Society of Family Planning

What Society of Family Planning does

The Society of Family Planning is a US nonprofit professional membership organization founded in 2005 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, that convenes family planning clinicians, researchers, educators, and industry partners around the mission of advancing just and equitable abortion and contraception informed by science. Its core offerings include the Clinical Guidance Library (evidence-based recommendations on abortion and contraception), the Society Education platform (CME courses, slide decks, self-assessment tools), the Complex Family Planning subspecialty fellowship and NIH Navigation Cohort, and a grantmaking program that has administered more than 15,000 awards for family planning research. The organization also operates #WeCount, a national longitudinal research initiative launched in 2022 that tracks monthly abortion volume across the US formal healthcare system and reported 1,126,760 abortions in 2025 with 29% delivered via telehealth. It is the official home of the Contraception journal published in partnership with Elsevier.

The Society generates revenue from five streams: annual membership dues from nearly 1,700 members, Corporate Council dues from approximately eleven industry partners (including Bayer, Organon, CooperSurgical, Afaxys, Athenium Pharma, Danco Laboratories, Exeltis, GenBioPro, HPS-Rx, Medicines360, and Redwood Holding), sponsorships and exhibitor fees from the #SFP2026 Annual Meeting drawing 1,200+ attendees from 401+ organizations, grantmaking and programmatic funding, and donations. Its go-to-market is community-led, relying on scientific credibility, journal publication, clinical guidance dissemination, and convening rather than product sales. Operational priorities are codified in a 2023-2028 Strategic Plan focused on community, research, clinical care, leadership, and alignment.

Name

Society of Family Planning

Legal name

Society of Family Planning

Website

https://societyfp.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Society of Family Planning is a Denver-based nonprofit professional membership organization that convenes nearly 1,700 family planning clinicians, scholars, and industry partners, producing clinical guidance, the #WeCount national abortion volume tracking initiative, fellowship training, grantmaking, and an annual meeting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Medical Society / Healthcare Association Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAKAJAG

Family Planning & Contraception (Including Abortion Care)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Obstetrics & Gynecology (OB/GYN)

SECONDARYBPAGACAF

Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

Keywords

• Reproductive health research
• Family planning medicine
• Clinical guidance publishing
• Medical society membership
• Professional healthcare association

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: The Society generates revenue through annual membership dues from its nearly 1,700 members, which include clinicians, scholars, and partners in the family planning field. Members receive a free subscription to the Contraception journal.
2. Corporate Council Memberships: Private industry partners join the Corporate Council for meaningful collaboration with Society Board members. Corporate Council dues may be tax-deductible and provide public recognition, connections with family planning experts, and networking opportunities.
3. Annual Meeting Sponsorships and Exhibits: The Society hosts an annual meeting (#SFP2026) expecting over 1,200 attendees. Sponsors and exhibitors support the meeting with tiered sponsorship packages. 92% of reporting sponsors stated quality of engagement was excellent or above average.
4. Grantmaking and Funding: The Society administers grants for family planning research and receives funding from various sources. They publish grantee publications and support research primed for impact through their grantmaking approach.
5. Donations: The Society accepts donations from supporters to advance their vision of just and equitable abortion and contraception informed by science.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Society of Family Planning is a nonprofit professional medical society that advances just and equitable abortion and contraception care informed by science. It sells individual memberships, Corporate Council memberships, sponsorships and exhibitor packages for its annual meeting, and grants/funding programs to clinicians, scholars, and industry partners. Its core deliverables are clinical guidance documents, continuing-education courses, fellowship training, peer-reviewed publications, and the #WeCount national abortion volume tracking initiative.

Product overview

The Society of Family Planning operates as a professional medical society rather than a commercial product company. Its offerings center on research initiatives (primarily #WeCount tracking US abortion volume), clinical guidance documents and education resources (Clinical Guidance Library, Society Education platform), fellowship and training programs (Complex Family Planning Fellowship, NIH Navigation Cohort), research dissemination (Science Says, Science Unpacked), grantmaking, annual conferences, and an official journal partnership (Contraception Journal with Elsevier). The organization serves as a professional membership society providing scientific resources, continuing education, and research infrastructure for family planning clinicians and scholars rather than offering software products or technology platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• #WeCount: A national research initiative that captures monthly shifts in the volume of abortions provided within the formal US healthcare system, nationally and by state, following the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision.

