New York · Nonprofit
The Human Life Foundation Inc
The Human Life Foundation Inc (New York) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,160,557 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($485,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What The Human Life Foundation Inc does
Mission
To educate the public of the inviolability and inherent dignity of all human life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
PUBLICATIONS: THE HUMAN LIFE REVIEWThe Human Life Review is a quarterly publication presenting scholarly articles concerning the importance and inviolability of human life at every stage and in every circumstance, and to foster reverence for the inherent dignity of all human life however threatened or impaired.2,100 copies each of three quarterly issues of the Human Life Review, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Summer/Fall 2024 were printed and mailed to subscribers, congresspersons and bishops. All issues are offered for sale on our website. Also, free digital subscriptions to the Human Life Review were made available to all seminarians at various seminaries in the United States. In addition free print subscriptions were made available to the various seminary libraries in the United States and English-speaking countries. About 357 digital subscribers are receiving the Human Life review via our website. 184 copies of the Summer/Fall 2024 issue were distributed to the guests at The Human Life Foundation's annual dinner and about 150 copies of various issues were distributed at our various events.
$501,395 spent$19,816 earned by the program90% of program spendingWEBSITE OUTREACH:The Human Life Foundation continued its website program at www.humanlifereview.com and posts the entire current issue of the Human Life Review for website viewers to read once, as well as making available the previous issues in the archive section. We also developed new digital subscriptions and offer free trial copies of The Human Life Review. In addition, a master index of all articles published in The Human Life Review for the past 50 years, from 1975 through 2024 is now provided and articles can be ordered either on line, by mail or telephone. Also, on the website we are offering for purchase some of our booklets, annual subscriptions and a donation program to assist our various pro-life activities. Our website hits have grown significantly. We also post weekly blogs on our website written by various authors who are knowledgeable in the subject matters. We also post a weekly column titled "Pastoral Reflections" which is written by members of the clergy. We also post a column called Newsworthy that appears several times a month which usually addresses a current topic in the news which is written by various knowledgeable authors.Both Facebook and Twitter sites…
$21,768 spent4% of program spendingEXPECT RECEPTIONS:The Human Life Foundation, Inc. sponsored a one day conference on June 29, 2024 from 11a.m. to 6p.m. at St Vincent Ferrer Church hall in New York City. The whole day event had live performances, art work displays, vibrant presentations and panel discussions with writers, Maria Maffucci, Diane Moriarty, Fr Peter Martyr Yungwirth O.P., Rev. Victor Lee Austin, David DiCerto and artists from Arthouse B, and actress, Margaret Colin and author and poet, Clare McCallan. Lunch was served to all attendees and after all the panel discussions in the afternoon, a wine and cheese reception took place at 6:30 followed by a jazz concert by the Nick Hempton band and singer, Grace Maffucci.
$16,332 spent$1,403 earned by the program3% of program spendingGRANT PROGRAM:The foundation has continued its baby-saving programs by giving grants to various well-vetted tax exempt organizations. The total for 2024 was $14,553.
$14,553 spent3% of program spendingSEMINAR PARTICIPATION:On January 17, 2024 Maria Maffucci and Christina Angelopoulos attended the annual March For Life in Washington, DC and also the Cardinal O'Connor Law of Life Summit.On February 7, 2024, Maria Maffucci logged in to the on line seminar hosted by the Pro Life Action League.From June 14, 2024 to June 16, 2024 Maria Maffucci attended a 2 day seminar and retreat, the 15th annual Humanitas Summer Symposium presented by The Portsmouth Institute For Faith and Culture at the Portsmouth Abbey, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The Human Life Foundation, Inc. also sponsored this event. The subject of the conference was "God or the Machine? Seeking Truth In A Technical Age." The panelists discussed digital intelligence, artificial intelligence and how Catholics can harness digital technology for the common good.
$2,824 spent1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $556,872.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $462k to $991k (+115%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 10% · 2021 9% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $57k → $173k.
4 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of The Human Life Foundation Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
The Human Life Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
72% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund The Human Life Foundation Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 62% · 2019 52% · 2020 38% · 2021 47% · 2022 38% · 2023 54% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
57% of The Human Life Foundation Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
52% of The Human Life Foundation Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $552k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $609k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like The Human Life Foundation Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 30 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- The Natl Cmte of Catholic Laymen Inc · exempt
- The Ad Hoc Ctme in Defense of Life Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Human Life Foundation Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Human Life Foundation Inc?
- The Human Life Foundation Inc (New York) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,160,557 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($485,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The Human Life Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,160,557 in grants to The Human Life Foundation Inc, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Human Life Foundation Inc?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $485,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Human Life Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 20 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing