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New NRA Foundation Exec. Dir.???

This is confusing, https://onlygunsandmoney.com/?p=35623 So John Richardson, who’s an NRA director, knows about the NRA Foundation getting a new Executive Director, that would seem to make sense. But, a confusing part, is, For example, the NRA Board of Directors no longer elects and appoints the trustees of the Foundation. As I understand it, they are more of a self-perpetuating board now. The two organizations still work together but not as closely as previously.

John Richardson doesn’t seem to know exactly how the two entities works? He’s on the NRA BoD Audit Committee… How can the NRA Foundation, be an “NRA” anything, if the NRA- let’s say Fairfax, VA (NY Chartered), the board of NRA Fairfax, VA, doesn’t control who’s running the Foundation?

Then the other confusing part, this is the link for the presser from Richardson’s piece, https://www.theoutdoorwire.com/releases/59bc55e2-f074-4ccb-baaf-934c06eec397

Yet, at, https://www.nrafoundation.org/ nor, https://home.nra.org/ I could find ZERO mention of this new Foundation executive director. And still why a presser on theoutdoorwire, but no mention of it on OFFICIAL NRA websites? Maybe they did announce it, on their websites and I’m just blind? But I’d think a new Foundation executive director would be big news, front page news… If I’m not blind, and there is in fact zero mention of it on NRA’s official sites, then this new executive director’s not getting much of a welcome.

Equip, train, pray and never disarm.

Update of sorts, https://2awhiterook.com/more-nra-foundation-questions/

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3 responses to “New NRA Foundation Exec. Dir.???”

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    Anonymous

    This one is actually understandable. The NRA and the NRA Foundation are legally separate entities. The Foundation is a 501(c)3 and governed by IRS rules. They were previously taken to court at least partly on the allegation that there was not enough separation between the two entities. Part of the concern was that too many NRA Board members were also officers or board members of the Foundation and therefore it (the Foundation) was not operating independently as a charity. The DC court, the NRA and the Foundation ultimately agreed to a “consent judgement” in 2024.

    See https://oag.dc.gov/release/attorney-general-schwalb-forces-nra-foundation and
    https://www.nrablog.com/articles/2024/4/nra-foundation-resolves-dispute-with-the-district-of-columbia

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      Nicholas

      Have you viewed the 2024 Foundation annual report?

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