by The NRA Foundation has decided they needed to weigh in on the NRA’s reorganization. According to a news release posted Tuesday in The Tactical Wire, they said they wanted to clarify their “independence” from the NRA.
From the release:
Amid recent news about the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) restructuring announcement, the NRA Foundation today reaffirmed its independence, stability, and continued focus on its charitable mission.
“The NRA Foundation is an independent, nonprofit public charity with its own staff leadership, legal structure, board of trustees, and mission,” said Tom King, President of the NRA Foundation. “While the NRA undergoes its internal restructuring, the Foundation’s work continues uninterrupted. We remain focused on preserving America’s shooting and hunting traditions for future generations.”
The NRA Foundation is not part of the NRA’s organizational or financial structure. Its role is educational, charitable, and safety-focused – not political or advocacy-driven.
When the NRA Foundation revised their bylaws after their consent decree with the DC Attorney General the way that Foundation trustees were elected was changed in August 2024. It should be noted that the consent decree did not mandate a change in the method of election of trustees. Previously, the trustees of the NRA Foundation were elected by the NRA Board of Directors. They are now elected by the trustees themselves. If this sounds a little self-selecting and incestuous that is because it is.
More troubling is that the overwhelming majority of the trustees are from what I term the Old Guard. You have your Cottons, your Kings, your Coys, and many others from their camp on the Board. It’s as if a conscious decision was made, somewhere, sometime, by the Old Guard that if they could not remain in power at the NRA then the Foundation would become their new locus of power. I and others find this disturbing.
The Articles of Incorporation of the NRA Foundation, as amended, state that among other things they are to support the 501(c)(3) activities of the National Rifle Association. Neither the 2024 amendment to the Articles of Incorporation nor the bylaws adopted in July 2025 changed that.
I really question the need for the NRA Foundation to release any statement regarding the reorganization going on at the NRA. First, it does not impact them in any way. Second, it only serves to muddy the issues. Third, it seems a conscious effort to denigrate the leadership and management of the NRA at a time when they are cleaning up the mess left behind by the self-same Old Guard. It is as if the powers that be at the Foundation are just hoping for failure which I find utterly disgusting.