NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (EIN 53-0116130)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-09-18
IRS object ID: 201722619349300507
Schema version: 2016v3.0
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 M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-09-18T09:58:03-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	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	1861 International Dr Ste 400	AddressLine1Txt
City	McLean	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22102	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	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	Wilson H Phillips Jr	PersonNm
Person Title	Treasurer and Chief Financial Offic	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2017-09-18	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	James P Sweeney	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	7033366400	PhoneNum
Preparation	2017-09-18	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	2017-09-18	IPDt
IP Tm	13:34:54	IPTm
IP Timezone	ED	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	9C7766ED74629F60A6657BBED7A957C9E1B32A87	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	9C7766ED74629F60A6657BBED7A957C9E1B32A87	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Wilson H Phillips Jr	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	$415,313,072	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	71	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	912	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	150000	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$28,247,360	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	-$6,264,790	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$94,982,032	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$124,433,466	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$180,255,185	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$181,265,880	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$271,983	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	-$8,728	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$61,200,038	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$61,199,085	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$336,709,238	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$366,889,703	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$91,500	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$85,500	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$63,408,147	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$68,330,881	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$4,997,495	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$8,410,603	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$33,646,495	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$235,037,425	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$335,910,456	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$303,534,567	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$412,737,440	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$33,174,671	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$45,847,737	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$214,839,625	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$217,136,587	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$139,481,463	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$181,021,897	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$75,358,162	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$36,114,690	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	$76,579,388	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Legislative programs. The NRA Institute for Legislative Action was created in 1975 to advocate 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. NRAILA legislative issues involve firearms and ammunition regulation, recreational shooting on public lands, gun registries, range preservation, veterans protection, international gun control threats, open and conceal carry laws, wildlife conservation, free speech, and a host of related matters. Please visit NRAILA.org for the most current research and information.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$48,204,544	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$31,920,333	RevenueAmt
Desc	The gold standard in firearms training. Please visit Explore.NRA.org to learn more. Explore hunting programs, building the next generations of safe and responsible outdoor loving Americans. Explore womens interests, promoting the largest growing demographic of new shooting enthusiasts. Explore law enforcement, offering the best in law enforcement, military, and security firearms instruction. Explore clubs and ranges, supporting a network of over 15,000 NRA-affiliated clubs, associations, and shops. Explore competitive shooting, challenging shooters from novice to world-class levels to compete in more than 10,000 NRA-sanctioned matches. Americas unique outdoor heritage is foundational to what makes this country great. Be part of the NRAs mentoring movement by sharing your passion for the outdoors with a newcomer. Firing that first gun, stargazing from your campsite, signing your hunting license, these are some of the warm, life-affirming firsts to be celebrated and memorable experiences to be shared.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$37,776,105	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$29,454,386	RevenueAmt
