Grants for pro-life organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to anti-abortion organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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111 anti-abortion organizations received at least $237,940 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 162 grants made from 133 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 133 foundations, 87% made just a single grant to pro-life orgs, and 2% made grants to four or more pro-life orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$237,940

Total grant dollars given to pro-life organizations

162

Number of grants made annually to pro-life organizations

133

Number of grantmakers funding pro-life organizations

$1,000

Median grant size to pro-life organizations

Foundations that support anti-abortion organizations

Out of all grants made to pro-life organizations, 86% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 25% of the dollar-value of grants to pro-life orgs. Foundations funding pro-life orgs also made grants to christian organizations, religious organizations, religious media organizations, multiservice human service organizations, and international humanitarian organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	115
Medium	10
Large	8

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	1
Private	111
Corporate	12
Other	9

Grants made

Grants made to pro-life orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	116
2-3	14
4-10	3
11+	0

Top 10 foundations supporting anti-abortion organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to pro-life orgs	Number of grants made to pro-life orgs	Median grant size
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	9	$240
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	5	$250
Arthur J Gallagher Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	4	$212
Tulsa Community Foundation	OK	National	0.0%	2	$5,000
Elizabeth Streb Peroutka Foundation	MD	National	2.9%	2	$3,000
Sacred Heart Trust Foundation	PA	National	6.7%	2	$1,771
Gregory M& Deborah Mdesaye Foundation	NJ	National	2.1%	2	$1,400
Jacobs Family Foundation	PA	National	3.1%	2	$1,055
The Avandia Foundation	DE	State	11.8%	2	$1,000
K Ten Kids Foundation	PA	Metro	1.2%	2	$1,000

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Anti-abortion organizations grantees

Pro-life organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 13% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 18% of all pro-life orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	162
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$500
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
Virginia	29
Texas	15
Florida	15
Wisconsin	12
Other	91

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Washington DC	31
Palm Bay	14
Milwaukee	12
Houston	11
Other	92

Top 25 grants made to pro-life organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Birthright of Tulsa	$5,000	General Support	Burton Foundation
Assurance for Life	$5,000	General Support	Advisors Charitable Gift Fund
Life Legal Defense Foundation (LLDF)	$5,000	General Funding	Esmond Nissim Foundation
St John Paul Ii Life Center	$5,000	General Use	The Ben and Mary Doskocil Family Foundation
Right To Life of Michigan Educational Foundation Legal	$5,000	Support Pro Life Programs	The Georges Family Foundation
Life Issues Institute	$5,000	Charitable Contribution	Anderson Foundation
Pro-Life Coalition of Central Washington	$5,000	Support Pro-Life Community Efforts Through Youth Education, Speakers Bureau and Connection With Medical Professionals.	Bilmar Foundation
Right To Life-Lifespan Educational Fund	$5,000	General Fund	Pat and Gerry Carroll Charitable Foundation
Life Forward Pregnancy Care of Cincinnati	$5,000	To Support Families	Joseph and Carrie Besl Foundation
Louisiana Right To Life	$5,000	To Provide Funds To Support A Pro-Life Organization	The Edward L Rispone Family Foundation
Iowans for Life Educational Foundation	$5,000	Community Support	Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines
American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$5,000	Charity	Martin Family Foundation
Wels Lutherans for Life Metro Milwaukee	$5,000	New Program Launch Assistance	Twice Is Nice / Good Stewards Inc
Dayton Right To Life Foundation	$5,000	Operating Exp	Gerald M and Carole A Miller Family Foundation
Indiana Right To Life Incorporated	$5,000	To Protect the Right To Life	The Patricia H Snyder Family Foundation
Life on Wheels	$5,000	To Enable Center To Mobilize	Image Clear Ultrasound
Students for Life of America (SFLA)	$5,000	General Operations	Tulsa Community Foundation
Birthright of Tulsa	$5,000	General Operations	Tulsa Community Foundation
Life Matters Outreach	$4,435	Pregnancy	Paulding Pregnancy Services
Foundation for Life	$4,200	MG	Shell Oil Company Foundation
American Life League (ALL)	$4,000	General Operations	Ann L Henegan Private Foundation
Foundation for Life	$4,000	Promote Christian Beliefs	Knights of Columbus Council 4550
Oregon Right To Life	$4,000	To Support Unborn Children	The Barr Family Foundation
Prolife Across America	$3,055	General Operating Support	JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Assurance for Life	$3,000	Operations	BDH Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Pro-life organizations" category for this page is determined by the "R62: Right to Life" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.