Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$523,392

Total expenses

$464,295

Contributions and grants received

$148,441

Grants paid

$3,100

Program service revenue

$180,779

Investment income

$223

Other revenue

$193,949

Total assets, end of year

$101,257

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,521

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$95,736

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$263,456

Management and general expenses

$200,839

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$263,456

Program services were 56.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• >>> LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE CHANGED HEARTS AND MINDS IN LOUISIANA <<<LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE ADVANCED ITS MISSION IN JANUARY THROUGH MAY OF 2024 THROUGH ITS VARIOUS GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS! HERE ARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THE INITIATIVES:LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE, TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS, HOSTED 5 LIFE MARCHES IN BATON ROUGE, SHREVEPORT, LAKE CHARLES, MONROE-WEST MONROE, AND PINEVILLE-ALEXANDRIA. THE THEME FOR THE LIFE MARCHES WAS "HERE FOR HER," SHOWCASING THE ABUNDANCE OF SUPPORT AVAILABLE IN LOUISIANA FOR PREGNANT MOMS AND THEIR FAMILIES! OVER 4,500 ATTENDEES MARCHED TO SHOW OUR ELECTED LEADERS THAT LOUISIANA IS PROUDLY PRO-LIFE AND WERE MOTIVATED BY REGIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKERS - RACIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE STAR PARKER, ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL, ABORTION SURVIVOR MICHELE SMITH, SPEAKER AND AUTHOR BETH TOWNSEND, AND OTHERS.LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE FEDERATION PLANNED FOR THE 2024 PRO-LIFE SUMMIT TO BE HELD IN JULY OF 2024 THAT GATHERS, MOTIVATES, AND EDUCATES PRO-LIFE CITIZENS FROM ACROSS LOUISIANA.LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE FEDERATION CO-SPONSORED THE PROUDLY PRO-LIFE GALA IN JANUARY IN DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS THAT WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 1,300 PEOPLE. JIM CAVIEZEL WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND TWO MINISTRIES THAT AIDS FAMILIES WITH MISCARRIED CHILDREN WERE HONORED. INDIVIDUALS WERE EDUCATED AND INSPIRED TO CARRYING THEIR PRO-LIFE CONVICTIONS FORWARD IN THEIR LIFE.LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE FEDERATION PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS, MATERIALS, AND GUIDANCE TO PRO-LIFE CITIZENS ACROSS LOUISIANA. LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE FEDERATION STAFF LED THE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, EDUCATING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ONLINE WITH THE PRO-LIFE MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TIK TOK, AND TWITTER.TO SERVE MOMS IN NEED IN NEW ORLEANS, OVER 300 FAMILIES RECEIVED DIAPERS, WIPES, BABY FORMULA, OINTMENT, AND MORE FOR THEIR BABY DURING LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE'S NOLA-TO-GO BABY BAG GIVEAWAY THE EVE OF MOTHER'S DAY! THIS EFFORT WAS FEATURED LOCALLY ON WDSU NEWS.>>> PRO-LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATE YOUTH <<<LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE SUPPORTED AMAZING STAFF MEMBERS AS THEY YOUNG PEOPLE TO STAND FOR LIFE AND HELP MOMS THROUGH NUMEROUS EFFORTS AND PRESENTATIONS. OUR YOUTH OUTREACH TEAM EDUCATED THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH PULSE PROGRAMS AND SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS. OUR COLLEGE OUTREACH DIRECTOR EDUCATED STUDENTS ACROSS LOUISIANA ON CAMPUSES.

