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Opinion piece featuring surrogacy professionals - Zach French, Ryan Ferrante, Jarret Zafran, Portia Zwicker, Nicole Adams

Stories • sep 2, 2026

One Case Is Not the System

A gestational surrogacy arrangement collapsed into a three-state custody fight over a newborn with a critical heart defect. An attorney, a mental health professional, an agency owner, an experienced surrogate, and our executive director on what actually happened, and what the field needs to do next.

Elan and Zach at Zach's surprise 40th birthday

Impact • aug 10, 2026

The $73,000 nobody asked me about

We spent $73,000 on brand, design, and websites. Here's the full receipt, in order, including the part that didn't work. One investment returned $272,000. Another generated zero donations over two years. Both are real, and both are on the table.

Alexandra and our daughter Addison, born through the very thing we now spend our days making possible for other families.

Impact • jul 6, 2026

We grew up. Here's the whole story.

When our daughter arrived through surrogacy we knew we wanted to give back our money, our time, all of it. So we went looking for an organization funding surrogacy the way it actually needed to be funded: real grants, big enough to realistically get a family across the finish line. The number in our heads was $100,000. Nothing close to it existed. So we built it.

Grant winners Brittany and Tyler Luskin with Hatch CEO Kristie Dolan at The Surrogacy Foundation Founders' home

Events • jun 24, 2026

Q2 2026 Founder Update from Zach

A behind-the-scenes update from TSF: conference season, launching a much needed voice for surrogacy, and Round 5 of the grant program.

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