Desc	Membership support. The highest value of being an NRA member is gun safety and training, including regular reinforcement of these lessons by keeping engaged with the community of outdoor lovers and safe and responsible shooting enthusiasts. NRA member communications give NRA members unrivaled content delivered through a growing multimedia platform, with real time, daily, weekly, and monthly updates, trenchant insights, and the most authoritative coverage from subject matter experts. The NRA publishes four NRA Official Journals for NRA members, other magazines, and specialty digital channels targeted to specific populations such as NRA Freestyle, NRA Women, and NRA Life of Duty, all part of NRA News. There may be no other brand in America with a stronger suite of original programming aimed at educating, motivating, and entertaining audiences of all ages than the NRA. The NRA does not wait for someone else to tell the stories of law-abiding gun owners. Firearms safety is the cornerstone of everything the NRA does for members.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$179,728,124	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$164,370,436	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$342,288,161	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	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	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	1272	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	912	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	71	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 (91 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
Allan D Cors
President	020.00	001.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Pete R Brownell
First Vice President	010.00		Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Richard R Childress
Second Vice President	010.00		Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
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
Frank E Bachhuber Jr through June 1
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
M Carol Bambery
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bob Barr
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ronnie Barrett
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Clel Baudler
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David E Bennett
Director	001.00	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	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David Butz
Director	005.00		Yes (X)		$150,000	$0	$0
J William Carter
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ted Carter
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Patricia Clark
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
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joseph P DeBergalis Jr
Director	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
Joel Friedman
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sandra S Froman
Director	010.00		Yes (X)		$45,180	$0	$0
James S Gilmore III
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Marion P Hammer
Director	005.00		Yes (X)		$206,000	$0	$0
Maria Heil
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Graham Hill through May 21 2016
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steve Hornady
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Susan Howard
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Roy Innis
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
H Joaquin Jackson
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)		$0	$0	$0
Tom King
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Timothy Knight
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Herbert A Lanford
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
Carolyn D Meadows
Director	001.00	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)		$0	$0	$0
Craig Morgan starting May 21 2016
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Grover Norquist
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Oliver L North
Director	005.00		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
James W Porter II
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Josh Powell though June 6 2016
Director	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
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
Robert E Sanders through May 21 201
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William H Satterfield
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mercedes V Schlapp
Director	005.00		Yes (X)		$45,000	$0	$0
Ronald L Schmeits
Director	001.00	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Steven C Schreiner
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Esther Q Schneider starting May 21
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 starting May 21 2016
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$6,550	$0	$0
Dwight D Van Horn
Director	001.00		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Blaine Wade starting May 21 2016
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)		$0	$0	$0
Allen B West starting May 21 2016
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)	$1,358,966	$0	$63,373
Chris W Cox
Executive Director, NRAILA	058.00	001.00		Yes (X)	$886,936	$0	$110,495
Robert K Weaver
Executive Director, General Operations	050.00			Yes (X)	$864,513	$0	$58,467
Wilson H Phillips Jr
Treasurer	047.00	001.00		Yes (X)	$796,886	$0	$43,398
John C Frazer
Secretary and General Counsel	050.00	001.00		Yes (X)	$373,273	$0	$66,195
Todd Grable
Executive Director, Membership, Affinity and Licensing	050.00				$642,905	$0	$54,354	Yes (X)
Tyler Schropp
Executive Director, Advancement	050.00				$621,941	$0	$64,874	Yes (X)
Michael Marcellin
Managing Director, Affinity and Licensing	040.00				$627,286	$0	$18,613	Yes (X)
Douglas Hamlin
Executive Director, Publications	050.00				$579,988	$0	$62,702	Yes (X)
David Lehman
Deputy Executive Director, NRAILA	050.00	001.00			$500,421	$0	$23,181	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$7,795,845	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$565,652	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	118	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	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	$27,162,372
Ackerman McQueen Inc
1601 NW Expressway	Oklahoma City	OK	73118	Public relations and advertising	$21,356,593
Postmaster
1735 N Lynn St	Arlington	VA	22209	Postage shipping	$11,182,843
Membership Marketing Partners LLC
11250 Waples Mill Rd Ste 310	Fairfax	VA	22030	Fundraising printing and mailing	$9,837,642
Valtim Inc
1095 Venture Dr	Forest	VA	24551	Fulfillment center	$8,795,023

