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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by NRA CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENSE FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,099,800
Total expenses
$1,070,120
Contributions and grants received
$2,588,982
Grants paid
$965,436
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$510,818
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$16,709,172
Total liabilities, end of year
$261,411
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$16,447,761
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$966,127
Management and general expenses
$103,923
Fundraising expenses
$70
Program service expenses (Part III)
$966,127

Program services were 90.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $23,994

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,564,988

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $462,970 · excluded $462,970

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $995,687

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

    securities $947,839

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $47,848 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $47,848 · excluded $47,848

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Misc

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $890,256 · program services $890,256

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $75,180 · program services $75,180

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,590 · management and general $18,590

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $61,387 · management and general $61,387

  • 11g · Fees: other

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

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,529 · management and general $2,529

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $70 · fundraising $70

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,082 · management and general $4,082

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIONS

    total $4,362 · management and general $4,362

  • 24b · Other expenses: CHARITABLE ORG REPORT FEES

    total $6,245 · management and general $6,245

  • 24c · Other expenses: ANNUITY EXPENSE

    total $1,934 · management and general $1,934

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISC

    total $5,485 · program services $691 · management and general $4,794

  • 24e · All other expenses

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

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,522,812 · end of year $3,109,477

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,160,373 · end of year $955,414

  • 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

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,528,842 · end of year $9,806,543

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,730,026 · end of year $2,837,738

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,749 · end of year $72,256

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $206,947 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $96,945 · end of year $189,155

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,589,430 · end of year $8,669,656

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,030,982 · end of year $7,778,105

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FUND PROVIDES LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SELECTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS DEFENDING THEIR RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS. ADDITIONALLY, THE FUND SPONSORS LEGAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON A WIDE VARIETY OF GUN-RELATED ISSUES, INCLUDING THE MEANING OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

  • GRANTS FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHERE ISSUES IN LITIGATION ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE HUMAN, CIVIL, AND/OR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS.

    Expenses $915,947 · Grants $915,256

  • GRANTS AND AWARDS FOR LEGAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON GUN-RELATED ISSUES, INCLUDING THE MEANING OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND NATURE OF THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS PROVISIONS IN STATE CONSTITUTIONS.

    Expenses $50,180 · Grants $50,180

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Carol Frampton

    VICE CHAIR & BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related
  • James W Porter II

    CHAIRMAN & BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Charles L Cotton

    BOARD TRUSTEE UNTIL 12/13/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 25 related
  • Curtis S Jenkins

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • David A Keene

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1.5 related
  • Graham Hill

    BOARD TRUSTEE

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

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 7 related
  • Robert E Sanders

    BOARD TRUSTEE UNTIL 06/15/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William H Satterfield

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • 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
  • Stefan Tahmassebi

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $288,812
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $225,597
    Other
    $63,215
    Hours/week
    11 + 33 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $218,659 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $6,938 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,251 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $53,964 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $288,812 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

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 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 CHAIRMAN IS THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL OF NRA CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENSE FUND AND IS NOT COMPENSATED. THE RELATED ORGANIZATION PAID THE INDIVIDUAL SERVING AS TREASURER OF NRA CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENSE 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 MS. ROWLING INCLUDED $2,070 GROUP LIFE INSURANCE AND $14,400 TAXABLE PERSONAL EXPENSES. OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION WITHIN TAXABLE WAGES FOR MR. TAHMASSEBI INCLUDED $6,938 GROUP LIFE INSURANCE.
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

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
202533149349303138

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