Guttmacher Institute Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE INSTITUTE IS A LEADING RESEARCH AND POLICY ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO ADVANCING SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND GLOBALLY.
- Income
- $26.5 million
- Spending
- $35.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 76%
- Reserves
- 6.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 60%
- Employees
- 145
- Volunteers
- 23
- Highest pay
- $459,664, distinguished scholar & vp
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 69 out of 100.
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 6.6 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 20% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 33% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 5% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1576% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 10 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 2523 of 23 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $16.5 million spent. In 2024, Guttmacher once again generated a wide range of timely, high-quality, and policy-relevant research that was published in respected scientific journals and was influential in shaping policy debates. Our Research Division continued to produce monthly abortion data for the US with national and state estimates of the number of clinician-provided abortions. This widely cited study is meeting the need for frequent data reports that capture the effects of the rapidly changing state abortion policy landscape and how bans and other restrictions are impacting individuals who are seeking abortion care. In 2024, we also completed our first pilot study of online access to medication abortion, fielding new approaches to capture abortions individuals are self-managing via online resources. We also released new findings on provision of care to family planning patients from our National Survey of Family Planning Providers, including findings from our companion qualitative study with providers of this care to better understand the challenges they are grappling with as the ripple effects of abortion restrictions impact the provision of sexual and reproductive health care more widely. We published findings from the Reproductive Health Impact Study (RHIS), a multiyear project that collected longitudinal data and analyzed the effects of federal and state policies on publicly funded family planning care in the U.S. The study, which focused on Arizona, Iowa, New Jersey and Wisconsin, documented the impact of these policies on access to contraceptive and other reproductive health services, as well as disruptions in contraceptive care and sexual and reproductive care delivery caused by barriers to publicly funded services. Globally, we produced two analyses showing the importance of continued investment into overseas development assistance for family planning by donor governments, including one that Dutch advocates used to forestall damaging funding cuts in the Netherlands, and released new evidence showing the global relationship between greater gender inequality and higher unintended pregnancy rates. We also launched new estimates of the prevalence of abortion and unintended pregnancy in Pakistan, a critical update to inform government decision making since the last study was conducted ten years ago, and new data on the implementation of abortion law reform in Argentina. In addition, we continued to support researchers within our network of partners in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria to conduct research and publish and disseminate data on sexual reproductive health and rights from their countries as part of our capacity-strengthening program. This work culminated in the November launch of a new coalition: the African Coalition on Research and Communication for Abortion.
- $6.7 million spent. The Institute shaped and informed public debate throughout 2024, as evidenced by the significant coverage our work received in major media outlets, and citations of our work by advocates, policymakers and partners at the state, US national and country levels. The C&P Team strategically disseminated the Institute's evidence and analyses in a range of formats and across a multitude of platforms, targeting key stakeholders and influencers, including advocates, health care providers, policymakers and their staff, media and the scientific community. Building on the work we began in 2023 focusing on the enormous harm caused by the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v Wade, our team developed an interactive dashboard featuring the latest national and state data from the Monthly Abortion Provision Study and policy information gathered by our state policy colleagues, designed to make the findings more accessible than ever. Since its inception, the provision study, and now the web-based dashboard visualizing its outputs, has rapidly become a widely used resource for anyone trying to understand the impact that the Dobbs decision has had on abortion access in the United States. Furthermore, our media relations effort continued to deliver significant impact. Our team sent out 85 news releases to our full press list, in addition to numerous individual and tailored messages; responded to about 800 media requests; and helped to achieve about 20,500 mentions of the Institute and its work in news stories, including numerous articles and segments throughout the year in leading outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Associated Press, Reuters and The Guardian, as well as top-tier broadcasters like NPR, NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, and numerous regional, state and local news outlets. Social media channels were another focal point of our work: We kept our more than 100,000 followers across Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn informed with a steady stream of timely posts and impactful graphics and short videos. Finally, our website received nearly 2.3 million page views in 2024. Our Global Communications team continued to focus on capacity-strengthening initiatives aimed at supporting partners in low- and middle-income countries in translating evidence into programmatic and policy change. In 2024, we conducted capacity strengthening workshops in Uganda, Mozambique and Nigeria, and worked closely with partners in Kenya, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Argentina, Ethiopia and elsewhere to plan and develop capacity strengthening activities for our partners and their networks. Global Communications also worked with partners in Argentina, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Colombia to disseminate new research documenting attitudes about abortion care and client experiences seeking abortion. We also launched our updated Family Planning Investment Impact Calculator-a tool to help funders understand the impact of their family planning investments-in time for the UN General Assembly in September 2024. In addition to our externally facing programmatic work, C&P led an Institute-wide rebranding process, designed to update our look and feel to better reflect our organizational identity. As part of this process, we updated our logo, refreshed colors and visuals across all platforms, and introduced a new tagline: "Center facts. Shape policy. Advance sexual and reproductive rights."-which reflects our commitment to defending facts and generating evidence to support sexual and reproductive health and rights in a world riddled with fake news and misinformation.
- $3.5 million spent. Guttmacher's public policy division spent 2024 equipping lawmakers, advocates, and allies with critical information to ensure evidence drove policy change at the state, national and global levels. The Institute's Policy team closely tracked state and national policies and offered comprehensive and incisive analyses and resources to make sense of a fast-changing and complicated landscape. We continuously refined our interactive map of state laws to reflect real-time policy changes and new policy innovations. The Institute's experts were cited widely in prominent media outlets throughout the year as journalists and the public sought to make sense of the chaotic legal landscape.As the Institute released dynamic and timely new data, our Policy Division worked to integrate the data into the broader work of the reproductive health, rights and justice field through collaborations, webinars, lawmaker briefings, and reports.In 2024, Guttmacher also launched the Policy Innovation Hub, a network of experts and academics from around the country who are partnering to more deeply understand the landscape of abortion access in the US and are co-creating resources and policy concepts to mitigate the harms caused by the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. Guttmacher also promoted access to sexual and reproductive health care at the global level, working to ensure the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission's inclusive vision for sexual and reproductive health and rights was front and center by leveraging high level events and equipping UN partners and other spokespeople with key evidence and policy recommendations. Guttmacher co-hosted the second Green Wave Gathering, bringing Latin American and US advocates and experts together to share lessons beyond borders to improve abortion access. Guttmacher continued detailing the benefits of current and increased investment in U.S. assistance for family planning and reproductive health programs around the world.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 1977.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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