Products and services

• #WeCount A national research initiative that captures monthly shifts in the volume of abortions provided within the formal US healthcare system, nationally and by state, following the Dobbs v. Jackson decision. Intended for clinicians, scholars, journalists, and policymakers.
• Clinical Guidance Library A collection of evidence-based clinical recommendations, interim clinical recommendations, and committee statements covering abortion and contraception topics including medication abortion protocols, early pregnancy loss management, and contraception counseling, for family planning clinicians.
• Society Education An online learning platform offering continuing medical education courses, clinical guidance slide decks, webinars, and self-assessment tools for family planning clinicians, scholars, and course purchasers.
• NIH Navigation Cohort A proposal-development program for Society members developing NIH applications focused on family planning topics in the US, supporting researchers in securing federal funding.
• Complex Family Planning Fellowship A subspecialty fellowship program training clinicians in Complex Family Planning, with fellowship sites across the US and partnership opportunities for training sites; serves physicians pursuing subspecialty certification.
• Grantmaking Program Research funding opportunities administered by the Society supporting abortion and contraception research, including grants on medication abortion access, service delivery innovation, and tradeoffs in abortion care.
• Annual Meeting An annual scientific conference (#SFP2026) bringing together family planning clinicians, scholars, and partners for education, networking, and research presentations; expects over 1,200 attendees from 401+ organizations with sponsor and exhibitor packages.
• Corporate Council A membership collaboration platform enabling private industry partners to engage with Society Board members and leading family planning experts on product development, regulatory challenges, and supply-chain collaboration; includes public recognition and networking opportunities.
• Individual Society Membership Annual membership for family planning clinicians, scholars, and partners granting access to the Contraception journal, Society Education platform, Society Connect community, the job board, member pricing on events, and clinical guidance resources.
• Contraception Journal subscription The official journal of the Society, published by Elsevier, providing peer-reviewed research on contraception and international reproductive health; members receive free subscriptions.
• Abortion Clinical Research Network A research network connecting abortion-providing facilities and clinicians so they can participate in Society-funded research data collection and multi-site clinical studies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1.13 million abortions tracked in US healthcare system in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AfaxyscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate Council member providing affordable access to family planning products and services. Shares the collective vision of advancing just and equitable abortion and contraception informed by science.
• Athenium PharmacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate Council member collaborating with Society Board members on product development and regulatory challenges in family planning.
• BayercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate Council member (Bayer United States of America) engaged in advancing family planning through the Corporate Council platform.
• CooperSurgicalcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate Council member contributing to the supply chain collaboration and providing insights on emerging research and practice trends.
• Danco Laboratories (Early Option Pill)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate Council member and manufacturer of early option pill products, supporting the Society's vision through the Corporate Council collaboration.
• ExeltiscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate Council member providing pharmaceutical perspective on family planning products and regulatory challenges.
• GenBioProcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate Council member focused on advancing generic biopharmaceutical products in reproductive health.
• HPS-RxcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate Council member contributing to family planning supply chain discussions and collaboration.
• Medicines360coreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate Council member dedicated to expanding access to reproductive health medicines and products, aligning with Society's mission.
• OrganoncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate Council member providing global health perspective on family planning and contraception access.
• Redwood HoldingcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate Council member participating in ongoing collaboration with Society leadership throughout the year.
• ANSIRH (Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health), UCSFcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner#WeCount uses the Abortion Facility Database from ANSIRH at University of California, San Francisco to establish clinic database and continues to receive annual updates.
• AbortionFinder.org and INeedanA.comcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAbortion directories used by #WeCount to update and supplement the list of abortion-providing facilities and clinicians.
• New York TimesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner#WeCount relies on NYT's tracking of state abortion policies to determine the legal context for abortion provision by state.
• ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSociety collaborates with ACOG on joint statements, amicus briefs, FDA advocacy, and clinical guidance including medication abortion and mifepristone safety.
• SMFM (Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint clinical webinar series and collaborative guidance on medication abortion between 14 0/7 and 27 6/7 weeks of gestation.
• Abortion providers (1,000+ facilities)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOver 1,000 abortion facilities nationwide report monthly data to #WeCount, including clinics, private medical offices, hospitals, and virtual clinic providers.
• ElseviercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPublisher of Contraception, an International Reproductive Health Journal, which is the official journal of the Society of Family Planning. Members receive free subscription.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Larger, established OB/GYN professional society that collaborates with SFP on joint clinical guidance, amicus briefs, and FDA advocacy. Functions as a broad incumbent covering all of OB/GYN, of which Complex Family Planning is one subspecialty.
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America: Direct service provider and advocacy organization in reproductive health; multiple SFP board and staff alumni come from Planned Parenthood. Functions as a broader incumbent with overlapping mission but operational focus on clinical service delivery.

Direct peers

• National Abortion Federation (NAF): Direct peer organization also focused on abortion care — NAF provides clinical and operational standards for abortion providers, while SFP provides the scientific and clinical-guidance layer. They are highly comparable in mission and member base.
• Guttmacher Institute: Direct peer nonprofit producing research and policy analysis on sexual and reproductive health. Overlaps with SFP's research and advocacy mandate, with Cynthia Gómez (SFP board) having previously chaired Guttmacher's board.
• Ibis Reproductive Health: Research-focused nonprofit in reproductive health. Multiple SFP leaders (President Amanda Dennis, Board member Terri-Ann Thompson) come from Ibis, indicating tight overlap in research mandate, funder base, and methods.
• Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH): UCSF-based research program on reproductive health that provides the Abortion Facility Database underlying #WeCount. Highly comparable as a research-organization peer; SFP staff (Leah Koenig, Rana Barar) and data infrastructure depend on ANSIRH.
• Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM): OB/GYN subspecialty society that partners with SFP on joint webinars and clinical guidance on medication abortion. Comparable as a focused medical subspecialty society serving a distinct OB/GYN niche.

Emerging players

• Physicians for Reproductive Health: Physician-led advocacy organization providing leadership training and advocacy in reproductive health, including the Leadership Training Academy (where SFP board member April Lockley trained). Comparable in clinician-engagement mission but smaller and more advocacy-oriented.
• Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) / SEXUAL + REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: Interdisciplinary professional association for reproductive health providers; SFP Director of Clinical Guidance (Melissa Werner) previously worked at ARHP. Comparable in mission to convene and educate reproductive health clinicians.
• Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP): Nonprofit training primary care clinicians in abortion, contraception, and miscarriage care. Comparable in clinician-training mission and overlapping funder base, with complementary focus on primary care rather than OB/GYN subspecialty.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

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