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Planned Parenthood Federation of America

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Planned Parenthood Federation of America
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Basic facts
Location:New York, N.Y.
Type:501(c)(3)
Website:Official website

Planned Parenthood Federation of America is a501(c)(3)nonprofit organization whose website calls itself "the nation’s leading provider and advocate of high-quality, affordable sexual and reproductive health care for all people, as well as the nation’s largest provider of sex education."[1]

Background

Planned Parenthood Federation of America traces its founding to 1916, when Margaret Sanger and two other activists opened the first birth control clinic in the United States.[2] The organization's website says that Sanger started the clinic in Brooklyn to share birth control information and advice with local women and began expanding the organization that same year.[2]

As of August 2025, the organization had 49 local affiliates that operated nearly 600 facilities.[3]

Related groups

Planned Parenthood can refer to one of a number of organizations with separate missions and activities. All of the Planned Parenthood organizations focus on providing services like abortion, birth control and pregnancy testing, as well as sexual education, but the separate organizations vary by the degree to which they can and do participate in politics.

Planned Parenthood related groups
Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaPlanned Parenthood Action FundPlanned Parenthood Action Fund PACPlanned Parenthood Votes
501(c)(3)501(c)(4)PACsuper PAC
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) cannot engage in activities that are part of the electoral process. The organization may educate voters on issues but must avoid political activities that favor or oppose a candidate or have the effect of favoring or opposing a candidate. PPFA provides services such as abortion, birth control and pregnancy testing, as well as community sex education programs.Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPAF) can legally participate in political activity in support of or opposition to candidates for office. These political activities cannot be the organization's primary activities and cannot be direct donations to a candidate for office or a candidate's committee. PPAF endorses candidates for office and runs advocacy campaigns supporting and opposing candidates based on their stances on issues such as abortion and sex education.Planned Parenthood Action Fund PAC is a federal political action committee. The PAC can spend money in electoral politics by donating to parties or candidates they support, subject to contribution limits defined by state and federal election agencies.Planned Parenthood Votes (PPV) can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money. The group cannot contribute directly to a politician or political party, but it can spend independently to campaign for or against political figures. PPV endorses and spends money in races that concern issues such as abortion and sex education.

Leadership

As of August 2025, Alexis McGill Johnson was president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Alexandra Guevara was the organization's board chair.[4]

Work and activities

Services

Planned Parenthood Federation of America aims to provide services including abortion, birth control, emergency contraception, HIV treatment services, mental health support and pregnancy testing.[5]According to Planned Parenthood's 2022-23 annual report, abortions made up 4% of the total services provided by the organization.[6]

The organization has 49 affiliates, which are incorporated separately and operate independently. Other services provided by these affiliates include prenatal exams, prenatal screenings, breast exams, and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.[7]

Education

Planned Parenthood Federation of America offers sex education programs for teens and adults.[8]

Notable endorsements

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Finances

The following is a breakdown of Planned Parenthood Federation of America's revenues and expenses for the 2018 to 2022 fiscal years, according to documents submitted to the Internal Revenue Service.

Annual revenue and expenses for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 2018–2022
Tax YearTotal RevenueTotal Expenses
2022[9]$378,167,827$445,964,327
2021[9]$454,574,008$390,022,935
2020[10]$324,786,910$312,461,580
2019[10]$293,759,273$341,239,901
2018[11]$285,840,737$306,554,772

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑Planned Parenthood , "About," accessed August 22, 2025
  2. ↑2.02.1Planned Parenthood , "Our History," accessed August 22, 2025
  3. ↑Planned Parenthood Federation of America, "By the Numbers," accessed August 22, 2025
  4. ↑Planned Parenthood Federation of America, "Our Leadership," accessed August 22, 2025
  5. ↑Planned Parenthood , "Our Services," accessed August 22, 2025
  6. ↑Kaiser Family Foundation , "Major Federal and State Funding Cuts Facing Planned Parenthood," May 15, 2025
  7. ↑Planned Parenthood, "Annual Report 2023-24," accessed August 22, 2025
  8. ↑Planned Parenthood , "For Educators," accessed August 22, 2025
  9. ↑9.09.1Internal Revenue Service , "Planned Parenthood Federation of America 2023 990
  10. ↑10.010.1Internal Revenue Service , "Planned Parenthood Federation of America 2022 990
  11. ↑Internal Revenue Service , "Planned Parenthood Federation of America 2019 990," accessed August 22, 2025
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