Protect Life Michigan

“The form 990 is distributed to all members of the board of directors via email prior to filing. Each board member is required to review the return and provide confirmation or suggest any revisions.”

“Prior to joining the organization, all individuals are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest. Annually, the board of directors reaffirms their commitment to the organization's conflict of interest policy and acknowledges their responsibility to disclose any new or emerging conflicts. When a conflict is identified, the individual is recused from participating in any related decisions, including those involving contracts, finances, staffing, or other significant matters.”

“The compensation of the executive director is reviewed and approved annually by the board of directors. The review is conducted by independent board members, with the executive director excused from the discussion. The decision and any supporting data are documented in the meeting minutes at the time the decision is made. The compensation of all directors (excluding the executive director) is determined by the executive director and is reviewed and approved annually. The review is conducted by the executive director using comparability data, including salary surveys from nonprofit compensation studies and information on similarly sized organizations in our region, as well as internal personnel biannual review notes.”

“The organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“The summer persuasion campaign is a multi-layered pro-life public education campaign focused on targeted communities.”

“Project rosie was transitioned to another organization in 2024.”

“The process did not change from the prior year.”

“This amended return is being filed to correct the inadvertent filing of a prior draft version of the form 990. The updates below reflect the final information and disclosures as reviewed and approved by the organization's management and board of directors: 1. Part i, line 1 and part iii, line 1: updated the organization's acronym in the mission statement to "plm." 2. Part iii, lines 4a-4c: revised expenses, grants, and revenues to align with changes in parts viii and ix. 3. Part vi, section c, line 18: checked the "own website" box to indicate that tax forms are available on the organization's website. 4. Part vii: corrected average hours per week in column (b) for board members and officers. 5. Part viii: revised lines 1, 2, 6b, and 8a-8c to accurately report contributions, program revenues, rental expenses, and fundraising income/expenses. 6. Part ix: revised lines 1, 17, 19, and 24 to properly group expenses into the correct categories. 7. Schedule a, part ii, line 12: added gross receipts from related activities. 8. Schedule d, parts xi, xii, and xiii: added amounts to reconcile revenue and expenses per audited financial statements with the form 990. Note: net revenue less expenses did not change; amounts were reclassified. 9. Schedule g, part ii: revised to reflect the organization's only fundraising event for the year, the fundraising dinner.”