Grand Rapids Right to Life
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237213693
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- Wyoming, MI, USA
- Phone
- 6165322300
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $361,216
- Expenses
- $277,234
- Assets
- $516,840
- Liabilities
- $332
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAURA ALEXANDRIA (PRESIDENT)
- ANNE ROSSI (VICE-PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- LAURA ALEXANDRIA (PRESIDENT): $71,912 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote the dignity and protection of all human life
What it reported doing in 2023
Online advertising helped women facing an unplanned pregnancy find life-affirming help. More than one million digital ads were placed, and our website appeared 61,900 times in searches. Our web page empowering women with the truth about the abortion pill appeared 10,530 times in online searches. Hosted the premiere screening of the prolife documentary ms. Led, which included a q&a by the producer, trish short, and screened the film at four local churches. Hosted an educational booth at women's expo, church ministries conference, and west pastors' conference. Discussed the sanctity of human life for one hour on holy family radio during their fall pledge drive. Distributed free copies of pregnancy resource cards that list local agencies that help women and children, fetal development cards that educate people on the scientific growth and the humanity of the unborn, and speak life cards that articulate prolife responses to pro-abortion arguments. Published 6 editions of newsgram, with each edition educating 3,000 households. Voices for life, a minority e-newsletter, was sent quarterly to almost 3,000 people via e-mail.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 43
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 63
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 39.7%; rating input score 40
- Program expense ratio: 49.4%; rating input score 49
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 23.2%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.86; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 25.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 39.7% of revenue deployed · 49.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $137K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $72K · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.