Michigan Fertility Alliance

What Michigan Fertility Alliance does

Michigan Fertility Alliance (MFA) is a grassroots nonprofit advocacy organization based in Flint, Michigan, focused exclusively on reforming the state's surrogacy and parentage laws. Founded in 2021, MFA serves Michigan residents affected by restrictive assisted reproduction statutes — particularly LGBTQ+ individuals, single intended parents, and heterosexual couples who require gestational carriers — by lobbying state legislators, mobilizing grassroots supporters, and educating the public on fertility rights.

MFA does not sell technology products or services and operates with a small core team of approximately 5 paid employees supplemented by an unpaid volunteer committee. Its only revenue-generating activity is donation solicitation through the Qgiv online giving platform, with no fee-for-service, licensing, or earned-income streams. The organization does not disclose financials, headcount expansion plans, or proprietary technology infrastructure. Its operational footprint is Michigan-only, with no indication of multi-state programmatic activity or commercial product lines.

The organization's principal achievement was driving passage of the Michigan Family Protection Act (HB 5207-5215), signed April 1, 2024 and effective April 2, 2025, which replaced Michigan's criminal surrogacy ban with a regulated framework for compensated gestational carrier arrangements. MFA has built coalition partnerships with RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, Mothering Justice, and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) to amplify its legislative reach. It also convenes advocacy events such as its 2024 Advocacy Day at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing to drive constituent engagement with state lawmakers.

Name

Michigan Fertility Alliance

Legal name

Michigan Fertility Alliance

Website

https://mifertilityalliance.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Michigan Fertility Alliance is a Flint, Michigan-based grassroots nonprofit that advocates for surrogacy and parentage law reform. Founded in 2021, it serves Michigan residents needing assisted reproduction, particularly LGBTQ+ individuals and single parents, by lobbying state legislators and mobilizing grassroots support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Infertility and Reproductive Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF)

Keywords

• Infertility advocacy
• Surrogacy law reform
• Reproductive rights
• Parentage legislation
• Fertility policy advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Michigan

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: The organization accepts donations through a secure donation portal (Qgiv) to support advocacy efforts for surrogacy law reform in Michigan.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Michigan Fertility Alliance is a grassroots citizens-led advocacy organization that campaigns for legal protections and parentage rights for individuals and families who need assisted reproduction and surrogacy to build their families. The organization's core work involves coalition-building, legislative advocacy, and public education, culminating in the passage of the Michigan Family Protection Act (HB 5207-5215), signed into law on April 1, 2024, which legalized surrogacy in Michigan effective April 2, 2025.

Product overview

Michigan Fertility Alliance is a grassroots citizens-led advocacy organization, not a technology company. It does not offer a software product or platform. The organization's primary offering is advocacy work to advance surrogacy and infertility rights legislation in Michigan. Their main achievement was leading the coalition that passed the Michigan Family Protection Act (HB 5207-5215), signed April 1, 2024 and effective April 2, 2025, which legalized surrogacy in Michigan. MFA also provides educational resources through newsletters, blog content, and FAQ pages, and organizes the annual Michigan Infertility Advocacy Day event.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Michigan Family Protection Act signed into law April 1, 2024, effective April 2, 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Mothering JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2024Part of the coalition that helped craft and introduce the Michigan Family Protection Act. Mothering Justice, a family advocacy organization, joined the coalition to support inclusive surrogacy legislation.
• GLBTQ Legal Advocates & DefenderscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2024Part of the coalition that helped craft and introduce the Michigan Family Protection Act. GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders contributed legal expertise to ensure LGBTQ+ families were protected in the legislation.
• National experts and stakeholders coalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2024MFA led a coalition of national experts and stakeholders to help craft and introduce the Michigan Family Protection Act (HB 5207-5215). The coalition included families and individuals impacted by infertility, LGBTQ+ families, surrogates, fertility healthcare providers, and family advocacy organizations.
• RESOLVE: The National Infertility AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2021MFA organized Michigan's first Infertility Advocacy Day in September 2021 with support from RESOLVE. This partnership provided organizational guidance and resources for launching the state's inaugural advocacy day focused on surrogacy law reform. Over 100 advocates participated and 50 meetings were held with lawmakers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Family Equality: National LGBTQ+ family-building advocacy organization. MFA's work explicitly includes LGBTQ+ family-building rights under MFPA, and Family Equality engages in similar state-level parentage and surrogacy law reform.
• Mothering Justice: Michigan-based family advocacy organization explicitly listed as an MFA coalition partner on the MFPA. Operates in adjacent reproductive and family policy space in Michigan.
• GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD): Legal advocacy organization explicitly listed as an MFA coalition partner on the MFPA. GLAD brings legal expertise to LGBTQ+ family-building rights litigation and legislation—directly comparable advocacy scope.
• RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association: National infertility advocacy organization with which MFA has a documented strategic partnership. RESOLVE operates Infertility Advocacy Days across multiple states—the same playbook MFA adapted for Michigan—making it the most direct operational and strategic peer.

Broad incumbents

• American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM): Larger, established medical professional society that advocates on fertility and assisted reproduction policy at the federal and state level. Broader in scope than MFA but operates in the same policy domain.
• Human Rights Campaign (HRC): Large national LGBTQ+ advocacy organization. While much broader than MFA, HRC engages in parentage and family-rights policy work that overlaps MFA's LGBTQ+ surrogacy agenda.
• National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR): National legal organization that litigates and advocates for LGBTQ+ family rights, including parentage establishment—directly aligned with MFA's parentage-rights focus within the MFPA coalition.

Emerging players

• Men Having Babies: Nonprofit focused on gay men building families through surrogacy. While not a state-level legislative advocate, its mission directly overlaps MFA's LGBTQ+ surrogacy access focus.
• Parents via Surrogacy: Educational and advocacy resource focused on intended parents pursuing surrogacy. Overlaps with MFA's surrogate parenting and parentage rights mission.
• National Infertility Association of America (NIAA): Infertility awareness and advocacy organization that operates in adjacent reproductive-rights advocacy space, with potential overlap on parentage legislation in other states.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mifertility
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@mifertilityalliance
• Facebookfacebook.com/michiganfertilityalliance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mifertilityalliance
• Instagraminstagram.com/michiganfertilityalliance

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Profiles6 records

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