Students for Life Action

Students for Life Action (SFLAction) is an anti-abortion youth organization that trains and mobilizes pro-life leaders to influence elections and impact public policy to abolish abortion on a state-by-state basis. 1

At-A-Glance

Issue Areas: Abortion Policy
Formation:

2019

President:

Kristan Hawkins

President’s Salary:

$16,633 2

Location: Fredericksburg, VA View on map
Tax ID: 83-3084374
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $874,656 Revenue: $4,854,003 Expenses: $4,918,377

Contents

    Students for Life Action is the lobbying and electoral advocacy arm of Students for Life of America. 3

    Activities

    Founded in 2019, Students for Life Action recruits and builds teams of pro-life advocates in an effort to defend human life, which it defines as spanning “from conception to natural death.” With a special focus on ending early abortions, SFLAction uses a grassroots approach to mobilize the millions of people already connected with Students for Life of America to protect the unborn. 3

    Students for Life Action tracks and monitors abortion-related bills and has helped introduce anti-abortion legislation at both the state and federal levels. In 2022, SFLAction assisted the Oklahoma state legislature in passing its “Life at Conception” bill. 3

    Students for Life Action also seeks to end abortion on a federal level, and in a 2022 letter to Congress, SFLAction President Kristan Hawkins called for stronger laws and policies to defend unborn life. Hawkins claimed that while some politicians remain silent on the issue of abortion to avoid conflict, the federal government is in fact not abortion neutral, and that current pro-abortion policy and funding uses taxpayer money to end lives. 4

    Board of Directors

    Kristan Hawkins is the president of Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action. Hawkins formerly served on the Republican National Committee, as an appointee at the Department of Health and Human Services during the George W. Bush Administration, and on former President Donald Trump’s Pro-Life Advisory Council. 5

    Leonard Leo is co-chair of the board of SFLAction and the former executive vice president of the Federalist Society.  6

    Brendan O’Morchoe is the treasurer of the board. 6 O’Morchoe is the former vice president of strategy at SFLA and the former national director of Pro-Life Future. 7

    Christina Hagan is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives. 8

    Shaun Kenney is a vice president of the American Life League and a former executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia. 6

    Greg Mueller is the CEO of CRC Advisors. Mueller formerly worked as a senior aide for the Republican presidential campaigns of Pat Buchanan and Steve Forbes. 9

    Ray Ruddy is the founder of the Gerard Health Foundation, which funds pro-life causes, abstinence education, and efforts to end AIDS/HIV. 6

    Scott Walker is a Republican politician and the former governor of Wisconsin. 6 Walker sits on the boards of Students for Life of America, the American Federation for Children, and the Center for State-led National Debt Solutions. 10

    Danielle Huntley Webb is an immigration attorney and the chair of the board of the Fiscal Alliance Foundation. 11

    Other members of the board include co-chair Richard Crum and Paul Horrocks. 6

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2024 $874,656 $4,854,003 $4,918,377 View
    2023 $1,055,493 $3,520,472 $3,893,233 View
    2022 $1,121,805 $4,526,195 $5,003,000 View
    2021 $1,451,921 $3,948,083 $3,509,698 View
    2020 $1,076,114 $3,285,462 $2,599,771 View

    Prior year filings: 2019

    Revenue Detail

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    • Number of Employees: 20

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    Kristan HawkinsPresident$337,056
    Tina WhittingtonExecutive VP/Treasurer$245,551
    Kristi HamrickChief Media Strategist/Spokesperson$209,834
    Chanel JacobsVP Political Affairs$114,194

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $658,380
    • Number of Grants: 154
    • Number of Funders: 77

    Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $50,0002023 The Martin Family Foundation C/o Larry BeanGRANT AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $50,0002023 William C Demetree Jr Foundation IncOPERATING FUNDS
    $40,0002024 The Martin Family Foundation C/o Larry BeanGRANT AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $20,0002024 Georges & Claire Mabardi FoundationGENERAL USE
    $15,0002025 The Lewis Family Charitable FoundationENDING CHEMICAL ABORTION
    $15,0002021 Joseph and Alberta Murphy Charitable FoundationUNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE DONATION
    $10,0002024 Joseph and Alberta Murphy Charitable FoundationUNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE DONATION
    $10,0002024 The Lewis Family Charitable FoundationENDING CHEMICAL ABORTION
    $10,0002023 Francis P Chiaramonte Md Family Foundation IncGENERAL SUPPORT
    $10,0002023 Joseph and Alberta Murphy Charitable FoundationUNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE DONATION
    $10,0002022 Quentin J Kennedy FoundationCHARITABLE
    $10,0002022 The Jennings Family Foundation C/o National Christian Foundation TcGeneral Support
    $10,0002022 Francis P Chiaramonte Md Family Foundation IncGENERAL SUPPORT
    $10,0002021 Francis P Chiaramonte Md Family Foundation IncGENERAL SUPPORT
    $7,5002025 Dominick Family FoundationSTUDENTS FOR LIFE OF AMERICA EXISTS TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND MOBILIZE THE PRO-LIFE GENERATION TO ABOLISH ABORTION.
    $7,5002022 John and Miki Ford FoundationUNRESTRICTED
    $6,0002024 The Blake Family Charitable FoundationOPERATING PURPOSES
    $5,9002021 The Jacks Family FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
    $5,1002021 John and Miki Ford FoundationUNRESTRICTED
    $5,0002024 The Paula and William J Marino Family FoundationUNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
    $5,0002024 Dominick Family FoundationSTUDENTS FOR LIFE OF AMERICA EXISTS TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND MOBILIZE THE PRO-LIFE GENERATION TO ABOLISH ABORTION.
    $5,0002024 A & B Winstrom Christian Family FoundationTo further programs of the organization.
    $5,0002023 Joseph and Alberta Murphy Charitable FoundationUNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE DONATION
    $5,0002022 Robert and Bernarda Neal FoundationCharitable Contribution
    $5,0002022 Kenneth and Alice Martin Family Foundation IncAdvocacy

    References

    1. “About Us.” Students for Life Action, 2021. Accessed August 29, 2022. https://www.studentsforlifeaction.org/about/.
    2. Students for Life Action Inc, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990), 2020, Part VII, Section A, Line 1a.
    3. “2021 & 2022 State Legislative Sessions Report.” Students for Life Action, 2021. Accessed August 29, 2022. https://www.studentsforlifeaction.org/2021-2022-state-legislative-sessions-report/.
    4. Wharton, Caroline. “Students for Life Action Calls on Congress to Use the Tools of the Federal Government to Defend Life in Law because Abortion IS a Federal Issue Too.” Students for Life Action, August 29, 2022. Accessed August 29, 2022. https://www.studentsforlifeaction.org/students-for-life-action-calls-on-congress-to-use-the-tools-of-the-federal-government-to-defend-life-in-law-because-abortion-is-a-federal-issue-too/.
    5. “About.” Kristan Hawkins, 2022. Accessed August 29, 2022. https://kristanhawkins.com/about/.
    6. “Our Board.” Students for Life Action, 2021. Accessed August 24, 2022. https://www.studentsforlifeaction.org/our-board/.
    7. “Brendan O’Morchoe, MBA.” LinkedIn, 2022. Accessed August 29, 2022. https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanomorchoe/.
    8. “Christina Hagan.” Ballotpedia. Accessed August 29, 2022. https://ballotpedia.org/Christina_Hagan.
    9. Lucas, Fred. “Trump Judicial Adviser Teams Up With Conservative PR Executive in New Initiative.” The Daily Signal, January 7, 2020. Accessed August 29, 2022. https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/01/07/trump-judicial-adviser-teams-up-with-conservative-pr-executive-in-new-initiative/.
    10. “Our Board.” Students for Life of America, 2021. Accessed August 24, 2022. https://studentsforlife.org/about/our-board/.
    11. “Who We Are.” Huntley PC. Accessed August 29, 2022. https://www.huntleyimmigration.com/who-we-are.