided to employees consistent with association industry standards and best practices. Standard nontaxable benefits include employee benefits such as the employer paid portions of medical and dental plans and long-term and short-term disability plans.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RCR Race Operations LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	Owner is board member	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$137,748	TransactionAmt
Transaction	Purchase of truck for sweepstakes	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part IV Line 1	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Vehicle was purchased at cost. The associated labor was donated.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	5445	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$223,995	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	Sales of comparable items	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (true)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I Line 32	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	On occasion and as appropriate, securities and other donated liquid or illiquid assets can be converted into cash by the outside third party specialists that partner with the NRA to fulfill the philanthropic intentions of the donors.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (19 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	Program Service Expenses 66,024,821, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 2,178,816 This note provides further information on Part III Program Service Accomplishments. All NRA program services are centered on the NRAs core mission of firearms safety, education, and training, including messaging that promotes freedom and liberty. The additional program service expenses of 66,024,821 noted on 990 core form Part III line 4d include the program services components of public affairs, executive, and advancement operations. 990 readers are encouraged to access NRA.org for opportunities to continue to engage with the NRA.
Form 990, Part I, Section 1, Line 1	The NRA is a 501c4 membership association with four 501c3 public charities and a Section 527 political action committee, which is a separate segregated fund. The four charities affiliated with the NRA are NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund, NRA Foundation Inc, NRA Freedom Action Foundation, and NRA Special Contribution Fund DBA NRA Whittington Center. The political action committee is NRA Political Victory Fund. See Schedule R, Part II. Service note Individuals who would like to reduce the volume of solicitations they receive from the NRA can contact NRA Member Services and request to be placed on the Do Not Promote list. This simple step will significantly reduce the amount of contact received from the NRA without affecting magazine service, Board of Directors ballot, or membership renewal.
Form 990, Part I, Line 7	This informational note regards the NRAs unrelated business income. Form 990 page 1 shows gross unrelated business revenue on line 7a and net unrelated business taxable income on line 7b. The NRA did not owe unrelated business income tax for the year 2017 because directly connected deductions were greater than the associated income in 2017. The main sources of NRA unrelated business income, as shown on 990 Part VIII, Column C, are certain merchandise sales from the e-commerce platforms, advertising, and other activities not related to the NRAs tax exempt purposes at NRA television programs, NRA digital online channels, and NRA Official Journals. Additional informational notes related to the NRAs taxes are shared on Schedule C regarding 527f proxy taxes and Schedule D regarding state and local taxes. The NRA chooses to share this extra information about the NRAs taxes in order to demonstrate in good faith that the organization is a taxpayer in good standing.
Form 990, Part I, Line 8	This informational note regards the NRAs contribution revenue. The vast majority of contributions to the NRA comes from millions of small individual donors. Gifts from companies and executives in the firearms, hunting, and shooting sports industries typically comprise less than 5 of the NRAs contribution revenue every year, as applied to contribution revenue reported on Form 990, Part VIII, line 1.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6	The National Rifle Association is a membership association that represents only individual citizens. Membership dues are properly reported on Form 990, Part VIII, line 2 pursuant to the instructions for such reporting.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a	NRA members elect all 76 members of the NRA Board of Directors. 75 directors are elected for staggered three year terms, and the 76th director is elected for a one year term on the occasion of each Annual Meeting of Members.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b	Certain Board of Directors decisions are subject to membership approval per NRA Bylaws and New York not for profit corporate law.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	Form 990 is reviewed by the external auditing firm, presented to the NRA Board of Directors Audit Committee, and made available to the full NRA Board of Directors, before it is filed with the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	The organizations conflict of interest policy applies to officers, directors, and key employees of the filing organization and its affiliates, as well as to their relatives. Related party transactions and potential conflicts are self-reported on a questionnaire that is distributed at least annually and reviewed by the Secretary and General Counsel. Issues may also be reported through other means or independently discovered by staff. Regardless of how they are reported, related party transactions and issues of apparent conflict are presented to the body designated by the Board of Directors the Audit Committee for approval, disapproval, or precautionary measures as needed.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15	Compensation of the NRAs top management officials is established by methods including independent compensation consultants, compensation surveys and studies, and comparability data. In addition, under the NRA Bylaws, compensation of certain elected officers including the Executive Vice President must be approved by the Board of Directors, based on recommendations by the compensation committee. All decisions are properly documented.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18	Readers are politely reminded the NRA was founded 146 years ago, in 1871. The NRAs 1944 determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service is available on Guidestar.org and can also be requested directly from the NRA as required by law. Forms 990 can be requested directly from the NRA as required by law.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	NRA Bylaws, audited consolidated financial statements of the NRA and affiliates, and annual reports are available upon request for the same period of disclosure as set forth in Section 6104d. The NRA does not make internal operating policies available to the general public.
