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PROGRACE INTERNATIONAL

ProGrace: people, not politics

aka ProGrace   |   Wheaton, IL   |  www.prograce.org

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PROGRACE INTERNATIONAL

EIN: 81-3366641

Mission

We equip Christians with a non-political way to think, talk, and engage around abortion that follows the example of Jesus to value all people equally and lead with grace. As a result of our work, we envision a united Church that draws people into community for conversation and support, where they can encounter God and the hope He brings.

Ruling year info

2016

CEO

Angela Weszely

Main address

PO Box 4563

Wheaton, IL 60189 USA

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EIN

81-3366641

Subject area info

Education

Information and communications

Christianity

Population served info

Christians

NTEE code info

Christian (X20)

IRS subsection

501(c)(3) Public Charity

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

Tax forms

Communication

Blog

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

The political divide around abortion can feel extreme and overwhelming with no solution. For Christians, this poses problems because we are not discussing abortion, even though people in our churches are affected by it. When we do not discuss it, we are not perceived as a safe place to turn for people in crisis, even churchgoers. We also lose the trust of younger generations who feel that the Church is not responding to justice issues. We are a community of people who see people living out grace in community, not politics, as the solution. We have experienced God’s radical grace and will not continue to have abortion conversations without it. VISION We work to shape the Christian response to abortion with an approach that is modeled after Jesus, not politics.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Pregnancy organization training

PREGNANCY ORGANIZATION TRAINING

There are more than 2,000 Christian pregnancy organizations in the Unites States, and because of their expertise, experience and relationships, these organizations are the Church’s most historically effective arms for direct service to women facing unintended pregnancy. Sadly, many pregnancy organizations have bought into polarized and judgmental thinking around abortion, compromising their vital mission and alienating them from the women they want to serve. We train pregnancy organization leadership and staff who are working to reclaim a Christ-centered perspective on abortion and mobilize the churches around them to do the same.

Population(s) Served
Christians
Victims and oppressed people

We equip Christians to engage the churches in their communities with the ProGrace approach. We guide small groups, pastoral staff, and churches through a course in discipleship around the importance of grace. The courses equip the participant to think, talk, and engage differently on the topic of unintended pregnancy. We use an online learning platform to share theology, Scripture, and experiential learning practices to bring about personal reflection, growth, and change. We provide conversation guides and talking points for leaders and laypeople, and we recommend curriculum for those in their congregation who have experienced abortion.

Population(s) Served
Christians

Where we work

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Our Sustainable Development Goals

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Goals & Strategy

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Charting impact

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MISSION
ProGrace equips Christians with a new way to think, talk, and engage around abortion modeled after Jesus, not politics. To value all people equally and lead with grace.

We facilitate a discipleship model for churches and Christian pregnancy organizations that methodically walks participants through a mindset shift, helps them develop conversation skills, and provides outreach resources.

PREGNANCY ORGANIZATION TRAINING

There are more than 2,000 Christian pregnancy organizations in the Unites States, and because of their expertise, experience and relationships, these organizations are the Church’s most historically effective arms for direct service to women facing unintended pregnancy. Sadly, many pregnancy organizations have bought into polarized and judgmental thinking around abortion, compromising their vital mission and alienating them from the women they want to serve. We train pregnancy organization leadership and staff who are working to reclaim a Christ-centered perspective on abortion and mobilize the churches around them to do the same.

CHURCH TRAINING

As we train pregnancy organizations, we also equip them to engage the churches in their communities with the ProGrace approach. We support and resource partner pregnancy organizations as they facilitate the ProGrace Church Training with their local church partners, guiding church leaders through a transformational process that has two phases:
1) Thinking and talking differently about abortion internally in order to make church a place women can approach for help
2) Reaching out to pregnant women intentionally, either through partnerships or hosting a ProGrace Connection Group

Co-founders Angie Weszely and Denise Stein organically created the ProGrace approach 17 years ago out of a passion to see a new Christian response to abortion. They first transitioned a Chicago pregnancy organization to this approach, then developed curriculum to train local churches in ProGrace. They continue to develop all curriculum and train the leaders of pregnancy organizations. Their team also includes a Director of Marketing, a Director of Program Experience, and a Design Manager. This team has the capacity to go from training 6 pregnancy organizations (2020) to training 40 organizations by 2023. In turn, these organizations can equip 200 churches with the ProGrace curriculum, and impact 20,000 women and children.

