Building Families, Changing Lives: Our 2025 Impact Report

A Letter From Our Executive Director

Dear Supporters,

The Surrogacy Foundation began with a truth we lived ourselves. Surrogacy is not only expensive. It is complex and often isolating. Families need more than funding. They need guidance and the knowledge that they are not alone.

In 2025, that belief turned into progress. We launched our first national grant, expanded pro bono partnerships, and reached milestones that strengthen this work for the long term. Families who once felt stuck began moving forward. Some are preparing to welcome children. Others finally saw a path ahead.

This year also marked a shift in how we operate. What began as a single annual event has grown into year-round work focused on access, education, and reducing stigma. We invested in tools that reach families earlier and continued building a donor community rooted in shared responsibility.

None of this happens without you. Whether you gave, partnered, volunteered, or shared our story, you helped move surrogacy closer to the families who need it. We are proud of what we built together in 2025 and focused on what comes next.

With gratitude,
Zach French — Executive Director, The Surrogacy Foundation

Breaking Barriers in Surrogacy

In 2025, our work extended beyond grants and financial access to address two more critical barriers in surrogacy: education and stigma.

Through a digital, tech-first approach, we were able to reach more individuals and families earlier in their journey. Our Seven Steps guide provides a clear, easy-to-understand explanation of the essential steps of the surrogacy journey.

Led by Alexandra French, our family brought their journey through cancer, fertility, and surrogacy to the Georgia State Capitol, advocating alongside partner organizations for greater access to care.

We also addressed surrogacy stigma by showing up visibly and telling real stories in spaces that shape public understanding.

A Story You Helped Carry Forward

2024 Grant Winner’s Update: Baby Girl Arriving in Early 2026

Shannon and Patrick McGill, winners of The Surrogacy Foundation’s 2024 grant, began their surrogacy journey after a traumatic childbirth that left Shannon unable to carry another pregnancy. Now, they are joyfully awaiting the arrival of their baby.

It’s a surreal blessing that we appreciate every day and will continue to be grateful for the rest of our lives. We know all too well the yearning and desperation of trying to figure out the financial side of growing our family, and the grant solved our biggest road block towards it.
— Shannon McGill, 2024 TSF Grant Winner

From meeting their surrogate, Charlotte, for the first time at the 2025 Surrogacy Soirée to embryo transfer day, the moment hope became real.

Financial Momentum, Built to Last

From one fundraiser to a year-round engine. In 2022–2023, all giving flowed through the Surrogacy Soirée. In 2024–2025, multiple programs — the Soirée, Salon, Partner Program, Magic Makers, and Hatch grant funding — funded the mission year-round.

2025 was a growth year, even with a softer Soirée. As fundraisers softened industry-wide, the Partner Program shifted giving to monthly commitments, stabilizing revenue and doubling net income.

• Top-line growth: Up ~$27,000 year over year.
• Bottom-line strength: Doubled net income year over year.

2025 by the Numbers

• Total revenue: $400,402.68 — Surrogacy Soirée $163,327, Partner Program $134,664.59, Other Donations $102,411.09.
• Net income: $44,445.21.
• Grants paid in 2025: $100,000.

What changed from 2024 to 2025? 2024 was diversification. 2025 was durability.

On Track for $1,000,000 Raised & $500,000 Granted

We closed 2025 at $973,000 raised and expect to surpass $1 million early in 2026, while our $100,000 TSF Foundation Grant and Hatch’s sponsored journey will take us past $500,000 in grants awarded.

2025 proved the model: diversified programs reduced risk, strengthened stability, and positioned us to scale.