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Pro-Life Action League

EIN 36-3081086Human and Civil Rights Illinois Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Saving unborn children through education and non-violent direct action

The Pro-Life Action League was founded by Joseph M. Scheidler in 1980 with the aim of saving unborn children through non-violent direct action. Some of the Pro-Life Action League's key activities include: abortion clinic presence, public protest, confronting the abortionists, promoting and defending activism, broadcasting the pro-life message, and youth outreach. The Pro-Life Action League seeks to influence public opinion on the issue of abortion and related life issues. Additional activities to support this goal include a private phone hotline message, articles published in various publications available to the public, as well as our own newspaper, Pro-Life Action News.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.36Overall score
out of 100

78.09Financial score
out of 100

97.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$842,560

Total expenses · USD$929,376

Program expenses

$719,337.02 recorded amount

77.4%

Fundraising expenses

$65,985.70 recorded amount

7.1%

Administrative expenses

$143,123.90 recorded amount

15.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Eric J Scheidler
Recorded compensation: $116,781.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 12.56%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Pro-Life Action League
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	97.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	The Pro-Life Action League was founded by Joseph M. Scheidler in 1980 with the aim of saving unborn children through non-violent direct action. Some of the Pro-Life Action League's key activities include: abortion clinic presence, public protest, confronting the abortionists, promoting and defending activism, broadcasting the pro-life message, and youth outreach. The Pro-Life Action League seeks to influence public opinion on the issue of abortion and related life issues. Additional activities to support this goal include a private phone hotline message, articles published in various publications available to the public, as well as our own newspaper, Pro-Life Action News.
`ein` EIN	36-3081086
`tot_exp` Total expenses	929376.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.154
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.071
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.774
`fscore` Financial score	78.09
`leader` Recorded leader	Eric J Scheidler
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	116781.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.12560000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Saving unborn children through education and non-violent direct action
`name` Charity name	Pro-Life Action League
`tot_rev` Total revenue	842560.0
`score` Overall score	84.36
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	719337.024
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	65985.696
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	143123.904

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 36-3081086
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.