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	91	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Info In Schedule O Part VIII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIIIInd
Related Organizations	$19,432,689	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
All Other Contributions	$105,000,777	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$94,442	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$124,433,466	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Program fees	$17,747,919	$17,747,919
Member dues	$163,517,961	$163,517,961

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$181,265,880	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,022,199	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,022,199	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$16,659,707	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$16,659,707	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$1,433,726	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$2,247,330	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	-$813,604	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$813,604	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$813,604	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$38,503,808	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$39,534,735	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	-$1,030,927	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$1,030,927	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$1,030,927	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$1,051,839	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$178,132	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$873,707	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$873,707	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$20,635,586	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$6,463,172	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$14,172,414	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$13,217,173	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$955,241	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Advertising	541800	$26,052,569	$26,052,569
Subscriptions	541800	$2,162,267		$2,162,267
Other unrelated business activity	900004	$1,239,550	$1,239,550

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$852,475	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$852,475	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$30,306,861	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$366,889,703	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$196,645,320	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$28,247,360	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$17,563,557	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	$70,500	TotalAmt
Program Services	$70,500	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	$5,165,232	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,470,877	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,552,428	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$141,927	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	$45,693,267	TotalAmt
Program Services	$34,229,295	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,084,410	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,379,562	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,306,107	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,727,985	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,315,026	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$263,096	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,753,671	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,322,564	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,248,859	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$182,248	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,412,604	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,563,789	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$740,721	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$108,094	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	$6,500,688	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,211,098	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$289,590	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$123,640	TotalAmt
Management And General	$123,640	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,182,600	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,182,600	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,410,603	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$8,410,603	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$237,174	TotalAmt
Management And General	$237,174	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

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

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,918,894	TotalAmt
Program Services	$57,539,645	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$7,379,249	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,836,227	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,828,363	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,007,864	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,310,342	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,735,308	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,575,034	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

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

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,709,713	TotalAmt
Program Services	$789,775	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$919,938	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,239,362	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,305,010	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,934,352	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

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

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,904,765	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,165,990	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,738,775	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,206,062	TotalAmt
Program Services	$784,495	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$421,567	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

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

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,972,089	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,938,480	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,033,609	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,244,656	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,244,656	ProgramServicesAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Additional member communications expenses	$81,052,252	$69,393,308	$11,658,944
Additional legislative program expenses	$51,673,892	$51,673,892
Additional training and community service expenses	$38,711,731	$38,711,731
Additional printing and publications expenses	$26,622,838	$26,622,838

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,463,531	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,760,962	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,579,797	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,122,772	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$412,737,440	TotalAmt
Program Services	$342,288,161	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$36,802,784	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$33,646,495	FundraisingAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$20,168,474	BOYAmt
EOY	$13,831,228	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,758,682	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,516,303	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$64,092,546	BOYAmt
EOY	$76,952,115	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,004,582	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,000,000	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,878,594	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,209,123	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,207,830	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,788,017	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$77,809,465	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$40,473,435	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$38,887,064	BOYAmt
EOY	$37,336,030	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$60,176,258	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,018,678	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,721,861	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,048,948	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,943,734	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,436,145	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$214,839,625	BOYAmt
EOY	$217,136,587	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$78,902,061	BOYAmt
EOY	$95,398,139	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,873,323	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,424,563	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$29,417,379	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,838,124	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,288,700	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,361,071	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$139,481,463	BOYAmt
EOY	$181,021,897	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,802,714	BOYAmt
EOY	-$14,853,143	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,349,401	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,743,947	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$40,206,047	BOYAmt
EOY	$43,223,886	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$75,358,162	BOYAmt
EOY	$36,114,690	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$214,839,625	BOYAmt
EOY	$217,136,587	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$45,847,737	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$3,233,678	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$3,370,587	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

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Political Expenditures	$5,456,095	PoliticalExpendituresAmt
Volunteer Hours	14000	VolunteerHoursCnt
Expended527 Activities	$33,306,403	Expended527ActivitiesAmt
Total Exempt Function Expend	$33,306,403	TotalExemptFunctionExpendAmt
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 Governors Association
1747 Pennsylvania Ave NW Ste 250	Washington	DC	20006	113655877	$176,350
Republican State Leadership Committee
1201 F St NW Ste 675	Washington	DC	20004	050532524	$125,000
Republican Attorneys General Association
1747 Pennsylvania Ave NW Ste 800	Washington	DC	20006	464501717	$110,675
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	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 the goals of the association, the NRA spent funds directly and indirectly on political activities, which were not the primary activities of the organization. In 2016, the NRA paid 5,456,095 fundraising and administrative expenses for the separate segregated fund, NRA Political Victory Fund, as allowed by law. Such expenses included fundraising postage and fundraising labor as well as other costs such as lockbox fees, as allowed by law. Support for fundraising and administrative expenses of a separate segregated fund is industry standard for nonprofit organizations like the NRA, as allowed by law. 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 less than 10 of the NRAs total expenses in 2016, as applied to total expenses reported on Form 990, Part IX, line 25. Reporters and other readers are also politely reminded that the NRAs Form 990 reports only on the NRA itself and not on the separate segregated fund. The separate segregated fund is a separate entity for tax purposes. The NRA does not contribute funds from its treasury to this entity nor does the NRA receive contributions from members earmarked for this entity.
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 for readers. 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. The amount of 527f proxy tax paid with the NRAs 2016 Form 1120-POL was 20,835. Historically, the amount of 527f proxy tax paid with the NRAs 2015 Form 1120-POL was 21,817 the amount paid with the NRAs 2014 Form 1120-POL was 1,662,307 and no amount was required to be paid for 2013. The NRA chooses to share this extra information about the NRAs taxes, above and beyond requirements, to demonstrate in good faith that the organization is a taxpayer in good standing. 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. Furthermore, readers are kindly reminded that the NRAs Form 990 reports only on the NRA itself and not on the separate segregated fund, pursuant to the instructions and regulatory requirements.
I-C 5	The NRA Political Victory Fund, an independent political action committee PAC of the NRA, directly received contributions during the year of 12,239,508. All contributions to the PAC were directly received from contributors. The NRA did not take possession of any contributions, nor did it or was it required to deliver or transfer those funds to the PAC. Although the NRA provided fundraising and administrative support to the NRA Political Victory Fund as detailed above in line 1, reflecting industry standard and as allowed by law, 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 elected, 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	$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 Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

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

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$10,738,148	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,554,967	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$775,895	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$442,581	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$38,863	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$12,587,566	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	$53,865,603	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$28,549,648	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$25,711,678	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$18,563,070	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$14,053,646	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$6,243,560	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$37,336,030	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	$2,128,702
Capital lease arrangement	$1,031,148
Accrued sales and use taxes	$149,220
Coupon liability	$52,001

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$3,361,071	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$382,133,970	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$3,233,678	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	$3,370,587	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$6,604,265	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$375,529,705	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Other Revenues Not Included	-$8,640,002	OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	-$8,640,002	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$366,889,703	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$421,377,442	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$8,710,502	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$8,710,502	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$412,666,940	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Other Expenses Not Included	$70,500	OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$70,500	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$412,737,440	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. As individuals grow older and make plans for their loved ones and special treasures, all firearms owners must eventually answer the question, What will happen to my guns when I am gone For many NRA members and other supporters, their answer is the NRA. Please visit NRAmuseums.org for exciting current information on the museum galleries, and please visit NRAgive.com to consider your legacy of supporting the liberties that built this country.
III 5	This response explains why the NRA may solicit or receive assets that some donors intend to be sold rather than maintained permanently. The NRA Firearms for Freedom program appeals to supporters who may wish to donate their firearms collections to the NRA. When donors intend their guns 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 of the NRA 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 informational notes regarding the NRAs taxes at the federal level are shared on Schedule C regarding 527f proxy taxes and on Schedule O regarding unrelated business income taxes. The NRA chooses to share all of this additional extra information about the NRAs total taxes, above and beyond requirements, in order 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 2013, which is the standard statute of limitations look-back period.
XI 2d	This response explains 3,370,587 in the reconciliation of revenue from the audited financial statements to the revenue as stated on 990. The figure includes 2,484,770 agency transactions between the NRA and NRA Foundation and 885,817 unrealized gain on derivative instrument. The agency transactions figure of 2,484,770 includes endowment contributions and endowment earnings designated by NRA Foundation donors for eligible NRA programs. An informational note regarding the purpose of the derivative instrument is included with Schedule D, Part X, line 12.
XI 4b	This response explains 8,640,002 in the reconciliation of revenue from the audited financial statements to the revenue as stated on 990. The figure includes 6,463,172 cost of goods sold, 2,247,330 rental expense, less 70,500 offset, which were reported as expenses on the audited financial statements.
XII 2d	This response explains 8,710,502 in the reconciliation of expenses from the audited financial statements to the expenses as stated on 990. The figure includes 6,643,172 cost of goods sold and 2,247,330 rental expense, which are reported on Form 990, Part VIII revenue statement.
XII 4b	This response explains 70,500 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 (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Central America and the Caribbean	Investments	$4,893,000
Europe Including Iceland and Greenland	Program services	$9,000	Law enforcement training at U.S. Armed Forces base

