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Pro-Life Action League

Website:

prolifeaction.org
Location:

Chicago, IL
Tax ID:

36-3081086
Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2020):

Revenue: $751,871
Expenses: $795,532
Assets: $182,589
Formation:

1980
Type:

Non-Profit
Executive Director:

Eric Scheidler
Executive Director's Salary:

$118,550 1

References

  1. Pro-Life Action League Inc, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2020, Part VII, Section A, Line 1a.

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Pro-Life Action League is an advocacy organization that seeks to end abortion by providing support to pro-life activists, including training, tools, and guidance for practical action. The Pro-Life Action League’s activism includes abortion clinic witness activities, public protest, confronting abortion providers, and fighting Planned Parenthood. 1

Activities

The Pro-Life Action League’s primary form of pro-life activism is abortion clinic witness activities, which include prayer vigils, sidewalk counseling, providing resources and abortion alternatives to pregnant women, and bearing witness to the value of life of aborted babies. 2 Pro-Life Action League provides guidance for activists to host prayer vigils and recommends specific activities, like singing hymns or reading scriptures. It also recommends bringing in clergy representing different denominations, making sure the vigil site is on public property, and holding extended or multiday vigils. 3

The Pro-Life Action League claims that Planned Parenthood is a threat to women and babies, and regularly hosts protests, prayer vigils, and sidewalk counseling at the Aurora, Illinois, location. The Pro-Life Action League supports local churches that recruit individuals to pray across the street from the Aurora Planned Parenthood’s entrance and encourages volunteers to take part in its 40 Days For Life campaigns. The Pro-Life Action League provides training videos and tools for individuals to become sidewalk counselors in order to further its efforts to prevent abortion. 4

The Pro-Life Action League seeks provides facts and statistics about abortion and the abortion industry and testimonials from former abortion providers who have switched to opposing the practice. 5 Pro-Life Action League also provides a list of questions and answers for pro-life activists to use in response to pro-choice arguments. The Pro-Life Action League claims more Americans believe abortion is morally wrong and identify as pro-life than pro-choice, that a fetus is a human being, that the life of a disabled baby is of no less value than that of a healthy baby, and that pro-life activists do not value the life of an unborn baby over that of the mother. 6

Funding

The Pro-Life Action League is funded by donations from individuals, foundations, and businesses. While the Pro-Life Action League does not disclose its donors, tax filings confirm donations from the W.G. Christianson Foundation ($25,000 in 2015), 7 the Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus ($12,000 in 2014), 8 and the Ed Uihlein Family Foundation ($10,000 in 2020). 9

People

Eric Scheidler is the executive director of the Pro-Life Action League and a former executive vice president of the Gift Foundation. 10

Board member Chris Iverson is the vice president of Chicago Pro-life Future, co-leader of LIVE PRO LIFE, and a writer for the Illinois Family Institute. 11 Ann Scheidler is a cofounder and president of the Pro-Life Action League. Scheidler is the chair of the board of the Thomas More Society. 12 Other members of the board include Christopher Carney, Henry Davison, and Mark Voissem. 13

References

  1.  “About the Pro-Life Action League.” Pro-Life Action League, 2023. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://prolifeaction.org/about/.
  2. “About the Pro-Life Action League.” Pro-Life Action League, 2023. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://prolifeaction.org/about/.
  3. “Host a Prayer Vigil at Your Local Abortion Facility.” Pro-Life Action League, 2023. Accessed January 30, 2023. https://prolifeaction.org/action/anniversary/.
  4. “Get Involved at Planned Parenthood in Aurora, Illinois.” Pro-Life Action League, 2023. Accessed January 30, 2023. https://prolifeaction.org/action/aurora/
  5. [1] “Learn the Facts.” Pro-Life Action League, 2023. Accessed January 30, 2023. https://prolifeaction.org/fact/.
  6. “Pro-Choice Arguments.” Pro-Life Action League, 2023. Accessed January 30, 2023. https://prolifeaction.org/fact_type/pro-choice-arguments/.
  7. W.G. Christianson Foundation, Return of Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2015, Part XV, Line 3.
  8.  Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2014, Schedule I, Part II.
  9. Ed Uihlein Family Foundation, Return of Private Foundation (Form 990-PF), 2020, Part XV, Line 3.
  10. “About Eric Scheidler.” Pro-Life Action League, 2023. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://prolifeaction.org/eric/.
  11. “Chris Iverson.” Illinois Family Institute, 2023. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://illinoisfamily.org/author/?id=19440.
  12. “Ann Scheidler.” Thomas More Society, 2023. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://thomasmoresociety.org/board-member/ann-scheidler/.
  13. “About the Pro-Life Action League.” Pro-Life Action League, 2023. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://prolifeaction.org/about/.
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: May - April
  • Tax Exemption Received: October 1, 1980

    • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2020 May Form 990 $751,871 $795,532 $182,589 $108,308 N $741,660 $0 $245 $78,931 PDF
    2019 May Form 990 $833,620 $838,868 $118,271 $329 N $820,600 $0 $430 $79,900 PDF
    2018 May Form 990 $823,130 $894,265 $123,905 $715 N $803,530 $0 $8,900 $92,700 PDF
    2017 May Form 990 $842,560 $929,376 $195,515 $1,190 N $766,216 $0 $284 $98,400 PDF
    2016 May Form 990 $1,044,842 $945,142 $282,105 $964 N $1,028,432 $0 $603 $98,800 PDF
    2015 May Form 990 $840,038 $928,476 $182,653 $1,212 N $839,680 $0 $262 $100,050 PDF
    2014 May Form 990 $937,663 $988,295 $271,092 $1,213 N $914,422 $0 $9,430 $104,620 PDF
    2013 May Form 990 $1,005,103 $1,079,004 $324,319 $3,808 N $992,857 $0 $437 $106,150 PDF
    2012 May Form 990 $1,210,866 $987,491 $409,494 $15,082 N $1,196,784 $0 $218 $108,842 PDF
    2011 May Form 990 $852,520 $913,583 $197,487 $26,450 N $831,295 $0 $355 $112,825 PDF

    Additional Filings (PDFs)

    Pro-Life Action League

    6160 N CICERO AVE STE 600
    Chicago, IL 60646-4392