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← NRA SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION FUND NRA WHITTINGTON CENTER

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NRA SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION FUND NRA WHITTINGTON CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,184,862
Total expenses
$4,541,669
Contributions and grants received
$3,428,270
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,408,445
Investment income
$236,898
Other revenue
$111,249
Total assets, end of year
$23,807,407
Total liabilities, end of year
$679,873
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$23,127,534
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,139,131
Management and general expenses
$383,041
Fundraising expenses
$1,019,497
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,139,131

Program services were 69.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $5,555

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,422,715

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $316,533

  • 2a · Program service revenue: WHITTINGTON CENTER PROGRAM FEES

    total $1,408,445 · related or exempt $1,408,445

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $232,765 · related or exempt $232,765

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $6,400

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $6,400 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $6,400 · excluded $6,400

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $699,386

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $695,253

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,133 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,133 · excluded $4,133

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $458,328

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $437,739

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $20,589 · unrelated business $20,589

  • 11a · Other revenue: MINERAL RIGHTS

    total $77,786 · excluded $77,786

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISC REVENUE

    total $6,474 · excluded $6,474

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $84,260

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $135,213 · program services $104,925 · management and general $13,116 · fundraising $17,172

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,337,926 · program services $1,038,588 · management and general $114,602 · fundraising $184,736

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $92,575 · program services $77,448 · management and general $9,064 · fundraising $6,063

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $191,783 · program services $160,445 · management and general $18,777 · fundraising $12,561

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $94,458 · program services $79,023 · management and general $9,248 · fundraising $6,187

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,385 · management and general $11,385

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $177,900 · fundraising $177,900

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $26,152 · management and general $26,152

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $335,094 · program services $688 · management and general $15,207 · fundraising $319,199

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $55,981 · program services $23,409 · management and general $32,572

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,020 · program services $11,394 · management and general $4,875 · fundraising $8,751

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $132,013 · program services $122,235 · management and general $4,889 · fundraising $4,889

  • 17 · Travel

    total $54,354 · program services $24,407 · management and general $23,051 · fundraising $6,896

  • 20 · Interest

    total $13 · program services $13

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $561,075 · program services $506,697 · management and general $20,744 · fundraising $33,634

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $180,586 · program services $151,847 · management and general $26,486 · fundraising $2,253

  • 24a · Other expenses: RANGES, RANCH, AND PROGRAM SUPPLIES AT WHITTINGTON CENTER

    total $677,842 · program services $542,564 · management and general $11,646 · fundraising $123,632

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE AT WHITTINGTON CENTER

    total $414,301 · program services $295,448 · management and general $3,229 · fundraising $115,624

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $37,998 · program services $0 · management and general $37,998 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,594,352 · end of year $3,212,709

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $646,343 · end of year $100,150

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $559,513 · end of year $448,974

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,643 · end of year $28,111

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $21,533,342

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $10,609,124

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,748,162 · end of year $10,924,218

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,453,830 · end of year $4,851,091

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $3,358,668 · end of year $3,575,953

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $644,390 · end of year $666,201

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $538,060 · end of year $402,631

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $79,830 · end of year $80,815

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $241,424 · end of year $196,427

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,565,345 · end of year $18,304,384

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,594,242 · end of year $4,823,150

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

NRA SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION FUND PROVIDES EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN FIREARMS SAFETY, MARKSMANSHIP, AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION THROUGH THE NRA WHITTINGTON CENTER NEAR RATON, NEW MEXICO.

Activities or mission (Part I)

(See Schedule O)

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $3,139,131 · Revenue $1,641,210

As filed on the 2024 return. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ronald L Schmeits

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1.8 related
  • Thomas P Arvas

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 2.5 related
  • Barbara Rumpel

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 6 related
  • Charles R Beers

    BOARD TRUSTEE STARTED 05/18/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Curtis S Jenkins

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • David E Bennett

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dwight D Van Horn

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5 + 4 related
  • J William Carter

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3.6 related
  • Joe M Allbaugh

    BOARD TRUSTEE UNTIL 05/18/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • John C Sigler

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 7 related
  • Kayne Robinson

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom King

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 26 related
  • Becky Fish

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $89,369
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $66,286
    Other
    $23,083
    Hours/week
    50
  • David F Kelner

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $162,334
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $135,213
    Other
    $27,121
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $131,667 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $3,546 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,215 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,906 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $162,334 related
  • Sonya B Rowling

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $435,381
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $415,470
    Other
    $19,911
    Hours/week
    1 + 49 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $399,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $16,470 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,111 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $435,381 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3 ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TREASURER
THE RELATED ORGANIZATION PAID THE INDIVIDUAL SERVING AS TREASURER OF NRA SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION FUND. THE RELATED ORGANIZATION UTILIZED A COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANTS, COMPENSATION SURVEYS AND STUDIES, COMPARABILITY DATA, AND ULTIMATE APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. ALL DECISIONS ARE PROPERLY DOCUMENTED.
Schedule J, Part II, Column (B)(iii) OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION
OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION WITHIN TAXABLE WAGES FOR MRS. ROWLING INCLUDED $2,070 GROUP LIFE INSURANCE AND $14,400 TAXABLE PERSONAL EXPENSES. OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION WITHIN TAXABLE WAGES FOR MR. KELNER INCLUDED $3,346 GROUP LIFE INSURANCE AND $200 TAXABLE PERSONAL EXPENSES.
Schedule J, Part II, Column (D) NONTAXABLE BENEFITS
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.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • SEA GIRT LLC

    DEVELOPMENT PHASE · TX · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by NRA

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • LEXINGTON CONCORD HOLDINGS LLC

    C Corporation · Development Phase · DE

    Directly controlled by NA

  • NRA HOLDINGS COMPANY INC

    C Corporation · Management Services · VA

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202523149349304432

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