As I demonstrated yesterday, pro-life investors cannot rely on form 990s to determine which pro-life Pregnancy Help Centers deliver the best Return on Investment.
990s simply don’t give you enough, if any, information about the results you want from a PHC: the number of lives saved from abortion…
Imagine two pro-life Pregnancy Help Centers.
Each receives a total investment of $100,000 from pro-life benefactors.
PHC #1 uses its $100,000 and saves 10 lives from abortion.
PHC #2 uses its $100,000 and saves 20 lives from abortion…
To continue with yesterday’s thought experiment about a “PHC Stock Market,” what would happen after a large number of under-performing PHCs began to cease operations?
I believe that all available pro-life philanthropic capital in the Pro-Life Business Industry would start to flow, in a concentrated manner, to a handful of organizations that consistently proved by their results, as measured by market share, that they had business models worthy of attracting capital that enabled expansion of those businesses…
Recall that I was advocating for some kind of “authoritative information mechanism” that would help direct pro-life philanthropic capital to its highest and best use.
To visualize what that might look like, think of the current stock market…
Business people are perplexed as to why a national pro-life competitor to Planned Parenthood has yet to emerge.
I admit, it’s frustrating.
But now that I’ve been working in the industry full-time for five years, I believe I better understand the reasons why.
Today, let’s talk about one of those reasons which I’ll put under a broad heading: information…
What a game yesterday in the Super Bowl! I thought the Kansas City Chiefs were out of it, but they showed, once again, that they are the comeback kids!
As always, the TV advertisements during the Super Bowl were a mixed bag.
Some were very entertaining, even memorable…
“I am looking for a clinic that handles abortions.”
Yesterday, I had the honor of interviewing a woman who, only 11 months ago, discovered that she was facing an unexpected pregnancy.
Filled with fear, she texted the above message to an organization she believed could help her overcome her fear…
Here’s a hard truth: the vast majority – I estimate 80 to 90% – of the 3,000 pro-life Pregnancy Help Centers are not really competing against Planned Parenthood.
A better description, often used in the pro-life movement, for the majority of these centers would be “Pregnancy Resource Centers,” also known as PRCs…
Last week, Planned Parenthood launched its biggest electoral effort in its history. It plans to invest $45 million to support presidential, congressional and state-level candidates in the 2020 elections who support access to abortion.
Not to be outdone, the very next day following Planned Parenthood’s announcement, the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List launched a $52 million campaign to support President Trump’s reelection bid.
Last week, Planned Parenthood launched its biggest electoral effort in its history. It plans to invest $45 million to support presidential, congressional and state-level candidates in the 2020 elections who support access to abortion.
Not to be outdone, the very next day following Planned Parenthood’s announcement, the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List launched a $52 million campaign to support President Trump’s reelection bid.