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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICANS UNITED FOR LIFE.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,054,421
Total expenses
$3,176,700
Contributions and grants received
$3,019,780
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$26,789
Other revenue
$7,852
Total assets, end of year
$1,675,991
Total liabilities, end of year
$643,975
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,032,016
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,313,304
Management and general expenses
$277,288
Fundraising expenses
$586,108
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,313,304

Program services were 72.8% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,019,780

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $26,789 · excluded $26,789

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other revenue

    total $7,852 · excluded $7,852

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,852

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $327,090 · program services $254,328 · management and general $20,191 · fundraising $52,571

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,454,330 · program services $1,130,810 · management and general $89,775 · fundraising $233,745

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $33,298 · program services $25,891 · management and general $2,055 · fundraising $5,352

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $243,717 · program services $189,501 · management and general $15,045 · fundraising $39,171

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $122,803 · program services $95,485 · management and general $7,581 · fundraising $19,737

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,654 · program services $2,480 · management and general $1,102 · fundraising $72

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $57,463 · management and general $57,463

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $44,186 · program services $30,092 · management and general $12,528 · fundraising $1,566

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $31,966 · program services $7,764 · management and general $143 · fundraising $24,059

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $40,351 · program services $27,604 · management and general $3,954 · fundraising $8,793

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,575 · program services $12,999 · management and general $860 · fundraising $6,716

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $175,381 · program services $124,857 · management and general $14,045 · fundraising $36,479

  • 17 · Travel

    total $131,092 · program services $87,060 · management and general $27,264 · fundraising $16,768

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $90,726 · program services $60,253 · management and general $18,869 · fundraising $11,604

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $17,168 · program services $12,308 · management and general $1,500 · fundraising $3,360

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,867 · program services $18,236 · management and general $2,277 · fundraising $5,354

  • 24a · Other expenses: Direct mailing printing

    total $216,624 · program services $133,893 · management and general $0 · fundraising $82,731

  • 24b · Other expenses: Research

    total $84,315 · program services $78,877 · management and general $7 · fundraising $5,431

  • 24c · Other expenses: Publications

    total $43,237 · program services $16,262 · management and general $2 · fundraising $26,973

  • 24d · Other expenses: State filing fees

    total $12,857 · program services $4,604 · management and general $2,627 · fundraising $5,626

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $216,624 · program services $133,893 · management and general $0 · fundraising $82,731

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $335,852 · end of year $251,498

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $501,857 · end of year $540,244

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $64,803 · end of year $188,637

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $71,849 · end of year $75,597

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $131,827

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $112,970

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $32,442 · end of year $18,857

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $399,453 · end of year $149,948

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $613,924 · end of year $451,210

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $262,515 · end of year $205,300

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $602,645 · end of year $438,675

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,119,392 · end of year $996,388

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $35,628 · end of year $35,628

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AUL is an organization that advances the human right to life in culture, law, and policy.

  • Public Affairs and Education - AUL utilizes national media coverage, publications, speaking engagements, online outreach, and other educational resources to provide educational services. These opportunities also support AUL's legislative strategy.

    Expenses $1,013,928

  • Litigation and Legal Affairs - AUL works through the courts to defend life and protect the first amendment freedom of conscience. AUL has a combined litigation and legislation strategy, drafting, advising, and providing model pro-life legislation to legislators, working to help it get passed, and then assisting attorneys general in defending pro-life laws, including filing amicus curiae briefs in support of laws based on our models.

    Expenses $973,070

  • Government Affairs and Education - AUL works with legislators across the country to enact pro-life legislation by providing and consulting on pro-life model bills. AUL makes its legal knowledge accessible to pro-life legislators and the public through its annual Defending Life publication, a state-by-state legal guide to abortion, bioethics, and the end of life.

    Expenses $326,306

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jay Cunningham

    Director and Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Kenneth Hansen

    Director and Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Bridget VanMeans

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Patrick Hofer

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Mark Miller

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Alfonso Aguilar

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Nathan Hancock

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Chad Pecknold

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Valencia Camp

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Monique Chireau Wubbenhorst

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • John Mize

    CEO (From 01/16/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kevin Tordoff

    Interim President (Until 1/16/24)

    Total calculated
    $227,944
    From this org
    $202,192
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,752
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,192
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,168
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,584
    Filer's total
    $227,944
  • Steven Aden

    Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel

    Total calculated
    $209,554
    From this org
    $184,184
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,370
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,127
    Bonus
    $1,057
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,786
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,584
    Filer's total
    $209,554
  • Clarke Forsythe

    Senior Counsel

    Total calculated
    $193,801
    From this org
    $175,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,793
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,820
    Bonus
    $1,188
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,669
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,124
    Filer's total
    $193,801
  • Evangeline Bartz

    Chief Operating Officer & Corporate Counsel

    Total calculated
    $146,086
    From this org
    $133,253
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,833
    Hours/week
    40
  • Thomas Shakely

    Chief Engagement Officer

    Total calculated
    $150,760
    From this org
    $130,651
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,109
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,440
    Bonus
    $1,211
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,109
    Filer's total
    $150,760
  • Catherine Foster

    FMR President & CEO (Until 03/23)

    Total calculated
    $120,962
    From this org
    $114,397
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,565
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $49,030
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $65,367
    Deferred
    $1,328
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,237
    Filer's total
    $120,962

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 4a
During 2023, Catherine Foster, FMR President/CEO, received a severance payment which was properly reported on her 2023 W2.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422909349301012

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