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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: July 2024 Expires: July 2026

Life Legal Defense Foundation

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(707) 224-6675
Post Office Box 2105
Napa, CA, 94558
https://lifelegal.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

Life Legal Defense Foundation meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to give innocent and helpless human beings of any age, particularly children in the womb, a trained and committed defense against the threat of death, and to support their advocates in the nation’s courtrooms."

Year, State Incorporated:
1988, CA

Life Legal Defense Foundation (LLDF) is a nonprofit public interest law firm focused on legal issues involving life - from abortion through the bioethics arena and right of conscience to forced death. The organization reports that it has 5,000 attorneys throughout the country who provide legal services pertaining to right to life cases and freedom of speech issues for individuals. Some ($327,063 or 7%) of LLDF's program activities are carried out in conjunction with fundraising appeals.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, Life Legal Defense Foundation's program expenses were:

Program services $4,670,561
Total Program Expenses $4,670,561

Chief Executive
Alexandra Snyder, Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$142,452

Chair of the Board
John R. Streett

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Attorney

Board Size
8

Paid Staff Size
9

*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Note: Mary Riley, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer, was the highest paid employee, receiving $181,663 in compensation in 2023.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Radio, Special events

LLDF incurred joint costs of $415,005 for informational materials and activities that included fundraising materials. Of those costs $327,063 was allocated to program expenses, $78,441 was allocated to fundraising expenses, and $9,501 was allocated to administrative expenses.

Fundraising costs were 3% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $5,634,219, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

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 Life Legal Defense Foundation's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Source of Funds
Investment income, net $594,988
Contributions $2,693,375
In-kind contributions $2,940,844
Total Income $6,229,207

Programs: 93% Fundraising: 3% Administrative: 4%

Total Income $6,229,207
Total expenses: $5,025,367
  Program expenses $4,670,561
  Fundraising expenses $159,326
  Administrative expenses $195,480
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $1,203,840
Beginning Net Assets $5,239,942
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $6,443,782
Total Liabilities $44,412
Total Assets $6,488,194

Note: According to the organization's 2023 audited financial statements, LLDF received in-kind contributions totaling $2,940,844 in the form of legal services.

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Report completed by:
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