The National Rifle Association is suing its own charitable arm
Source: NBC News
Jan. 5, 2026, 7:14 PM EST
The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit Monday against its charitable arm, the NRA Foundation, claiming trademark infringement and unfair competition.
The NRA alleged that about $160 million the foundation raised alongside the NRA was misused in violation of the law of charitable trusts.
In the federal court filing, the NRA says it sued with the goal of stopping the foundation from passing itself off to donors and the public as the NRA or an authorized NRA affiliate and misappropriating the many millions of dollars that NRA supporters contributed.
The Foundation has been seized by a disgruntled faction of former NRA directors who lost control of the NRAs Board following revelations of financial improprieties, mismanagement, and breaches of fiduciary duty and member trust, attorneys for the NRA wrote, adding that the faction seeks to reclaim power through the foundation after having been booted out of power by the NRAs members.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/national-rifle-association-sues-nra-foundation-federal-court-rcna252465
Link to SUIT (PDF viewer) - https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/NATIONALRIFLEASSOCIATIONOFAMERICAvNRAFOUNDATIONDocketNo126cv00015?doc_id=X4OHBODG7I28O996VJ3VLM8HI24
tanyev
(48,662 posts)Have at it!
Linda ladeewolf
(1,105 posts)malthaussen
(18,399 posts)snot
(11,506 posts)A lot of nonprofit boards seem to have been taken over by conservatives during the last few decades. Of course, the NRA was conservative to begin with; but I believe some take-overs have been motivated at least partly by greed as well as by conservative ideology, because sociopaths spotted their pots of money.
somsai
(215 posts)I think the non profit side does things like certifies ranges, instructors etc. Gun issue not in the news much.