Grant Details:
Application Due Date: TBA

Description: 

State Committees have been established in 49 states are responsible for making grant funding recommendations to The NRA Foundation, Inc. Board Trustees. Fund grants benefit a variety of constituencies including children, youth, women, individuals with physical disabilities, gun collectors, law enforcement officers, hunters, and competitive teams.

State Fund Committees meet annually to review and recommend eligible projects for funding. Final approval rests with The NRA Foundation, Inc. Board of Trustees. Application submission deadlines and meeting dates are determined independently within the respective state.

Applications and State Information here

Eligibility:

PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING Grant requests must conform to, and foster the  purposes set forth in, The NRA Foundation’s Articles of Incorporation and mission statement. Allowable  501(c)(3) purposes or categories are limited to projects which are or include: charitable, scientific, testing  for public safety, literary, educational, or fostering national or international amateur sports competition  (cannot include the provision of athletic facilities of equipment). Each applicant must specify which  purpose or category the proposed project furthers. Any applicant that fails to state an allowable 501(c)(3) purpose will not be considered for funding. Such purposes include:

• To promote, advance, and encourage firearms and hunting safety.
• To educate individuals, including the youth of the United States, with respect to firearms and firearms history and hunting safety and marksmanship, as well as with respect to other subjects that are of importance to the well being of the general public.
• To conduct research in furtherance of improved firearms safety and marksmanship facilities and techniques.
• To support activities of the National Rifle Association of America, but only to the extent that such activities are in furtherance of charitable, educational or scientific purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
• To engage in any other activity that is incidental to, connected with, or in advancement of such purposes and that is within the scope of allowable purposes under section 501(c)(3).
• Law Enforcement Agencies seeking funding in the following areas: Tuition for all NRA training classes; Purchase of Portable Defibrillators for use in patrol cars; Purchase and training of K-9 dogs (to be used for drug or bomb detection and search and rescue); Purchase of Individual Body armor; Purchase of “Quic-Clot” (new product for traumatic injury/bleeding—currently in testing phase—recommended for all patrol units); Purchase of Tire spikes—used to stop and puncture tires; Maintenance of, and purchase of Supplies for Police ranges—multi-agency use; Purchase of Individual Traffic safety vests; Purchase of Chemical/biohazard suits; and Purchase of Robots. Other types of projects will be considered on a case by case basis.

Organization Information:
Organization: NRA Foundation
Website: https://www.nrafoundation.org/grants/statefund.asp

More Information:
https://www.nrafoundation.org/grants/statefund.asp