Vision for Life – Pittsburgh is a Christian non-profit whose goal is not only to make a statement, but to make a difference.

In the Fall of 2009 Marie Vaina and Chris Humphrey learned that each was independently looking for ways to use media to change minds and hearts, and to save lives. A committee was formed (Jeff Steigerwalt joined us), and began meeting to explore the possibility of bringing pro-life media campaigns to Pittsburgh. Marie had a connection with the educational non-profit Virtue Media, (www.virtuemedia.org) and Virtue Media’s ads and campaigns impressed the committee, so we decided to work with them.

After a meeting with representatives of different pro-life groups, we began to enlarge our committee (Natalie Cerino Kovacic, a lawyer, came on board) and to seek the endorsement of pregnancy counseling centers, pro-life educational groups, religious leaders, and other prominent members of the community, as a preliminary to fundraising. In early February 2010 we incorporated as the non-profit Vision for Life – Pittsburgh (PA Entity No. 3934985). At the beginning of March we applied to the Internal Revenue Service for 501(c)(3) status, letting us issue tax-deductible receipts. We raised enough to run a $90,000 TV ad campaign at the beginning of 2011. In the fall of 2011 we are continuing to fund-raise and to explore pro-life advertising.