In 2011, Friends of NRA formally launched its newest opportunity for companies to support the shooting sports while supporting Friends of NRA and The NRA Foundation. Through the development of the Friends of NRA National Corporate Sponsor Program, companies are able to directly affect millions of NRA members through the widely-popular and successful fundraising program.

There are numerous businesses across the nation that support Friends of NRA in its everyday efforts to raise money for The NRA Foundation, but this new sponsorship program takes the grassroots support to the national scale – allowing companies to broaden their scope full-scale and benefit an even larger audience.

Which is precisely what the Friends of NRA National Corporate Sponsorship program allows companies like MidwayUSA, Friends of NRA's 2011 Guardian Sponsor, to accomplish. "Everyone knows Friends of NRA has been a tremendous financial success for NRA and the shooting sports programs in the states," said MidwayUSA CEO, Larry Potterfield. "But often overlooked is the grassroots networking value it brings to the NRA organization. At every event you get to see and talk with 'Friends of NRA'."

Friends of NRA gives companies large and small the opportunity to sign on at the Guardian, Defender, or Protector sponsorship levels to truly intertwine their company with the Patriot Nation.