{"id":70387,"date":"2017-02-16T15:12:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T20:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=70387"},"modified":"2026-05-26T03:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T08:18:26","slug":"nra-chief-get-paid-5-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/nra-chief-get-paid-5-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the NRA Chief LaPierre Get Paid $5 Million in 2015?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_70400\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70400\" alt=\"Did the NRA Chief LaPierre Get Paid  Million in 2015?\" title=\"Did the NRA Chief LaPierre Get Paid  Million in 2015?\" class=\"wp-image-70400 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/lapierre.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/lapierre.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/lapierre-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/lapierre-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/lapierre-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-70400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LaPierre and the NRA show off an award for $1 million dollars as a result of court victory rulings in DC v Heller II and Heller III. <em>(Photo: NRA-ILA\/Facebook)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Recently headlines emerged that the NRA&#8217;s vice president and chief executive officer Wayne LaPierre was paid close to $5 million in 2015, a dollar amount that seems to undermine the grassroots nature of the gun rights group. But headlines can be misleading.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2017\/02\/09\/nra-chief-executive-received-nearly-4-million-retirement-payout-in-2015\/?utm_term=.fb2fdec3c5b7\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nra-chief-get-paid-5-million\" title=\"Did the NRA Chief LaPierre Get Paid $5 Million in 2015?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Washington Post<\/a> LaPierre earned just over $1 million in 2015. The other amount was a retirement payout for over 30 years of employment with the NRA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The NRA is transparent in its finances and in its reporting of the required Form 990,&#8221; said NRA President Allan Cors. This is an employee funded deferred compensation plan and the $3.7 million distribution to <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wayne-lapierre-ammo-ban-president-hates-second-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nra-chief-get-paid-5-million\" title=\"Did the NRA Chief LaPierre Get Paid $5 Million in 2015?\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6036\">Wayne LaPierre<\/a> was required by federal law and properly reported.<\/p>\n<p>Some<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/2017\/02\/robert-farago\/question-day-nra-veep-lapierre-earned-5m-2015-ok\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nra-chief-get-paid-5-million\" title=\"Did the NRA Chief LaPierre Get Paid $5 Million in 2015?\"> were also quick to point out<\/a> that even a $1 million salary is low by organizational standards and that typically CEOs earn a significantly higher percentage &#8212; between 4 and 5 percent of the revenue &#8212; even non-profit CEOs. A $1 million annual salary is standard for executives at openly-traded companies and that&#8217;s before all forms of bonuses, not including retirement payouts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is extraordinarily well-deserved compensation for Wayne&#8217;s almost four decades of service in protection of our American freedom,&#8221; said Cors, &#8220;and it represents tremendous value for NRA members and our nation\u2019s gun owners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>See Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/lapierre-trump-nra-strongest-ally\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nra-chief-get-paid-5-million\" title=\"Did the NRA Chief LaPierre Get Paid $5 Million in 2015?\">LaPierre: &#8216;We are Trump&#8217;s Strongest Ally&#8217;<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>In recent years the NRA earned a gross revenue of between $300 and $400 million dollars, typically around $340 million a year before expenses. The NRA takes in around $100 million per year in donations and holds just over $100 million in assets.<\/p>\n<p>With help from supporters, the NRA has fought for gun rights on local and national levels fiercely, particularly in the years following the fall of the <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/lawmaker-wants-government-to-buy-back-assault-weapons-via-tax-incentives\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nra-chief-get-paid-5-million\" title=\"Did the NRA Chief LaPierre Get Paid $5 Million in 2015?\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6035\">assault weapons<\/a> ban. Following the election of President Donald Trump, the NRA is doubling down on their efforts and is &#8220;set to go on offense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the first time in almost a decade, the NRA is shifting from a defensive stance to a pro-active stance,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/316998-nra-set-to-go-on-offense\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nra-chief-get-paid-5-million\" title=\"Did the NRA Chief LaPierre Get Paid $5 Million in 2015?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said NRA spokeswoman Jennifer Baker<\/a>. &#8220;We\u2019re going from defense to offense. Now, we have a pro-Second Amendment Congress and a pro-Second Amendment president who will sign pro-Second Amendment legislation. That&#8217;s a huge shift.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Right now the NRA is focused on two national-level priorities. The gun rights group is looking to roll back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/obama-unveils-executive-orders-to-reduce-gun-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nra-chief-get-paid-5-million\" title=\"Did the NRA Chief LaPierre Get Paid $5 Million in 2015?\">Obama-enacted<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/new-itar-guidelines-look-a-lot-like-executive-gun-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nra-chief-get-paid-5-million\" title=\"Did the NRA Chief LaPierre Get Paid $5 Million in 2015?\">executive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/federal-lawsuit-filed-against-gun-control-executive-orders\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nra-chief-get-paid-5-million\" title=\"Did the NRA Chief LaPierre Get Paid $5 Million in 2015?\">orders<\/a> restricting gun rights and availability as well as continue promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/hearing-protection-act-introduced\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nra-chief-get-paid-5-million\" title=\"Did the NRA Chief LaPierre Get Paid $5 Million in 2015?\">the Hearing Protection Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Still, when gun rights are at stake, is a million-dollar salary too much? 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