The NRA Foundation: New Mexico Grants

The NRA Foundation: New Mexico Grants provide funding to support charitable purposes related to firearms safety and education. Eligible organizations must hold a Federal Employer Identification Number and can include IRS 501(c)(3) entities, government entities, or state-recognized nonprofits. The grants aim to promote shooting sports, educate the public on firearms, and support competitive events while ensuring that funding is used for charitable activities, not for profit-driven purposes.

Grant funding provided by The NRA Foundation must meet all NRA Foundation requirements and be used to further a charitable purpose as defined by the Internal Revenue Code under section 501(c)(3) and accompanying rules, regulations, and other IRS law and materials. Eligibility and funding amount are determined solely by the Foundation.
Grant requests must conform to, and foster the purposes in, The NRA Foundation’s mission statement, such as:
Promote, advance, and encourage firearms, the shooting sports, and hunting safety.Educate individuals, including the youth of the United States, with respect to firearms, firearms history, participation in the shooting sports, hunting safety, and marksmanship, as well as with respect to other subjects that are of importance to the well-being of the general public.Conduct research in furtherance of improved firearms safety and marksmanship facilities and techniques.Support activities of the National Rifle Association of America, 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 which includes activities that are charitable, educational, or foster National or International sports competition.

Eligibility

All applying organizations must possess a Federal Employer Identification number (EIN) issued by the Internal Revenue Service and be an/a:IRS 501 (c) recognized entity (must submit IRS Determination Letter with application) OrFederal, State or local government entity (law enforcement, public school, college) OrState recognized nonprofit organization (must submit copy of state nonprofit registration)Organizations that are not a governmental agency or are not recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) entity:

• Must provide a public benefit equal to or in excess of the amount requested.

If you seek funding to conduct a program such as a Women on Target event or support of a youth league, and these programs are open to the public, the public benefit is clear.
Public benefit may also be shown by the nature of the qualified group benefiting from the project or activity, for example the Boy Scouts, a school, a local law enforcement agency, a veterans group, or other qualified groups may meet this requirement.
Projects or activities that further amateur sports competitions may meet the public benefit requirement.
Please note that simply being open to the public, and charging the public for use, does not provide a public benefit.

Ineligibility

The following organizations are NOT eligible for grants:Labor organizations.Private businesses and enterprises, including LLCs.Organizations or groups that do not have a Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) issued by the Internal Revenue Service.Friends of NRA Committees or NRA Foundation State Fund Committees.Individuals.The following types of projects or items are among those most likely not eligible for State Fund grant funding:

• Deficit financing:

i.e. payment for something already purchased, work already started or completed, or reimbursement for an event that has already taken place prior to grant approval by the Foundation
Projects for commercial ventures, i.e., private businesses
Projects that require membership in the NRA or in the applying non 501 (c)(3) or government entity club or group
Administrative fees, salaries, office overhead, advertising/marketing/public relations, insurance, postage or other similar charges
Computers, laptops, televisions
Multi-year funding of projects, projects contingent on future funding from the NRA Foundation
Requests must be submitted for consideration each year for that year’s costs only
Raffle items or similar prizes of material value and fundraising events or activities
The Foundation only funds items that will be used for a 501(c)(3) purpose as part of a program activity.
Prizes, such as trophies, ribbons, certificates, medals, for competitive shooting and other similar activities may be allowable.
Fundraising or sponsorships, to include charity shoots held for those purposes
Landscaping or related equipment
i.e. lawnmowers, tractors, weed eaters, snow blowers, etc.
Archery-only requests
Archery programs may only be considered if they are part of an overarching shooting program OR part of the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) OR Scholastic 3-D Archery (S3DA)