South Dakota Right to Life Committee Educational Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460367005
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Sioux Falls, SD, USA
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,908
Expenses
$76,030
Assets
$17,940

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Anne Hanson (Board President volunteer NOT paid)

People named in this filing

  • Dale Bartscher (Assistant Administrative Director paid by our c4 NOT our c3)
  • Jenn Lee (Administrative Director paid by our c4 NOT our c3)
  • Anne Hanson (Board President volunteer NOT paid)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

South Dakota Right to Life SDRTL works in recognition of our human right to life in South Dakota through education legislation activism and service. We support measures to reduce and eliminate abortion euthanasia and other life-ending procedures. ? SDRTL is the official state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee and subscribes to its mission objectives and strategies. ? SDRTL works with local Right to Life Chapters to further our Mission through pro-life advocacy in communities throughout the state. SDRTL along with its chapters and pro-life allies strives to educate all people with facts about abortion and other right to life issues. We encourage the work of pregnancy care centers and adoption agencies which offer real alternatives to abortion. SDRTL promotes pro-life legislation at the state and federal level. We inform South Dakota residents of elected officials voting records and the views of political candidates on right to life issues.

What it reported doing in 2025

Youth essay and video contests

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 35
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 35.5%; rating input score 35
  • Program expense ratio: 34.9%; rating input score 35

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.5%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 35.5% of revenue deployed · 34.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 35/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.