A look at organizations, from communities on social media to national nonprofit organizations, that are offering tools, training, research, and advocacy to support fathers in nuanced ways.

Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice: A research and advocacy group that works to promote gender equality and create a world free from violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with women, girls, and individuals of all gender identities.

We Got Us Now: A national nonprofit that centers children and young adults impacted by parental incarceration. Through its BUILD ambassadors (formerly incarcerated parents), Actionists network, podcast, and "Keep Families Connected" campaigns, it works to preserve the bond between incarcerated fathers and their kids and to move the issue into policy.

Men Having Babies: A nonprofit dedicated to providing gay men with educational and financial support to achieve parenthood through surrogacy. Their annual conferences, workshops and webinars provide over two thousand attendees worldwide with unbiased guidance and access to a wide range of relevant service providers.

Fathers Incorporated — An Atlanta-based national nonprofit that advocates for responsible-fatherhood policy at the federal level and works, through initiatives like The Blueprint, to dismantle negative stereotypes of Black fathers.

The Dad Gang — This community began as an Instagram page countering stereotypes of Black fathers and grew into a national movement, anchored by its annual March of Dads.

Center for Urban Families — Founded in Baltimore by Joseph T. Jones, CFUF pairs responsible-fatherhood programming with workforce development, helping fathers build both family stability and economic footing.

Native American Fatherhood and Families Association — An Arizona nonprofit whose Fatherhood Is Sacred / Motherhood Is Sacred curriculum strengthens family relationships through culturally grounded values in Native communities.

Fathers On The Move (FOTM): A North Carolina nonprofit established in 2011 to help young men, avoid or break out of the cycle of returning to incarceration.

Recent trends, interviews, reflections and cultural analyses on the role of fatherhood in modern society.

Andscape celebrated Father’s Day with a Q&A series featuring top NBA draft prospects and their fathers. In this series, the fathers and soon-to-be-drafted sons discuss their relationship through basketball, life lessons, and the upcoming draft (held Tuesday). Read interviews with former University of Tennessee forward Nate Ament, former Arkansas guard Darius Acuff Jr., and their fathers.

Black Dads represent at home, schools, and community. Word In Black profiled Black fathers countering the absentee stereotype, highlighting CDC data indicating that Black fathers are among the most involved in their children's daily lives. Read the stories from people like the Dads on Duty movement that transformed a Louisiana high school.

People are moved to tears as these dads come to Pride to play catch. In 2019, John Piermatteo started inviting people to play catch with him during Pride. Now, Piermatteo is joined by scores of dads — most of them straight like him — at as many Pride events across the country. Read more >

Corporate America has daddy issues. Research shows that sons often emulate their fathers’ version of masculinity, and hose inherited models don’t stop at the home. Toxic masculinity in the workforce won’t be solved by diagnosing men, but by redesigning work so that care and empathy aren’t something they have to unlearn to succeed. Fast Company >

What it's like to be a father from prison. “I would be your dad for 155 days before being arrested. When I was arrested, I had your green bib in my pocket. It still had your baby milk vomit on it.” Devon Terrell, a published poet, activist, and advocate for Black youth, writes about fatherhood while incarcerated. Scalawag >

“My father spent 30 years in prison. Now he's out.” In contrast, it’s worth reading
Ashley Ford's much-loved essay on slowly getting to know her father after his release, and rebuilding a relationship that incarceration never let them have. Longreads >

Need to boost population? Encourage dads to step up at home. New historical research by economist Claudia Goldin finds that nations where fathers share housework and childcare have higher birth rates. She argues that men's commitment matters more than pushing women to regress from the workforce and shoulder domestic duties alone. Harvard Gazette >

The push for paid family leave had stalled in America. Then men bought in. This article highlights how growing buy-in from fathers shifted the politics of paid leave. It's the backstory to the current state-by-state fights (published in 2021). 19th News >

Paternity leave helps dads' brains adjust to being caregivers, studies show.
Solo time with newborns rewires fathers for caregiving and makes them better long-term co-parents — part of the case for higher paternity uptake. 19th News >

Rethinking masculinity: Fathers as caregivers. Similarly, anthropologist Aaron Jackson on how hands-on caregiving — especially for children with disabilities — quietly rewrites what manhood means to the men doing it.