The Culture of Life Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522055185
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Washington, VA, USA
Phone
2024418229
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Social Science

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,109
Expenses
$52,079
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JOHN M WHELAN (CHAIRMAN)
  • JENNIFER KIMBALL WATSON (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • LARRY WATSON (DIRECTOR)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The culture of life foundations (the foundation) primary purpose is to educate students, professionals and the public-at-large on ethics and the natural law. In support of this mission, we offer publications and other educational materials that address interventions upon the human person, at all stages of life and in all conditions, stemming from advancements in science, medicine and law. These materials are formed to provide sound, simple ethical reasoning on current issues in the fields of bioethics, marriage and family, human life, sexuality, human dignity, and mans essential interdependence upon his fellow man.

What it reported doing in 2020

The foundation makes its published educational materials broadly available to both academia and the public on a variety of platforms. Our educational briefs can be found free of charge on social media, on our website. Our materials are also disseminated through public radio and media commentary, public conferences and events as well as through personal and institutional consultations.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 67%; rating input score 67

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -52.7%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 67% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.