Students for Life of America 
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Summary
Students for Life of America (SFLA) is one of the nation's most active pro-life organizations and the largest youth pro-life organization. We are the only national pro-life organization dedicated to training and equipping college, high school, medical, and law school students. Our approach is uniquely effective, and the methods we have developed are a combination of time-tested techniques and cutting-edge technology. Students for Life has been called to combat this anti-life culture. We resist the notion that women need abortion. We resist the abortion industry's constant claim, circulating like a broken record, that women aren't strong enough to embrace both their children and their education. And we resist the idea that women's rights involve forcibly taking someone else's away. Young people are the key to changing culture, and we must invest in them now to abolish abortion. There are thousands of babies dying and women being wounded at the hands of the abortion industry daily. This violence, injustice, and inhumanity is what the Pro-Life Generation is fighting tirelessly to end.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Students for Life of America
1000 Winchester St. Suite 301
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Website: studentsforlife.org
Phone: 540-834-4600
Email: info@studentsforlife.org
Organization details
EIN: 521576352
CEO/President: Kristan Hawkins
Chairman: Sean O'Hare
Board size: 8
Founder:
Year founded: 1991
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
Students for Life exists to transform culture by helping young people make abortion unthinkable and obsolete on their campus, in their community, and in our nation. Belong, Believe, Behave is Students for Life's three-step approach to fueling the momentum of the Pro-Life Generation. Our effectiveness comes by connecting with young leaders and providing the opportunity for life-changing experiences that will forever shape their worldview. This is the proven evangelism strategy for forming the Pro-Life Generation into principled and prepared leaders who will drive our Pro-Life Movement to victory.
Mission statement
Students for Life of America exists to recruit, train, and mobilize the pro-life generation to abolish abortion.
Statement of faith
Transparency grade
C
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Advocacy
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 224 of 857 | 8 of 36 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 472 of 857 | 18 of 36 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 200 of 857 | 13 of 36 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 257 of 857 | 10 of 36 |
Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 8% | 8% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 9% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 7% | 8% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 9% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 97% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 7% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 10% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 82% | 85% | 79% | 81% | 84% | 83% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 99% | 82% | 97% | 99% | 101% | 93% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 77% | 70% | 76% | 80% | 85% | 77% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 1% | 18% | 3% | 1% | -1% | 7% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 6% | 69% | 24% | 12% | -7% | 41% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 10% | 4% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 7% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.40 | 2.77 | 5.66 | 6.12 | 5.49 | 4.09 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.15 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.01 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.55 | 2.82 | 5.74 | 6.25 | 5.60 | 4.13 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 9.06 | 8.62 | 3.23 | 3.55 | 2.60 | 4.13 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.38 | 0.24 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 3.93 | 3.76 | 1.44 | 1.38 | 1.32 | 2.20 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 17% | 11% | 31% | 28% | 38% | 24% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 63% | 32% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 19% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Cash | $3,172,782 | $1,344,604 | $986,288 | $1,016,065 | $843,633 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $376,447 | $44,153 | $17,924 | $19,321 | $66,234 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $2,429 | $2,309 | $5,263 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $3,549,229 | $1,388,757 | $1,006,641 | $1,037,695 | $915,130 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $59,934 | $19,935 | $22,332 | $20,605 | $9,648 |
| Other long-term assets | $9,199 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $69,133 | $19,935 | $22,332 | $20,605 | $9,648 |
| Total assets | $3,618,362 | $1,408,692 | $1,028,973 | $1,058,300 | $924,778 |
| Liabilities | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $339,584 | $429,744 | $283,435 | $399,444 | $221,781 |
| Other current liabilities | $72,340 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $411,924 | $429,744 | $283,435 | $399,444 | $221,781 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $411,924 | $429,744 | $283,435 | $399,444 | $221,781 |
| Net assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Unrestricted | $0 | $978,948 | $745,538 | $658,856 | $702,997 |
| Temporarily restricted | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Permanently restricted | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assets | $3,206,438 | $978,948 | $745,538 | $658,856 | $702,997 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Total contributions | $12,228,460 | $8,205,800 | $6,380,794 | $5,768,177 | $4,070,573 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $7,071 | $196 | $546 | $2,078 | $28 |
| Other revenue | $9,166 | $33 | $45 | $128 | $105 |
| Total other revenue | $16,237 | $229 | $591 | $2,206 | $133 |
| Total revenue | $12,244,697 | $8,206,029 | $6,381,385 | $5,770,383 | $4,070,706 |
| Expenses | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Program services | $8,536,074 | $6,259,043 | $5,114,391 | $4,910,476 | $3,145,500 |
| Management and general | $450,738 | $795,135 | $433,609 | $253,394 | $261,412 |
| Fundraising | $1,030,395 | $918,441 | $746,703 | $650,654 | $375,806 |
| Total expenses | $10,017,207 | $7,972,619 | $6,294,703 | $5,814,524 | $3,782,718 |
| Change in net assets | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $2,227,490 | $233,410 | $86,682 | ($44,141) | $287,988 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $2,227,490 | $233,410 | $86,682 | ($44,141) | $287,988 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Kristan Hawkins | President | $175,023 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2019
Response from ministry
No response has been provided by this ministry.
The information below was provided to MinistryWatch by the ministry itself. It was last updated 12/21/2020. To update the information below, please email: info@ministrywatch.com
History
Students for Life of America began as a true student organization called American Collegians for Life in 1988. It remained so and grew steadily until 2006 when it launched as a full-time 501c-3 organization, changed its name to Students for Life of America, and hired Kristan Hawkins as president. What started out as a handful of full-time staff working with less than 100 pro-life student groups has blossomed into a massive pro-life organization that employs over 50 part and full-time staff and works with over 1,240 student groups.
Program accomplishments
Nearly $90 million in earned media value. 245 campus visits with tour displays. A pro-life Times Square billboard that reached an estimated one million New Yorkers. SFLA trained our 100,000th student. Launched a 501c4 organization, Students for Life Action. Documented having over 17,000 conversations about abortion on college campuses. Had over 36.5 million views on Facebook.