  Expenses $141,534

• >>> LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE ADVOCATED AT THE CAPITOL AND BEYOND TO PROTECT LIFE AND HELP MOMS <<<LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE CONTINUED ITS LONG-TERM MISSION OF PROTECTING LIFE AT THE STATE CAPITOL. THE 2024 SESSION OF THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE WAS FILLED WITH GREAT VICTORIES! WE ARE PROUD TO REPORT A 100% SUCCESS RATE, DEFEATING EVERY ATTEMPT TO WEAKEN OUR PRO-LIFE LAWS AND PASSING EVERY BILL THAT WAS A PART OF OUR PRO-MOM AND PRO-BABY LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE. WE ARE PROUD OF THE IMPORTANT WORK ACCOMPLISHED AND THANKFUL FOR EVERY PRO-LIFE CITIZEN WHO TOOK THEIR TIME TO CONTACT THEIR LEGISLATOR TO SUPPORT OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.WE LED THE PASSAGE OF THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION AT THE STATE CAPITOL: THE LOUISIANA PREGNANCY AND BABY CARE INITIATIVE ACT BY SENATOR KATRINA AND REPRESENTATIVE JACK MCFARLAND ESTABLISHES A NEW SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR WOMEN FACING UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES AND OFFERS A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDING PREGNANCY SUPPORT, PARENTING HELP, AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE. IT PROVIDES PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS TO PROVIDE BOOTS-ON-THE-GROUND ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN WHO MAY OTHERWISE CONSIDER ABORTION AS THEIR ONLY OPTION. ABORTION BY FRAUD CRIMINALIZATION ACT BY SENATOR THOMAS PRESSLY MAKES IT A CRIME TO POISON A WOMAN WITH ABORTION-INDUCING DRUGS AGAINST HER WILL OR WITHOUT HER KNOWLEDGE. THE LAW ALSO TAKES STEPS TO KEEP ABORTION PILLS OUT OF THE HANDS OF PREDATORS AND ABUSERS BY MAKING THEM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. FINALLY, THE LAW MAKES ABORTION PILL CRIMES RACKETEERING OFFENSES GIVING LAW ENFORCEMENT MORE TOOLS FOR REACHING THE NETWORKS OF ILLEGAL ABORTION PILL PROVIDERS. THE COMPATIBLE WITH LOVE EMPOWERMENT ACT BY SENATOR RICK EDMONDS UPDATES EXISTING LAW TO ENSURE THAT PARENTS WHOSE UNBORN CHILDREN ARE DIAGNOSED WITH A FETAL GENETIC ANOMALY CAN RECEIVE INFORMATION TO ASSIST THEM IN CARING FOR THEIR CHILD BEFORE AND AFTER BIRTH. THE ADOPTION AWARENESS ACT BY SENATOR RICK EDMONDS CREATES A NEW PROGRAM THAT PROMOTES THE BENEFITS OF INFANT ADOPTION. THIS PROGRAM WILL EDUCATE LOUISIANA CITIZENS ON ADOPTION OPTIONS AND THE BENEFITS OF INFANT ADOPTION TO BIRTH MOTHERS, BABIES, AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES. WE SUPPORTED THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX EXPANSION ACT REPRESENTATIVE CHENEVERT AND SENATOR BASS TO ALLOW FOR THE INSTALLMENT OF SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES IN CERTAIN FACILITIES IN ADDITION TO HOSPITALS. SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES ARE A LAST RESORT OPTION FOR A MOTHER TO SAFELY PLACE HER NEWBORN BABY FOR ADOPTION. LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE ALSO DEFEATED PRO-ABORTION LEGISLATION, ESPECIALLY A PRO-ABORTION PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, THAT WOULD HAVE LEGALIZED ABORTION. IN ADDITION, LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE WORKED TO PROTECT HUMAN EMBRYOS ENDANGERED BY SOME LEGISLATION. LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE CONTINUED TO BE A REGULAR PARTICIPANT IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA THROUGH INTERVIEWS AND OTHER ENGAGEMENTS. IN FEBRUARY, ALEXANDRA SEGHERS, LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE'S DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, PENNED A LETTER TO THE EDITOR SHARING THAT ABORTION IS INCONSISTENT WITH A PRO-WOMAN ETHIC.IN MARCH, BENJAMIN CLAPPER, LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ATTENDED THE U.S. STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS AT THE INVITATION OF U.S. SENATOR BILL CASSIDY. CLAPPER APPEARED WITH SENATOR CASSIDY IN MEDIA INTERVIEWS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PRO-LIFE POLICY.LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE SHARES THE BEAUTY OF LIFE AT THE STATE FAIR OF LOUISIANA IN SHREVEPORT. LARTL STAFFED AND FACILITATED A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS FROM OCTOBER 26TH-NOVEMBER 12TH AND HAD AT LEAST 500 PLUS PEOPLE STOP BY OUR BOOTH TO PICK UP MATERIALSLOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE CONTINUED TO BE A REGULAR PARTICIPANT IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA. IN JUNE OF 2023, THE ADVOCATE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTED THE WORK OF LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE ON THE FRONT PAGE, CALLING LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE "THE STATE'S POWERFUL ANTI-ABORTION LOBBY." TO BE CONNECTED TO POLITICAL ADVOCACYAHEAD OF THE 2023 STATE ELECTIONS, LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATED VOTERS ON WHERE CANDIDATES FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE AND STATE LEGISLATIVE SEATS STOOD ON PRO-LIFE ISSUES. THROUGH PUBLISHING VOTING RECORDS OF INCUMBENTS AND PROVIDING QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES OF NEW CANDIDATES, LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE PROVIDED AN INVALUABLE SERVICE TO LOUISIANA CITIZENS BY PROVIDING CONSISTENT AND RELIABLE INFORMATION ON THE PRO-LIFE POSITIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE. LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE'S NEW IVOTEFORLIFE.COM WEBSITE ALLOWED CITIZENS TO SEARCH FOR THEIR PERSONAL PRO-LIFE VOTER GUIDE. THE 2023 STATE ELECTIONS RESULTED IN LOUISIANA CITIZENS ELECTING ONE OF THE MOST PRO-LIFE LEGISLATURES IN LOUISIANA HISTORY, ALONG WITH STRONGLY PRO-LIFE GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY AND ATTORNEY GENERAL LIZ MURRILL.

  Expenses $101,019

• TO BE CONNECTED TO ADVERTISE FOR LIFE >>> LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE REACHES MOTHERS IN NEED LOUISIANA <<<LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE FEDERATION TOOK OVER ADVERTISING FOR THE ADVERTISE FOR LIFE INITIATIVE IN JANUARY OF 2024. LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE ADVERTISED ON THE INTERNET TO ADVANCE ITS ADVERTISE FOR LIFE INITIATIVE CONNECTS WOMEN IN UNEXPECTED PREGNANCIES, THROUGH STRATEGIC DIGITAL ADVERTISING, TO OUR INCREDIBLE NETWORK OF NEARLY 40 PREGNANCY CENTERS ACROSS THE STATE, ALONG WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SOCIAL SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THEM. FROM JANUARY THROUGH MAY OF 2024, OUR ADVERTISE FOR LIFE ADS WERE SEEN 10,963 TIMES, CLICKED ON 877 TIMES, AND GENERATED 107 PHONE CALLS THROUGH OUR PROGRAM.

  Expenses $20,903

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE EDUC COMM INC

  501(C)(3) · PRO-LIFE EDUCATION · LA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by LA RIGHT TO LIFE FEDERATION

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

30 October 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202543039349302829

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