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Healing the Culture

EIN 20-0094679 · Rapid City, SD

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthStrong100 out of 100GovernanceFair60 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

Healing the Culture is dedicated to inspiring a deep, authentic, and lasting commitment to pro-life values. We engage audiences nationwide and internationally. Through innovative media -- including social platforms, videos, and animations -- we present thoughtful, philosophical education that empowers individuals to embrace and advocate for pro-life principles.

Income
$1.2 million
Spending
$781,977
Spent on programs
76%
Reserves
22.6 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 98%
Employees
6
Volunteers
10
Highest pay
$111,027, president

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 90% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).

  • Reserves

    35 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 22.6 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 3% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 35% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 71% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    75% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 11 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Fair: 60 out of 100. Higher than 14% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    6 of 7 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    0 of 8

    Reports no written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    0 of 7

    Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    0 of 10

    Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • Independent check of accounts

    0 of 15

    Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (6)
  1. $253,259 spent. Jessica's Jam (JJ) is a 9-episode television show for pre-teens that merges the world of live actors with animated characters to resolve moral dilemmas and build pro-life virtues. In 2025, we started post-production and completed animation for episodes 1, 2, and 3, and scripted and filmed episodes 4, 5, and 6.
  2. $161,562 spent. Philo and Sophie (P&S) is a 9-episode television show for young children that teaches life-affirming values and virtues. We redesigned the website to streamline the public's free access to program videos and resources and remastered the entire series. In 2025, we acquired 8,457 new toolkit subscribers, for a total of 19,457. Most subscribers are teachers or catechists. In addition, P&S videos had 7,989 views on YouTube and 18,852 views on Formed.org in 2025, with 169,905 total lifetime views.
  3. $74,694 spent. Respect Life University (RLU), also called "Healing the Culture Productions," is our YouTube channel that teaches pro-life ethics and features over 150 videos for all age groups. In 2025, we filmed, animated, and produced 12 episodes of "Truth in 90 Seconds" achieving 1,440,539 views of combined RLU videos on YouTube, nearly doubling the lifetime view count to 2,685,490. We launched a new podcast series on current issues, engaged with thousands of YouTube comments, and increased our Facebook engagement by 3000%.
  4. $54,508 spent. Life Principles Academy (LPA) is an intensive training event for college students that equips them with logic and reason to evangelize their pro-choice peers. In 2025, we trained a new faculty member, conducted four 4.5-hour training courses on college and university campuses across the US, graduated 44 students (bringing our program alumni headcount to 942 since inception), and launched a digital LPA course on YouTube. We trained 12 high school teachers and 10 campus ministers through our LPA Express program, bringing the total teachers trained to 757 since 2020. We conducted three other live presentations in 2025 reaching 270 people.
  5. $40,704 spent. Principles and Choices (P&C) is a text-based high school curriculum that teaches logic, ethics, justice, and human dignity in classrooms, homeschools, and parishes. In 2025, we launched 12 supplemental videos and educated 5,913 high school students, adding new schools in California, Kentucky, South Dakota, and Virginia. An estimated 330,278 students have learned P&C content since program inception in 2012.
  6. $5,470 spent. Education Events: In October 2025, Healing the Culture (HTC) hosted two educational events -- a book signing and speaking event featuring its Chairman, Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ., attended by 225 people, and a movie-theater showing of the Philo and Sophie series for children and their families.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since January 2004.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.

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