Focus on the Family is an evangelical Christian ministry founded in 1977 by James Dobson and based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The organization produces radio and digital media, parenting resources, counseling services and child-focused programs and seeks to strengthen what it describes as Christian, heterosexual marriage and family life while influencing public policy consistent with its religious beliefs.
Advances socially conservative family policies including opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage, restrictions on transgender medical care and related LGBT protections, promotion of parental rights in education, religious‑freedom and conscience exemptions, support for adoption and faith-based foster care initiatives, and advocacy for abstinence or faith‑aligned sex‑education approaches.
Primarily funded by individual donor contributions and church support, supplemented by revenue from media, publications and program sales and by grants and gifts from aligned foundations and benefactors.
Founder James Dobson; current leadership such as President/CEO Jim Daly; affiliated or partner organizations including Family Policy Alliance (formerly CitizenLink/Focus on the Family Action), the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute, and frequent legal or policy partners in the conservative Christian advocacy network.
Nonprofit religious ministry (evangelical parachurch organization)
