(H/T https://waronguns.com/.) Here, https://waronguns.com/shaking-the-foundation-2/ David Codrea provides a great amount of information. Below is the NRA Foundation’s 2024 annual report, there’s many odd things in it,
https://2awhiterook.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2024-nra-foundation-annual-report.pdf
If you look here, https://2awhiterook.com/new-nra-foundation-exec-dir/ There’s a curious comment,
Now, I could guess who wrote it, I’m pretty sure I know, who, but that’s beside the point. The fact is, that what that commenter wrote, doesn’t pan out if you give even a cursory glance at the report. Now, to be fair, could things have changed since the report was filed, and the settlement with DC? Maybe. But, look at the report’s copyright, on page 32,
According to the report, money is being exchanged between NRA Fairfax (NY Chartered) and the NRA Foundation (DC Chartered), from pages 30 and 31,
The Foundation “received certain benefits at no cost”? Then why if they’re separate entities is money changing hands? Cost vs “no cost”? Why is Foundation, reimbursing NRA (Fairfax) for “salaries, benefits, and general operating expenses, paid by the NRA on the Foundation’s behalf”? How can NRA (Fairfax) and Foundation (DC), be separate if NRA’s cutting all the checks? This sounds suspiciously similar to rumors that Whittington was sending NRA (Fairfax) money, so NRA (Fairfax) could cut Whittington payroll checks. Would Ford and GM be “separate” entities if Ford was writing all of GM’s payroll checks? Not hardly.
Why do the artifacts of the National Firearms Museum, which I believe is NRA (Fairfax) controlled, https://www.nramuseum.org/ appear to be under the purview of the Foundation? Further, does this include the other museums? NRA has three museums. From page 22,
Then we get to the settlement, from page 30,
The above begs the questions, is the non profit training occurring?
What are the Foundations bylaws?
Why is NRA (Fairfax) working with counsel for Foundation to assist in compliance with the Consent Order?
“the Foundation and the NRA retain the right to amend
their Bylaws and other organizational documents,” What are the bylaws? And can NRA (Fairfax) amend Foundation’s bylaws and vice versa?
Now another question, if NRA (Fairfax) and Foundation are separate, and Friends Of The NRA is the fundraising arm of the Foundation, https://www.friendsofnra.org/get-involved/about-friends-of-nra/ then how can all the following be true?
See? “One Team, One Voice”… Yet separate? How can “NRA Field Staff” presumably that means employees of NRA (Fairfax) be working with Foundation, if both entities are separate?
Next is “leadership”. Remember the commenter above had mentioned too many board members? Well, this was copyrighted 2025, and look who the “leaders” are? And I say “are” because https://www.nrafoundation.org/about-us/ provides no listing of leadership,
Tom King, at the time of the report being published was a long time NRA (Fairfax) director. He lost his directors seat in the ’25 elections. Ronnie G. Barrett (Barrett .50 cal rifles), is a long time and current NRA (Fairfax) director. And Sonya B. Rowling’s a problem, because she’s the NRA (Fairfax) “Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer” according to my August 2025 ‘America’s 1st Freedom’, so how can she be treasurer of two “separate” entities?
More problems. King, Barrett, we already discussed. But, Scott L. Bach, current and long time NRA (Fairfax) director. J. William Carter is a current NRA (Fairfax) director- I’m unsure of his length of tenure. Joel Friedman, current and long time NRA (Fairfax) director. Maria Heil, current NRA (Fairfax) director- unsure of her length of tenure. Greer Johnson, ran for and lost in the ’25 NRA (Fairfax) directors election. Carolyn D. Meadows, was a long time NRA (Fairfax) director who resigned, and was an NRA (Fairfax) president once upon a time too. Barbara Rumpel, current NRA (Fairfax) director. Regis J. Synan ran in ’25, the NRA (Fairfax) directors election and lost. Blaine E. Wade, long time and current NRA (Fairfax) director. Bob Barr, long time and current NRA (Fairfax) director and was the NRA (Fairfax) president until the ’25 annual meetings.
Separate entities? With so many people in leadership positions of BOTH entities?
Now what’s the Foundation do? From page 2,
First, how can NRA (Fairfax) and the Foundation be separate entities when they share an office? Not to mention all the leaders they share, plus the money being exchanged, because NRA (Fairfax) pays for Foundation employees? Share “counsel”-lawyers? And all the other reasons I’ve documented above.
But now the big one, what is, and what does the ‘NRA Foundation’ do? Read their mission statement above. On the surface it sounds nice, though, I noticed a curious absence of “Militia” or “common defense”, and not even “self defense” gets a worthy mention. It appears it’s all “shooting sports” and “collecting”, and “hunting” and training the only ones (cops)… I guess they think cops are the only ones who need to know how to- should I say the socially unacceptable part out loud?… Kill men. That’s right, the Second Amendment is, A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. That “security of a free State”… And “Arms”- means all the terrible deadly implements of the soldier. The Foundation really did miss out on the most critical part of the Second Amendment.
So they “support” stuff. That’s nice. But what? I mean specifics, what or who gets their money? Who makes these decisions? What’s the criteria for a worthy cause? Does the leadership investigate grant applicants to be sure they’ll use the money properly? Do they follow through and see that the money was in fact used properly? And who makes sure the Foundation is doing it’s job? What are their bylaws? Have they all undergone the proper annual non profit governance training as outlined in their agreement with DC AG? And the list of questions just goes on and on.
Now the numbers, I’m not getting into the numbers, you can see for yourself. My eyes glaze over from those tens of millions and hundreds of millions of dollars. But when I see such big numbers, and listed in such a confusing way, with many vague and even many more confusing and contradictory statements, and given the history of these people, and the NRA when it comes to money, my natural cynicism kicks in.
Remember the line, “Complexity favors the well connected.”
(Should I thank https://waronguns.com/ for sending me down another all night rabbit hole? I will, but first, sleep.)
Equip, train, pray and never disarm.
Related, https://2awhiterook.com/new-nra-foundation-exec-dir/
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