A strong society begins with strong families. And renewing the American family begins with you.
Every interview, every report, every policy solution, every testimony before Congress or a state legislature starts with a concerned citizen like you making a generous gift.
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Considering a larger gift? Contact Callie Erk at [email protected] to talk through what your support can accomplish through IFS.
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When you give $1,000 or more per year or $84 per month, you become a member of The Family Table and help fuel the research and public education that strengthens marriage, supports parents, and advances the welfare of children.
IFS is not like other think tanks, where research too often ends up sitting on a shelf in a dusty office. Our research, while as rigorous as any you'll find in the academy, is not meant for the ivory tower. No, it's meant to move into the press, into legislatures, family tables, and discussions everywhere that family policy and common sense is decided.
IFS has spent over a decade building a body of rigorous data driven research on marriage, fertility, parenting, and family formation that did not exist before we started. IFS has changed the conversation and the language being used to debate the most urgent topics.
IFS research and commentary is referenced regularly in the media from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal to The Atlantic, The Federalist, The Free Press, the Daily Wire but also home-town outlets. This is not by accident. This is what independence looks like and requires.
Though not a media organization or publisher first, each month people from around the world come to IFS research and commentary to learn the truth about what is happening to marriage, fertility, and the impact of technology on the family. Our readership is on par with organizations that are only dedicated to publishing.
IFS research has informed thirty state bills aimed at protecting children online and advancing family-strengthening policy, along with White House policy discussions, and multiple state-level curriculum requirements that drew directly on IFS scholarship.
Marriage and family are under real strain. Birth rates are plummeting. Young people have never been more concerned about their futures. Though the headlines are alarming, this is not a lost cause.
Far from it. Our research here at IFS confirms that the desire for marriage, children, family, happiness, and success remain strong.
But the many young people who want these things are being let down.
Our elites, while getting married and having families themselves, have nothing to say about marriage, family structure, and children in public. They are leading traditional family lives while leading our country's most influential institutions as if the traditional family does not predict greater happiness, meaning, and flourishing.
To renew the American family, this has to change. And there's good news: You can help IFS change it.
And there's good news: You can help IFS change it.
IFS has a decadelong track record of producing research and commentary on marriage and family that provably moves the dial. We're the thoughtful and courageous public voice that the American family needs right now: strong enough to reach parents, journalists, educators, and policymakers across political divisions.
We're poised to do more-much more-on behalf of the American family. And we want you to be a part of it.
Every gift, at any level, funds the research and our ability to reach decision makers, narrative shapers, and family tables about the truth and importance of the family.
Interested in learning more about the work of the Institute for Family Studies? Please feel free to contact us by using your preferred method detailed below.
P.O. Box 1502
Charlottesville, VA 22902
(434) 260-1048
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