Form 990, Part VII, Section A, Line 1	This informational note regards service on the NRA Board of Directors, which is not compensated. Board members who received compensation in 2017 were compensated for other reasons, not for their voluntary Board service. Mr. DeBergalis was compensated as an NRA employee starting January 25, 2017, not as a Board member. Mr. Butz, Ms. Froman, Ms. Hammer, Mr. Keene, Mr. Olson, Ms. Schlapp, Mr. Skelton, and Mr. Walter were compensated for other professional services they performed for the organization. Mr. Brownell and Mr. Mills received membership recruiting commissions that were paid to their companies. A company owned by Mr. Childress was paid in a business transaction as stated on Schedule L. For the purpose of determining the count of independent directors at December 31, 2017 shown on Part I line 3 and Part VI line 1b, the seven directors not considered independent for 2017 were Mr. Butz, Mr. Childress, Ms. Froman, Ms. Hammer, Mr. Keene, Mr. Olson, and Mr. Skelton.
Form 990, Part VII, Section A, Line 5	The filing organization has completed Schedule J reporting for the individual, Mr. Marcellin, who was paid 522,426 by an unrelated organization, Lockton Affinity LLC, in 2017. The amount of 455,753 paid by the unrelated organization to the individual was inadvertently excluded from prior year Form 990 compensation. Upon review, this situation was remediated.
Form 990, Part VII, Section B, Line 1	This informational note provides additional detail about amounts paid to outside services providers. The filing organization reports compensation paid to services providers exclusive of advertising and other media placed on behalf of the filing organization and expenses incurred on behalf of the filing organization. For example, the figure of 20,324,364 stated on Part VII Section B line 1 reflects compensation for services paid to Ackerman McQueen. It excludes amounts paid by a related organization. It also excludes 11,739,668 incurred for out of pocket expenditures on behalf of the filing organization including media, outside vendor costs, and reimbursement of travel and business expenses. It also excludes 5,588,945 paid by the filing organization to Mercury Group and 2,635,000 paid by the filing organization to Under Wild Skies, companies which have different tax identification numbers from Ackerman McQueen.
Form 990, Part VIII, Line 2b	This informational note regards the reporting of member dues on Form 990. Line 1b of the revenue statement is properly left blank. Pursuant to 990 instructions, membership dues that are not contributions because they compare reasonably with available benefits are shown on line 2. Thus, all NRA member dues are properly shown on the 990 revenue statement as program service revenue on line 2, other than NRA Life-plus contributions which are properly counted as contribution revenue in line 1f of the 990 revenue statement.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 11	This informational note regards the NRAs payment of fees for outside professional services as stated on line 11 of the 990 expense statement. Line 11b reports legal fees paid to outside attorneys, such as for Second Amendment case work and related litigation at the federal and state levels. Line 11c reports accounting fees paid to the outside CPA firm that provides the NRAs auditing and tax services. Line 11d reports lobbying expense paid to external registered lobbyists. Line 11e reports fundraising costs paid to the authorized vendors listed on Schedule G. Line 11f reports investment management fees paid to investment advisors that manage the NRAs portfolios. Line 11g show telemarketing costs for membership servicing. Professional services performed by NRA employees in house counsel, in house accountants, in house lobbyists, in house fundraisers, and in house investment managers, respectively are properly reported within lines 5-7 of the 990 expense statement, as required by 990 form instructions. Professional services performed by the telemarketing vendor for fundraising purposes, rather than for membership, are properly reported within line 11e, as required by 990 form instructions.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	This response explains 7,710,090 of other expenses stated on line 24e of the 990, Part IX expense statement which were not accommodated by other expense line descriptions. This figure includes 7,625,637 of other NRAILA legislative program costs, 4,301,676 banking fees, 1,224,523 membership premiums, 720,000 compensation of a former officer, 616,570 of non-payroll taxes, and 6,778,316 FASB ASC 715 pension accounting valuation adjustment.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9	This response explains 4,419,369 of other changes in the net assets reconciliation schedule. The figure includes 3,466,371 agency transactions between the NRA and NRA Foundation and 952,998 unrealized gain on derivative instrument. The agency transactions of 3,466,371 include endowment contributions and endowment earnings designated by NRA Foundation donors for eligible NRA programs. Readers may refer to Schedule D, Part X, line 12 for an informational note on the derivative instrument.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	EINEIN	Primary ActivitiesPrimaryActivitiesTxt	Legal Domicile StateLegalDomicileStateCd	Exempt Code SectionExemptCodeSectionTxt	Public Charity StatusPublicCharityStatusTxt	Business Name Line1DirectControllingEntityName/BusinessNameLine1Txt	Controlled OrganizationControlledOrganizationInd
NRA FOUNDATION INC
11250 WAPLES MILL RD	FAIRFAX	VA	22030	521710886	CHARITABLE	DC	501c3	LINE 7	NRA	Yes (true)
NRA SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION FUND
PO BOX 700	RATON	NM	87740	237367534	CHARITABLE	NM	501c3	LINE 7	NRA	Yes (true)
NRA CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENSE FUND
11250 WAPLES MILL RD	FAIRFAX	VA	22030	521136665	CHARITABLE	VA	501c3	LINE 7	NRA	Yes (true)
NRA FREEDOM ACTION FOUNDATION
11250 WAPLES MILL RD	FAIRFAX	VA	22030	261277941	CHARITABLE	VA	501c3	LINE 7	NRA	Yes (true)
NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND
11250 WAPLES MILL RD	FAIRFAX	VA	22030	521083020	PAC/SSF	VA	527		NRA	false