We have finished all pregnancy organization and church training curriculum, and transitioned these in-person workshops to an online experience that is able to scale. We are currently halfway finished with the cohort training sessions. Next we create a comprehensive marketing and recruiting plan they can use to introduce their local churches to this new way to approach abortion. We then train them to facilitate the ProGrace church training, which also allows this message and model to scale into communities. We currently work with 6 pregnancy organizations in the United States and Canada. Our goal is to be training 15 organizations by the end of 2021.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback

Financials

PROGRACE INTERNATIONAL
Fiscal year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
Financial documents
2021 ProGrace 2020 Audit 2019 ProGrace
done  Yes, financials were audited by an independent accountant. info

Revenue vs. expenses:  breakdown

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info
NET GAIN/LOSS:    in 
Note: When component data are not available, the graph displays the total Revenue and/or Expense values.

Liquidity in 2021 info

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

92.21

Average of 24.51 over 6 years

Months of cash in 2021 info

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

2.9

Average of 3 over 6 years

Fringe rate in 2021 info

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

8%

Average of 6% over 6 years

Funding sources info

Source: IRS Form 990

Assets & liabilities info

Source: IRS Form 990

Financial data

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

PROGRACE INTERNATIONAL

Revenue & expenses

Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info

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PROGRACE INTERNATIONAL

Balance sheet

Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info

The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.

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Financial trends analysis Glossary & formula definitions

Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31

SOURCE: IRS Form 990 info

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Business model indicators

Profitability info 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation $68,345 -$36,303 $46,883 $31,345 $47,631
As % of expenses 24.6% -12.0% 12.8% 8.0% 9.1%
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation $68,345 -$36,303 $46,883 $31,345 $47,631
As % of expenses 24.6% -12.0% 12.8% 8.0% 9.1%
Revenue composition info
Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) $296,117 $266,471 $412,157 $424,852 $570,146
Total revenue, % change over prior year 0.0% -10.0% 54.7% 3.1% 34.2%
Program services revenue 1.5% 1.8% 1.3% 3.8% 3.1%
Membership dues 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Investment income 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Government grants 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.8%
All other grants and contributions 98.5% 98.2% 98.7% 96.2% 89.9%
Other revenue 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
Expense composition info
Total expenses before depreciation $277,952 $302,774 $365,273 $393,507 $522,515
Total expenses, % change over prior year 0.0% 8.9% 20.6% 7.7% 32.8%
Personnel 72.2% 66.3% 54.9% 51.0% 40.3%
Professional fees 8.5% 13.0% 13.4% 27.8% 45.0%
Occupancy 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.1%
Interest 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Pass-through 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
All other expenses 19.3% 20.7% 31.6% 20.8% 14.5%
Full cost components (estimated) info 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total expenses (after depreciation) $277,952 $302,774 $365,273 $393,507 $522,515
One month of savings $23,163 $25,231 $30,439 $32,792 $43,543
Debt principal payment $0 $0 $0 $0 $38,840
Fixed asset additions $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Total full costs (estimated) $301,115 $328,005 $395,712 $426,299 $604,898

Capital structure indicators

Liquidity info 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Months of cash 4.1 2.3 3.5 5.3 2.9
Months of cash and investments 4.1 2.3 3.5 5.3 2.9
Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets 3.9 2.1 3.3 4.0 4.1
Balance sheet composition info 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Cash $94,984 $57,351 $106,281 $174,157 $126,569
Investments $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Receivables $0 $0 $0 $2,213 $55,000
Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Liabilities (as a % of assets) 5.7% 7.1% 5.1% 25.1% 1.1%
Unrestricted net assets $90,309 $54,006 $100,889 $132,234 $179,865
Temporarily restricted net assets $0 $0 N/A N/A N/A
Permanently restricted net assets $0 $0 N/A N/A N/A
Total restricted net assets $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Total net assets $90,309 $54,006 $100,889 $132,234 $179,865

Key data checks

Key data checks info 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Material data errors No No No No No

Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

Documents
Letter of Determination is not available for this organization
Form 1023/1024 is not available for this organization

CEO

Angela Weszely

LinkedIn profile

Angela Weszely is the CEO and Co-Founder of ProGrace, a pioneering voice called to reshape the Christian response to abortion by modeling Jesus. Angela is an accomplished speaker, teacher, and coach with a 27-year career background in ministry and corporate training, including 9 years as a Campus Crusade Minister and Dale Carnegie facilitation training. Before ProGrace, Angela spent ten years as President of Caris Pregnancy Counseling Resources in Chicago. This role was her first experience in the pro-life/pro-choice space, and her journey awakened the passion and transformative content behind ProGrace. She feels deeply connected to the work she does and the power of grace. Angela loves to contemplate big ideas and works to ensure that ProGrace lives up to its moral and theological tenets externally and internally. “My passion is to unify the Christian response to abortion by focusing on Jesus and how He always leads with grace."

Number of employees

Source: IRS Form 990

PROGRACE INTERNATIONAL

Officers, directors, trustees, and key employees

SOURCE: IRS Form 990

Compensation
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Board of directors
as of 09/21/2023
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Board chair

Dave DeVries

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 8/3/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

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Equity strategies

Last updated: 01/28/2022

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Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.