New York Bans Former NRA Treasurer From Nonprofit Finance Role for 10 Years

Published on July 9, 2024

Wilson “Woody” Phillips, the former finance chief of the National Rifle Association (NRA), has been banned from managing money for any nonprofit organization in New York for 10 years. The prohibition, announced on July 9 by the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, comes months after a jury found Mr. Phillips liable in a scheme to enrich the NRA’s current and former executives in violation of laws governing nonprofits. Under the agreement settling the case, Mr. Phillips is banned for 10 years from serving as a fiduciary of a not-for-profit or charitable organization registered, operating, or raising funds in New York. He must also undergo a training program before he can return to any such position....

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