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INTACT AMERICA INC
TARRYTOWN, NY · EIN 812887457 · Form 990 · FY2024 · NTEE E01 · Health Care · Small ($100K-$1M) · intactamerica.org
revenue
$567K
expenses
$1.5M
net assets
$1.1M
employees
0
program ratio
87%
mission · from form 990

INTACT AMERICA WORKS TO END INVOLUNTARY CIRCUMCISION IN AMERICA, AND TO ENSURE A HEALTHY SEXUAL FUTURE FOR ALL PEOPLE. INTACT AMERICA FULFILLS ITS MISSION BY CHALLENGING SOCIAL AND SEXUAL NORMS AND BY ADVOCATING FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF ALL CHILDREN AND THE ADULTS THEY WELL BECOME. WE DO THIS THROUGH CREATIVE MESSAGING, ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, PUBLIC POLICY REFORM, AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF OUR SUPPORTERS, PARTNERS, AND VOLUNTEERS.

profile · synthesized from sources

Intact America is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to end involuntary circumcision in the United States and protect children's bodily integrity. The organization challenges social norms and medical practices around infant male circumcision through public education, policy reform, and ethical arguments grounded in bioethics and human rights. It advocates for equal protection under the law for all children, regardless of sex or intersex status.

named programs · 4 · from sources

What they call their work

End Medicaid and Private Insurance Payment for Circumcision
Policy initiative to eliminate public and private insurance reimbursement for non-therapeutic child genital cutting, arguing that such funds should not cover elective, irreversible procedures on minors.
End Physician Solicitation of Circumcision
Advocacy campaign urging physicians to stop promoting or performing medically unnecessary infant circumcision, citing violations of the AMA Code of Medical Ethics.
Equal Protection for All Children
Public education and legal advocacy program promoting the principle that all children—male, female, and intersex—should be protected from non-consensual genital alterations.
Protect Intersex Children
Advocacy effort to prevent non-consensual genital surgery on intersex infants and children until they are able to express their gender identity and consent to interventions.
activities · 3 groups

What they do

  • Reproductive Health Advocacy & Education 4 activities
    • Advocacy and public policy reform to end involuntary circumcision and promote child genital autonomy
      Conducts advocacy campaigns, policy reform initiatives, and public education to end medically unnecessary circumcision and protect children's bodily integrity. Efforts include media engagement, opinion pieces in major outlets, and raising public awareness, which contributed to a documented decline in neonatal circumcision rates to between 49% and 54% by 2025.
    • Conducting research on infant health, circumcision, and medical practices
      Conducts original research including the Mothers’ Infant Health Survey and other surveys to collect data on infant health, parental pressure to circumcise, and iatrogenic harms such as forcible foreskin retraction. Findings include a 2018 survey showing 43% of intact boys experienced forcible retraction and documentation of medical practices that pathologize the male foreskin.
    • Operation of DoNoHarm.report for reporting circumcision-related harm and medical misconduct
      Operates a free online database, DoNoHarm.report, launched in Georgia in Spring 2024 with plans for nationwide expansion, to file complaints about circumcision-related harm and medical provider misconduct. The organization submits these reports to hospital management, state medical boards, responsible professionals, and the Joint Commission.
    • Organizing petition campaigns for policy change and institutional accountability
      Organized and promoted public petition campaigns, including on Change.org and direct advocacy efforts, calling for policy reform and accountability after a near-fatal circumcision incident in a NICU, targeting institutions such as NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and medical associations.
  • Peer-Led Mental Health Support Groups 1 activity
    • Facilitation of support and therapy groups for individuals affected by circumcision trauma
      Operates peer-led support groups and therapy programs for men and others affected by circumcision trauma, providing a nonjudgmental space to discuss emotional and physical impacts. These include structured group therapy sessions facilitated by trained leaders.
  • Uncategorized 2 activities
    • Fundraising to support education and advocacy against medically unnecessary circumcision
      Raised nearly $150,000 through events and campaigns to fund education and advocacy efforts aimed at ending medically unnecessary circumcision of children.
    • Hosting the Skin in the Game Award event to recognize advocates for genital autonomy
      Hosted the inaugural Skin in the Game Award event in New York City on April 30, 2025, honoring public figures such as Alan Cumming for their advocacy in support of genital autonomy.
financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$567K
Contributions & grants$487K86%
Program service revenue$00%
Investment income$80K14%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$1.53M
Program expenses87%
Admin / overhead5%
Fundraising8%
Salaries & benefits$0
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineProfessional Fees
balance sheet
Total assets$1.12M
Cash$450K
Investments$657K
Liabilities$6K
Net assets$1.11M
Liquid reserves8.7 mo
3 years on record · 2022–2024 · YoY revenue -35.2%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024

Who runs it

board members · 7
  • CHRIS MAUER — BOARD MEMBER
  • DAN BOLLINGER — VICE CHAIRPE
  • GEORGANNE CHAPIN — PRESIDENT &
  • HOWARD BIRNBAUM — CHIEF FINANC
  • KEVIN NELSON — BOARD MEMBER
  • MARILYN MILOS — BOARD MEMBER
  • STEPHEN PATTERSON — DIR. COMMUNI
relationships · 28

