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THE 1791 FOUNDATION INC

EIN 52-1710886 COLUMBIA, MO

Revenue 2024
$42,527,486
Expenses 2024
$32,344,623

Program services were 63.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I22Z
Classification
1000
Street
5875 W VAN HORN TAVERN RD STE Q

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUPPORT FIREARM-RELATED PUBLIC INTEREST ACTIVITIES TO DEFEND AND FOSTER THE SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT OF LAW-ABIDING AMERICANS. PROMOTE FIREARMS AND HUNTING SAFETY, ENHANCE MARKSMANSHIPS SKILLS OF SHOOTING SPORTS PARTICIPANTS, AND EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT FIREARMS IN THEIR HISTORIC, TECHNOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC CONTEXT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AWARDED OVER 2,700 GRANTS DURING 2024 IN SUPPORT OF FIREARM-RELATED PUBLIC INTEREST ACTIVITIES OF VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING YOUTH, WOMEN AND MEN.

  • THE NRA FOUNDATION FINANCIALLY SUPPORTS PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE DIRECT COMMUNITY SUPPORT, INCLUDING: EDDIE EAGLE GUNSAFE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN; PARTNERS IN SHOOTING, WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES IN THE SHOOTING SPORTS; REFUSE TO BE A VICTIM PROGRAM TRAINING WOMEN ON HOW TO AVOID BEING THE VICTIM OF A CRIME; WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION GOALS, SUCH AS HUNTERS FOR THE HUNGRY; ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION AND HUNTING OUTREACH (ECHO); YOUTH HUNTER EDUCATION CHALLENGE (YHEC); NATIONAL SCHOOL SHIELD; BASIC FIREARMS TRAINING AND SAFETY COURSES; MARKSMANSHIP QUALIFICATION PROGRAMS; INSTRUCTOR AND RANGE SAFETY OFFICER CERTIFICATIONS; AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. BOY SCOUTS AND 4-H GROUPS ARE AMONG THE MOST FREQUENT RECIPIENTS OF FUNDING - FOR MERIT BADGE, HUNTER EDUCATION AND SAFETY TRAINING. NUMEROUS PROGRAMS BENEFIT MEN, WOMEN AND YOUTH ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

    Expenses $20,320,813 · Grants $17,507,041

  • THE NRA FOUNDATION'S NATIONAL FIREARMS LAW SEMINAR IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY AND IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ATTORNEYS WHO REPRESENT FIREARMS OWNERS AND FIREARMS-RELATED BUSINESSES TO MEET AND DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES AND THEORIES RELEVANT TO THIS EXPANDING AREA OF THE LAW. A NATIONALLY-RENOWNED FACULTY IS ALWAYS ON HAND TO ADDRESS A BROAD RANGE OF FIREARMS-RELATED ISSUES.

    Expenses $63,799 · Revenue $20,455

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • RONNIE G BARRETT

    VICE PRESIDENT & BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • TOM KING

    PRESIDENT & BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    14 + 13 related

  • ANNE DRAPER

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA RUMPEL

    BOARD TRUSTEE STARTED 05/15/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 6 related

  • BLAINE WADE

    BOARD TRUSTEE STARTED 05/15/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 3 related

  • CAROLYN D MEADOWS

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • GREER JOHNSON

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • J WILLIAM CARTER

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3.6 related

  • JAMES W PORTER II

    BOARD TRUSTEE UNTIL 05/15/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • JOEL FRIEDMAN

    BOARD TRUSTEE STARTED 05/15/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JOSEPH GREGORY

    BOARD TRUSTEE UNTIL 11/18/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN HOGAN

    BOARD TRUSTEE UNTIL 12/27/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIA HEIL

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 25 related

  • REGIS J SYNAN

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT L BACH

    BOARD TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 15 related

  • STEPHEN R PLASTER

    BOARD TRUSTEE STARTED 12/18/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLES K LEE

    BOARD TRUSTEE UNTIL 05/15/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 18 related

  • ANDREW A ARULANANDAM

    EX OFFICIO UNTIL 05/19/2024

    Total calculated
    $429,964
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $411,647
    Other
    $18,317
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $407,409 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $4,238 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,230 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $5,087 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $429,964 related

  • BOB BARR

    EX OFFICIO STARTED 05/20/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 30 related

  • CHARLES L COTTON

    EX OFFICIO UNTIL 05/20/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 26 related

  • DOUGLAS J HAMLIN

    EX OFFICIO FROM 05/20/2024 TO 08/23/2024

    Total calculated
    $623,525
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $544,228
    Other
    $79,297
    Hours/week
    1 + 55 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $494,903 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $49,325 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $65,497 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $623,525 related

  • JAMES P CARTER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ADVANCEMENT STARTED 08/19/2024

    Total calculated
    $129,594
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $127,459
    Other
    $2,135
    Hours/week
    20 + 30 related

  • RUTHANN M SPRAGUE

    SECRETARY, & ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NRA FOUNDATION GRANT OUTREACH & STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $114,511
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $88,198
    Other
    $26,313
    Hours/week
    40

  • SONYA B ROWLING

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $435,381
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $415,470
    Other
    $19,911
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 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

  • TYLER T SCHROPP

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UNTIL 08/01/2024

    Total calculated
    $945,929
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $887,823
    Other
    $58,106
    Hours/week
    20 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $469,865 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $417,958 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $44,306 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $945,929 related

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $42,527,486
    Expenses
    $32,344,623
    Contributions
    $21,876,099
    Grants paid
    $17,507,041
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $34,224,215
    Expenses
    $36,036,468
    Contributions
    $15,628,481
    Grants paid
    $18,520,136
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $58,279,843
    Expenses
    $33,186,090
    Contributions
    $40,156,580
    Grants paid
    $15,668,977

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,195,407
    Expenses
    $22,706,642
    Assets (EOY)
    $170,191,654

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,708,941
    Expenses
    $31,043,459
    Assets (EOY)
    $153,762,945

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,316,749
    Expenses
    $48,706,382
    Assets (EOY)
    $146,853,462

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $55,244,207
    Expenses
    $50,424,586
    Assets (EOY)
    $136,231,145

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,805,799
    Expenses
    $44,460,690
    Assets (EOY)
    $141,617,430

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $52,621,079
    Expenses
    $47,057,079
    Assets (EOY)
    $132,653,392

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $49,746,464
    Expenses
    $45,577,207
    Assets (EOY)
    $123,162,862

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,663,924
    Expenses
    $38,644,023
    Assets (EOY)
    $123,265,444

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,337,513
    Expenses
    $31,484,754
    Assets (EOY)
    $115,156,609

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $29,132,902
    Assets (EOY)
    $98,214,547

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

The first 25 as filed. The return lists the rest.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.