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	false	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	false	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	Yes (true)	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	false	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	false	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	false	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	false	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	false	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	false	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	false	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	Yes (true)	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	false	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	Yes (true)	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (true)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	false	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (true)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	false	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	false	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (8 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
NRA FOUNDATION INC
a	$180,000	CASH VALUE
NRA FOUNDATION INC
c	$18,812,141	CASH VALUE
NRA FOUNDATION INC
o	$4,968,055	CASH VALUE
NRA FOUNDATION INC
q	$869,746	CASH VALUE
NRA CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENSE FUND
c	$707,257	CASH VALUE
NRA CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENSE FUND
q	$69,012	CASH VALUE
NRA SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION FUND
a	$120,000	CASH VALUE
NRA SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION FUND
q	$1,680,194	CASH VALUE

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

Part II

The NRA is a 501c4 membership association with four 501c3 public charities and a Section 527 political action committee PAC which is a separate segregated fund. The four charities affiliated with the NRA are NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund, NRA Foundation Inc, NRA Freedom Action Foundation, and NRA Special Contribution Fund DBA NRA Whittington Center. The PAC is the NRA Political Victory Fund NRAPVF is a separate unincorporated PAC of the NRA. In the event that any funds are received by the NRA and earmarked to the PAC, the NRA has systems in place to ensure any such receipts are promptly and immediately deposited into the separate segregated funds accounts. The NRA did not take possession of any earmarked PAC contributions from its members all contributions to the PAC were directly received by the PAC from contributors. Therefore, there were no reportable transactions between the NRA and the PAC for the purpose of any Schedule R, Part V, line 2 disclosures.

Part V Line 1c

This informational note regards qualified charitable grantmaking. All grants made by NRA Foundation and NRA Civil Rights Defend Fund to the NRA are subject to stringent review processes requiring that the grants be made and used only for qualified charitable purpose programs. The NRA is required to provide an accounting to the charities as documentation that proceeds were used by the NRA for the qualified charitable purposes as set forth in the grant documents.