Who they work with

  • Alan Cumming Partner — Honoree at the inaugural Skin in the Game Award for his advocacy in support of genital autonomy.
  • Alice Miller Partner — Cites the psychoanalyst's concept of "banished knowledge" as a foundational framework for understanding resistance to ending infant male circumcision.
  • American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Government — Recipient of petition calling for policy change regarding medically unnecessary circumcisions in NICUs.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Government — Recipient of petition calling for policy change regarding medically unnecessary circumcisions in NICUs.
  • American Heart Association (AHA) Government — Recipient of petition calling for policy change regarding medically unnecessary circumcisions in NICUs.
  • American Medical Association Partner — Cites AMA's Code of Medical Ethics to support position against physician solicitation of medically unnecessary circumcision.
  • American Nurses Association (ANA) Government — Recipient of petition calling for policy change regarding medically unnecessary circumcisions in NICUs.
  • Armchair Expert’s Flightless Birth Partner — Georganne has appeared on the Armchair Expert podcast segment Flightless Birth.
  • Change.org Partner — Platform used to host a petition advocating for the protection of NICU babies from circumcision.
  • Christopher Maurer Partner — Attorney and Intact America Board Member contributing legal expertise to the Mothers' Infant Health Survey initiative.
  • Dale Andersen Partner — Psychotherapist and researcher contributing mental health and research expertise to the Mothers' Infant Health Survey initiative.
  • Dan Bollinger Partner — Experienced survey researcher and Intact America consultant contributing research design expertise to the Mothers' Infant Health Survey initiative.
  • Eugene Belilovsky Partner — Facilitator in Intact America’s support group program for people affected by circumcision trauma.
  • Georganne Chapin Partner — Attorney, health care expert, and Intact America Founding Executive Director contributing legal and health care expertise to the Mothers' Infant Health Survey initiative.
  • Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA) Government — Recipient of petition calling for policy change regarding medically unnecessary circumcisions in NICUs.
  • JAMA Pediatrics Network — Source of published research cited in advocacy and analysis by Intact America.
  • Jeffrey Cartwright-Smith Partner — Experienced survey researcher contributing research expertise to the Mothers' Infant Health Survey initiative.
  • Johns Hopkins University Partner — Research institution whose findings on circumcision rates are analyzed and critiqued by Intact America.
  • Joint Commission Government — Receives reports of circumcision harm through the DoNoHarm.report database.
  • NOCIRC Partner — Collaborates with NOCIRC, a pioneering organization in the intactivism movement, through shared conferences and advocacy efforts.
  • NPR Partner — Georganne has appeared as a guest on NPR programs.
  • New York Medicaid Government — Recipient of petition calling for policy change regarding medically unnecessary circumcisions in NICUs.
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital Partner — Campaign target in petition calling for an end to NICU circumcisions following a near-fatal incident.
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital Partner — Cited as the location of a medically unnecessary circumcision leading to a public advocacy campaign calling for policy reform.
  • Radio Kingston Partner — Georganne has been a guest on Radio Kingston.
  • Robert S. Van Howe Partner — Doctor and experienced survey researcher contributing medical and research expertise to the Mothers' Infant Health Survey initiative.
  • Sex Out Loud Partner — Georganne has appeared on the show Sex Out Loud.
  • The Holistic OBGYN Partner — Georganne has been a guest on The Holistic OBGYN.
strategies · 5

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Bioethics-Based Advocacy Framework
    methodology: bioethics-based advocacy
    By applying foundational bioethical principles—autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice—the organization opposes non-consensual genital cutting of children, because grounding advocacy in widely recognized ethical standards strengthens moral authority and legal coherence in challenging routine infant circumcision.
  • Cultural Systems Change Through Structural Critique
    methodology: cultural-systems analysis
    By analyzing and challenging the interconnected medical, economic, and cultural systems that sustain routine infant circumcision, the organization advances long-term norm change, because sustainable reform requires dismantling systemic drivers rather than addressing symptoms alone.
  • Norm-Challenging Public Education and Storytelling
    methodology: norm-challenging advocacy
    Through media-savvy education, personal storytelling, and rational discourse, the organization destigmatizes discussions of male genital integrity and shifts public perception, because combining emotional resonance with factual and ethical arguments disrupts entrenched cultural justifications for circumcision.
  • Research and Accountability-Driven Advocacy
    methodology: research-driven advocacy
    By generating accurate data through maternal-informant research and exposing institutional failures via public case reporting and industry critique, the organization strengthens advocacy, because credible evidence and transparency are essential to shift policy and medical norms around infant circumcision.
  • Trauma-Informed Advocacy and Healing
    methodology: trauma-informed advocacy
    By centering truth, grief, and healing in both support and public messaging, the organization breaks intergenerational silence and stigma, because acknowledging personal and cultural trauma is necessary to shift norms and prevent future harm.