National Network of Abortion Funds

Category: Reproductive Rights

The National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF) is the only nationwide organization in the US that combines a commitment to direct financial assistance to women and girls needing abortions with grassroots activism, national organizing, and reproductive rights policy work. NNAF has rapidly grown since its beginnings in 1993, and now includes 97 member funds in 42 states and the District of Columbia. This past year, NNAF member funds dispersed over $2 million in grants and loans to more than 18,300 women and girls who lacked resources to pay for abortion services. While the member funds help individual women, the Network helps the funds do their work. The Network supports organization building through training in fundraising and organizational development, opportunities for networking, mini-grants for advocacy, and computer technology and other tools. To promote the development of new abortion funds in underserved areas of the country, the Network provides individualized support and a step-by-step organizing guide. NNAF also conducts national and state-based advocacy to ensure that the women most in need – low-income women, women of color, and young women – have access to abortion and to full reproductive heath care.

www.nnaf.org