Choose Life License Plate Grant Program
Funding Amount
Varies by year (2018: $36,750 distributed among 21 agencies)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Other requirements
- Pro-life pregnancy centers
- Adoption agencies
- Family organizations
Overview
Funder: Louisiana Right to Life (manages program funded through Louisiana license plate sales)
Program Overview: For each Choose Life license plate issued by the state of Louisiana, $25 goes to qualifying agencies working with mothers considering adoption for their unborn children.
Geographic Scope: Louisiana statewide
Total Funding History: Over $450,000 distributed since inception in 1999
Eligible Organizations
- Pro-life pregnancy centers
- Adoption agencies
- Family organizations
Use of Funds Requirements
- 50% minimum must be used for material needs of expectant mothers considering adoption, including:
- Clothing
- Housing
- Medical care
- Food
- Utilities
- Transportation
- Remaining funds may be used for:
- Counseling
- Training
- Pregnancy testing
Recent Award Recipients (2018)
21 agencies received grants totaling $36,750:
- A Pregnancy Center and Clinic, Lafayette
- Access Pregnancy and Referral Centers, Metairie
- Acorn Adoption Agency, Mandeville
- Beacon House Adoption Services, Baton Rouge
- Care Pregnancy Center, Shreveport
- Caring to Love Ministries, Baton Rouge
- Catholic Charities, Diocese of Baton Rouge
- Cenla Pregnancy Center, Alexandria
- Community Center for Life, Gretna
- Crisis Pregnancy Help Center of Slidell, Slidell
- Crossroads Pregnancy Resource Center, Thibodaux
- Family Life Federation – Pregnancy Problem Center, Baton Rouge
- Heart of Hope – A Sanctuary for Women, Keithville
- Hope Restored Pregnancy Resource Center, Bourg
- New Life Crisis Pregnancy Center, Leesville
- Restoration House Pregnancy Resource Center, Hammond
- The Women's Center of Lafayette, Lafayette
- The Women's Help Center, Baton Rouge
- Volunteers of America of North Louisiana, Shreveport
- Woman's New Life Center, New Orleans
- Women's Resource Center, Natchitoches
Program History
- Inception: 1999
- 2002: Legal challenges delayed launch
- 2003-2006: Federal court halted specialty plate sales
- 2006: Louisiana DMV began selling specialty plates again
- 2008: First grants awarded ($20,000 among 10 agencies)
What Louisiana Right to Life Educational Committee Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 9
- Total given
- $349K
- Median grant
- $34K
- Range
- $200–$150K
- By dollars: Louisiana 10%. Top recipient cities: Lafayette, LA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Florida Family Policy Council
Education Radio Amendment 4
$150K
Option Hope
Educational efforts and curriculum supp
$45K
La RTL Federation
Support of pro life direct lobbying effo
$37K
Community Foundation of Acadiana
Acadiana pro life education
$34K
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Reproductive health
- Nonprofits
- Faith-based
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