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Spent	$4,902,000	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$4,902,000	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 (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Part I Line 31d	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 appropriately structured, is excluded from unrelated business income by law. This type of investment posture is commonly accepted in the U.S. exempt organization industry.
Part I Line 31f	100 of the amount is the total book value of investments for that region.
Part I Line 32d	This disclosure of program services provided in the European region refers to NRA Law Enforcement Division training school provided to a branch of the United States Armed Forces at a foreign military base.
Part I Line 32f	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 (9 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
11250 Waples Mill Rd	Fairfax	VA	22030	Paid solicitor	false	$43,031,885	$480,000	$42,551,885
InfoCision
325 Springside Dr	Akron	OH	44333	Paid solicitor	false	$8,780,881	$4,209,328	$4,571,553
McKenna & Associates
2000 Clarendon Blvd Ste 200	Arlington	VA	22201	Fundraising consultant	false		$1,780,000
HWS Consulting
221 Homeport Dr	Grasonville	MD	21638	Fundraising consultant	false		$685,000
501c Solutions
2530 Meridian Pkwy Ste 300	Research Triangle Park	NC	27713	Fundraising consultant	false		$648,275
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		$68,000
Commonwealth Group Partners
1579 Monroe Dr Ste F-341	Atlanta	GA	30324	Fundraising consultant	false		$60,000
CWH Services DBA Cars With Heart
14185 Dallas Pkwy	Dallas	TX	75254	Paid solicitor	false

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$51,812,766	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$8,410,603	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$47,123,438	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	$1,051,839	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$1,051,839	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$178,132	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$1,051,839	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$1,051,839	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$178,132	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$178,132	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$873,707	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

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	Washington	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	$70,500	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.

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.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
First Class Or Charter Travel	Yes (X)	FirstClassOrCharterTravelInd
Idemnification Gross Up Pmts	Yes (X)	IdemnificationGrossUpPmtsInd
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
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	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 (11 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	$1,165,062	$150,000	$43,904	$19,610	$43,763	$1,422,339
Chris W Cox
Executive Director, NRAILA	$764,938	$100,000	$21,998	$54,281	$56,214	$997,431
Robert K Weaver
Executive Director, General Operations	$650,112	$100,000	$114,401	$18,978	$39,489	$922,980
Wilson H Phillips Jr
Treasurer	$524,396	$100,000	$172,490	$19,610	$23,788	$840,284
John C Frazer
Secretary and General Counsel	$317,716	$25,000	$30,557	$15,900	$50,295	$439,468
Todd Grable
Executive Director, Membership, Affinity and Licensing	$631,775		$11,130	$10,600	$43,754	$697,259
Tyler Schropp
Executive Director, Advancement	$492,991	$125,000	$3,950	$15,900	$48,974	$686,815
Michael Marcellin
Managing Director, Affinity and Licensing	$26,434	$600,852		$16,209	$2,404	$645,899
Douglas Hamlin
Executive Director, Publications	$444,981	$85,000	$50,007	$15,900	$46,802	$642,690
David Lehman
Deputy Executive Director, NRAILA	$388,431	$50,000	$61,990	$19,610	$3,571	$523,602
Marion P Hammer
Director	$206,000					$206,000

