No one works harder than Planned Parenthood health center staff. Visit any of our health centers across the country and you’ll find incredible clinicians, nurses, health care assistants, receptionists, and physicians. We’re constantly amazed and inspired by their tireless efforts to bring affordable and accessible health care to our patients every day.
Meet some of the kindest, most courageous, and dedicated staff who are working on the ground, every single day, to make our mission possible…
The staff at Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri in St. Louis, Missouri
The team from the Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette in Portland, Oregon
The staff at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England in Portland, ME
You’re ALSO a critical part of our mission to protect sexual and reproductive health and rights. Consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible gift today to allow our health center staff continue serving patients across the country. Affordable, high-quality reproductive health care and safe, legal abortion is at stake. Patients are counting on Planned Parenthood, so we’re counting on you.
I’ve given a lot of money to Planned Parenthood because I know politicians are trying to cut your funding and you’ve been asking for donations to help keep your clinics open. But then I found out you also gave a bunch of money to political candidates, so I guess you don’t need my donations as much as you say you do? I support Planned Parenthood, but I don’t want my money going to any politicians, no matter what side they’re on.
First off, thank you so much for your donations and support. This is a super common question with a pretty simple answer: like many nonprofits, we’re actually made up of multiple organizations — at the national level, there’s Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and Planned Parenthood Action Fund (Action Fund), plus dozens of state and local Planned Parenthood organizations. It gets kind of confusing because many people just refer to the whole family as “Planned Parenthood,” but PPFA and Action Fund (and the state and local orgs) do different things and get funding from different places.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America works to support health care providers at Planned Parenthood health centers across the country, educate the public on issues of reproductive and sexual health, and advocate for policy to expand access to health care. PPFA has 56 independent local affiliates that operate more than 600 health centers throughout the U.S, which provide critical health care services and sex education programs. In addition, PPFA partners with more than 100 organizations across Africa and Latin America to advance the health and rights of young people, women, and families.
Both Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund do important, lifesaving work, but it’s understandable to have preferences about which type of work your money supports. The good news is, you can totally make that call by choosing which Planned Parenthood organization you donate to.
Happy #GivingTuesday! Today’s the day to stand with Planned Parenthood staff and patients across the country. Our health centers provide critical health care to millions of people each year — but we need your help to do it.
As we join in mourning the shooting victims in Colorado Springs, we are more determined than ever to ensure that our doors stay open, no matter what. If you believe in lifesaving health care for all, support your local Planned Parenthood this Giving Tuesday>>
