Vitae Foundation
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| Named after | Vitae, Latin for "lives" |
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| Formation | 1977 |
| Founder | Carl Landwehr |
| Founded at | Jefferson City, Missouri |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| 43-1138252 (EIN) | |
| Legal status | Foundation |
| Purpose | Anti-abortion support |
| Headquarters | 1731 Southridge Drive, Suite D, Jefferson City Missouri 65109 |
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| Services | Messaging research, development, and dissemination |
| Fields | Advertising research |
Official language | English |
President | Brandy Meeks |
Chief Operating Officer | Debbie Stokes |
| Doug A. Bax, Larry M. Rohrbach, Kyle Menges, Jason Imlay, John Bruchalski, Melissa Ohden, John Sinclair | |
| Revenue | $3,398,540 (fiscal year 2022) |
| Expenses | $3,447,608 (fiscal year 2022) |
| Funding | Individual donations, fundraising events, grants |
| Staff | 32 (fiscal year 2022) |
| Website | vitaefoundation |
The Vitae Foundation is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization associated with the anti-abortion movement.
The group focuses on advertising research, developing more effective messaging, and communicating the results of this research to other anti-abortion organizations and persons, such as doctors and pastors, to provide them with more effective ways to persuade undecided women to forgo abortion.
In addition to individual donations, the Foundation receives some support from organizations. In fiscal year 2022 its largest grantor was the Schwab Charitable Fund, giving $197,750. It also runs a number of fundraising events, such as golf tournaments[1] and dinners.[2] The Foundation hosts an annual convention in Jefferson City.[2]
For 2022, the Charity Navigator gave Vitae Foundation a score of 99%, indicating an extremely high level of fiscal soundness and accountability, transparency, and leadership competence (although in the preceding six years it had scored in the 80-89% range).[3]