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 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. Travel was properly excluded from taxable compensation. Certain compensation elements were grossed up. All tax gross ups were properly included in taxable compensation. Clubs are supposed to be used for business purposes. Clubs were properly excluded from taxable compensation.
Part I Line 4b	The NRA takes a full transparency posture for executive compensation. This comment provides context for the 457b and 457f plans. The NRA has an executive 457b deferred compensation retirement benefit plan for the benefit of certain employees. It is employee funded, not employer funded. The NRA also has a nonqualified 457f supplemental income retirement plan for the benefit of certain individuals. The 457f plan is employer funded. The NRA decides the benefit amount and timeframe for vesting of each participant using different factors particular to each relevant individual and his specific circumstances. Service costs included in deferred compensation are actuarially determined under FASB ASC 715. The 457f plan is designed to supplement the current tax qualified defined benefit pension plan where current limitations on benefits and employer contributions may be inadequate, and an employer sponsored supplemental income plan can best provide these select employees with the appropriate amount of income in the specific desired situation. 457f payouts are properly included in taxable wages and reported in W-2 income.
Part II Line Column Biii	Other reportable compensation in taxable wages includes 457b plan, fringe auto, group life insurance benefits, and 457f plan if applicable. Column C represents benefits that will not be paid until the future and includes the employer paid portion of the NRA defined benefit pension plan, 401k plan, and 457f plan if applicable. The NRA takes a full transparency posture for executive compensation.

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	5	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$94,442	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 (17 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	Program Service Expenses 179,728,124, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 164,370,436 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. 990 readers are encouraged to refer to NRA.org, NRApublications.org, NRAILA.org, NRAnews.com, and NRAgive.com for appealing and inspirational opportunities to continue to engage with the NRA on the core mission of gun safety. NRA members and other lawful gun owners proudly preserve the Second Amendment as Americas first freedom.
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 the NRA Political Victory Fund. See Schedule R, Part II. NRA annual membership dues increased from 35 to 40 during 2016, representing the first NRA dues increase in more than twenty years. 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, membership renewal, or other vital mail.
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 2016 because directly connected deductions were greater than the associated income in 2016. 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 within the NRA Official Journals, NRA digital online channels, and NRA television programs. Additional informational notes regarding 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, above and beyond requirements, 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 organization takes conflicts of interest very seriously and utilizes a statement of corporate ethics. To monitor and enforce corporate filings, annual filings must be provided to the Office of the Secretary and General Counsel and reviewed regularly and consistently.
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 1099s were compensated for other professional services they performed for the organization, not for their voluntary Board service.
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 form instructions, membership dues that are not contributions because they compare reasonably with available benefits are available 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 expenses 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. 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 in lines 5-7 of the expense statement, as required by 990 form instructions.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e	This response explains 20,463,531 of other expenses stated on line 24e of the 990, Part IX expense statement. This figure includes 10,819,069 membership fulfillment items, 5,452,270 banking fees, 2,219,576 FASB ASC 715 pension accounting valuation adjustment, 1,425,672 membership premiums, 536,180 compensation of board members for professional services rendered, and 10,764 miscellaneous.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9	This response explains 3,370,587 of other changes in the net assets reconciliation schedule. The figure includes 2,484,770 agency transactions between the NRA and NRA Foundation and 885,817 unrealized gain on derivative instrument. The agency transactions figure of 2,484,770 includes endowment contributions and endowment earnings designated by NRA Foundation donors for eligible NRA programs. Readers may refer to Schedule D 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	NY	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	Yes (true)	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	$19,276,495	CASH VALUE
NRA FOUNDATION INC
o	$5,297,603	CASH VALUE
NRA FOUNDATION INC
q	$3,384,719	CASH VALUE
NRA CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENSE FUND
c	$156,194	CASH VALUE
NRA CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENSE FUND
q	$76,442	CASH VALUE
NRA SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION FUND
a	$120,000	CASH VALUE
NRA SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION FUND
q	$1,791,147	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 Defense 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.