The NRA Foundation's mission is focused on providing financial support to enhance the shooting sports, including education, safety, and marksmanship. Through fundraising and donations, the Foundation awards grants for educational and public service programs in communities across the United States.
The grant program by The NRA Foundation aims to fund projects that align with its goals of promoting safety, education, and research in the realm of firearms, shooting sports, and hunting. Specifically, it seeks to support efforts that enhance firearms and hunting safety, educate the public, including youth, about firearms and their historical significance, improve marksmanship and firearms safety research, and foster activities that are in line with charitable, educational, or scientific purposes as defined by the IRS. Funding eligibility and amounts are determined by the Foundation, emphasizing projects that contribute to the welfare of the general public through education, safety, and national or international sports competition fostering.