Modern Family Institute

Name

Modern Family Institute

Legal name

Modern Family Institute

Website

https://modernfamilyinstitute.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Parenting Education (Family Literacy, Parenting Skills) (EDAAAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family-School Collaboration & Inclusion Planning Support (EDAKABAK)

Keywords

• Family diversity advocacy
• Workplace inclusion toolkits
• Community care infrastructure
• Nonprofit policy advocacy
• Social impact research

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco Bay Area

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: The organization is a tax-exempt California-based 501(c)(3) organization (EIN 94-2901728) that relies on donations. An event raised over $15,000 in support of the organization.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Modern Family Institute operates as a think-do tank producing research-backed storytelling content, employer and legislative advocacy toolkits, and infrastructure design convenings. Its core deliverables include the Open Workplace Toolkit (a free downloadable guidance resource for inclusive organizational policies), The 82%: Modern Stories of Love and Family podcast series, the Constellations of Care multimedia exhibition, and the annual Community Living Wisdom Exchange conference. All offerings are provided free or at low cost in service of the organization's mission to advance recognition and protection of diverse family and relationship structures.

Product overview

Modern Family Institute is a think-do tank that operates as a single unified organization offering programs and tools focused on storytelling, advocacy, and design for community care. Their core offerings include: the Open Workplace Toolkit (a guidance resource for inclusive workplace policies), The 82% podcast series (narrative content illuminating diverse family structures), Constellations of Care (interactive exhibition programming), and the Community Living Wisdom Exchange (annual convening conference). These programs work together to illuminate stories, advocate for legal protections, and design infrastructure supporting community-centered care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 5 million people reached through storytelling programming
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• Wondery's This Is Actually HappeningcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2024Producing a 10-episode podcast series 'The 82%: Modern Stories of Love and Family' showcasing first-person stories of families living beyond nuclear family template. This top-50 weekly podcast has over 3 million subscribers, providing national bipartisan reach.
• Johns Hopkins University Center for Economy and SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 April 2024Co-organized convening bringing together scholars, architects, urban planners, lenders, venture capitalists, and journalists to address how housing and built environments can support diverse family structures. Second annual conference held in Albuquerque, NM.
• Out & EqualcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership advancing workplace protections and belonging for diverse families at major organizations. Jointly advancing workplace protections through Open Workplaces Initiative.
• OPEN (Organization for Polyamory and Ethical Non-monogamy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative 'Open Workplaces' providing toolkit and office hours for employers and employees advocating for inclusive policies. Partnership on legislative advocacy toolkit.
• San Francisco ExploratoriumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreated interactive exhibition 'Constellations of Care: Making Family in Queer Community' at Pride After Dark: Queer Science event, featuring photo booth, living archive station, and story exchange space.
• Harvard LGBTQ+ Law ClinicmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition member advocating for legislative protections for diverse family structures. Contributed expertise to Oakland nondiscrimination ordinance.
• AVEN (Asexual Visibility Network)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered on coalition for Oakland legislative victory and collaborated on Constellations of Care exhibition at Exploratorium.
• GLBT Historical SocietymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating on Constellations of Care exhibition, contributing oral histories and archival materials from queer elders.
• Greater Good Science Center (UC Berkeley)supportingGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaborated on pieces published about family and relationship diversity for public education and awareness.
• The Atlantic, Time, NPRsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerMedia outlets for published collaborative pieces and coverage of organizational work and legislative victories.
• Manny's SFsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerHosting live events featuring podcast guests and discussions on evolving nature of family, laws, and community care.
• Haight Street Commons, Second Life ProjectmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizing Community Living Wisdom Exchange annual conference focused on housing and care practices, now in its 3rd year.
• Polyamory Legal Advocacy CoalitionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founded by Dr. Heath Schechinger; works on legislative advancements including plural domestic partnership and non-discrimination ordinances.
• Multiamory PodcastsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerFeatured Dr. Lily Lamboy on episode concerning workplace advocacy for non-monogamy and other non-nuclear family structures.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• GLAAD: LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization driving cultural narrative change through entertainment and journalism engagement. Comparable storytelling-led approach to advancing LGBTQ+ visibility, but at significantly greater scale and media footprint.
• National LGBTQ Task Force: Broad LGBTQ+ advocacy and policy organization working on federal, state, and local levels, including family-related policy. Comparable in advocacy orientation but with much wider scope and longer history.
• Center for American Progress (CAP): Large progressive public policy think tank producing research and policy proposals across family, economic, and social issues. Comparable think-tank methodology and policy translation, though with a much broader issue portfolio.
• Human Rights Campaign (HRC): Largest US LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy organization with much broader scope than MoFi, including federal lobbying, corporate equality index, and mass-media campaigns. Comparable as an incumbent in the same advocacy space but operating at vastly greater scale.

Direct peers

• PFLAG: National organization supporting LGBTQ+ people, their parents, families, and allies through advocacy, education, and community programming. Comparable in mission around family acceptance, grassroots organizing, and cultural storytelling.
• Movement Advancement Project (MAP): Think tank producing research and analysis to advance LGBTQ+ equality, including family policy. Closely comparable as a research-and-advocacy organization translating data into legislative and corporate change in the same family-diversity space.
• Out & Equal: Workplace LGBTQ+ inclusion organization advancing employee resource groups and inclusive corporate policies. Direct peer through the shared Open Workplaces Initiative partnership with MoFi and overlapping enterprise consulting.
• Family Equality: National LGBTQ+ family advocacy organization focused on policy reform, family recognition, and community support for diverse family structures. Directly comparable as a mission-aligned nonprofit working at the intersection of family diversity, legal protection, and storytelling.
• National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR): Legal advocacy organization advancing LGBTQ+ rights through litigation, policy, and public education, including family law. Comparable in pursuing legislative and legal change on behalf of diverse family structures.

Emerging players

• COLAGE: National organization for people with LGBTQ+ parents and their allies, focused on community building and storytelling. Comparable as a niche family-diversity nonprofit but narrower in scope and audience than MoFi.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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