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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: October 2025 Expires: October 2027

BsideU For Life Pregnancy & Life Skills Center

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(502) 589-9400
701 W Muhammad Ali Blvd.
Louisville, KY, 40203
https://www.bsideu.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

BsideU For Life Pregnancy & Life Skills Center meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
BsideU provides the hope and support of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to those affected by unplanned pregnancy, walking beside them for life.

Year, State Incorporated:
1988, KY

BsideU offers the following programs and services:

  • pregnancy testing
  • ultrasounds
  • options counseling
  • STI/STD testing and treatment

The organization’s Life Skills classes cover the following topics:

  • Parenting, Anger & Stress Management
  • Financial Readiness
  • GED Prep & Tutoring
  • Computer Software
  • Health & Fitness
  • Fatherhood
  • Bible Study
  • Post-abortive counseling, and more.

BsideU also offers onsite childcare, lunches, one-on-one counseling, and a case manager.

Thursday evening services include Celebrate Recovery for women, children’s programming, and fatherhood support.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, BsideU For Life Pregnancy & Life Skills Center's program expenses were:

Crisis Pregnancy $833,709
Education/Life Skills $453,271
Total Program Expenses $1,286,980

Chief Executive
Nici Spoelker, Executive Director

Chair of the Board
Ron Albertsen

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired (Vice President Finance & Accounting, UPS Airlines); private consultant

Board Size
16

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on BsideU For Life Pregnancy & Life Skills Center's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Source of Funds
Contributions $1,240,355
Special events, net $603,868
Baby bottle campaign $59,555
In-kind donations $44,928
Net investment return $34,691
Total Income $1,983,397

Programs: 69% Fundraising: 16% Administrative: 14%

Total Income $1,983,397
Total expenses: $1,855,795
  Program expenses $1,286,980
  Fundraising expenses $297,652
  Administrative expenses $268,413
  Other expenses $2,750
Income in Excess of Expenses $127,602
Beginning Net Assets $3,983,415
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $4,111,017
Total Liabilities $95,820
Total Assets $4,209,616

Ending net assets as reported above include $3,614,854 without donor restrictions, $164,689 without donor restricted board designated, and $331,474 with donor restrictions. 

Total assets as reported include $2,409,616 in property and equipment, net.

The $2,750 in other expenses listed above is a reserve for estimated uncollectible pledges.

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