Protect Life Michigan

Analysis

Protect Life Michigan is a registered charity in United States, based in Lansing, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Protect Life Michigan reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.1m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $494k to $1.2m (+140%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Protect Life Michigan sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Project Citizenship Inc ($1.2m), Project Safeguard ($1.2m) and Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $61k (5.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $668k. At year end it held assets of $884k against liabilities of $55k, net assets of $829k. It reported 45 employees.