National Right to Life Committee Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520986195
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Phone
2026268800
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,533,032
Expenses
$2,389,564
Assets
$1,436,951
Liabilities
$68,815

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

60 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT FISCHBACH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • CAROL TOBIAS (PRESIDENT)
  • ANTHONY LAUINGER (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SCOTT FISCHBACH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $158,736 total reported compensation
  • IRENE WALSH (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $132,603 total reported compensation
  • RAI ROJAS (DIRECTOR (AT-LARGE)): $91,283 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Organization devoted to disseminating information and support for pro-life issues.

What it reported doing in 2025

Federal and state legislative activities: relate to programs that advance nrlc's public policy goals. Written materials on federal and state policy issues are prepared. The program coordinates grassroots lobbying efforts. It develops programs and implements arguments and strategies in the fight against abortion and euthanasia. The program assists state affiliates seeking to enact protective legislation that provides civil remedies. Public relations & public awareness: programs that educate the public on abortion, infanticide and euthanasia by developing and placing ads; producing and promoting broadcast programs as well as long-format radio and tv programs; and through other media keep the public informed on ongoing related issues.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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.

The verdict

MIXED - 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 few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 73
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 43.5%; rating input score 43
  • Program expense ratio: 45.9%; rating input score 46
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.2%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.7%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.3%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 43.5% of revenue deployed · 45.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 55 of 59 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 11 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $159K · 60 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.