About MFI - Massachusetts Family Institute

Mission and Overview

Recognizing that healthy families are indispensable to the preservation of a strong and free society, Massachusetts Family Institute (MFI) is dedicated to strengthening the family and affirming the Judeo-Christian values upon which it is based. Established in 1991, MFI is a non-partisan public policy organization dedicated to strengthening families in Massachusetts. MFI engages in research and education on a wide range of public policy issues to strengthen the well-being, health and safety of families – its individual members and the collective unit.

While many of the issues in which MFI engages are complex, we believe that the best solutions are found through a system of valuing the life and well being of every child, woman and man. To that end, we seek to reduce barriers that threaten family stability and to create a political and social environment where families can thrive and prosper.

MFI has been a proactive, public voice on a number of issues including:

Strengthening, protecting, and preserving marriage between a man and a woman
Preserving life from conception to natural death
Promoting sexual intimacy in natural marriage and abstinence outside of marriage
Educating children and adults on the spread of dangerous sexually transmitted diseases and the benefits of sexual abstinence
Educating families and children about the dangers of unsafe Internet use
Preventing sexual abuse of children
Enforcing statutory rape laws
Promoting parents’ rights regarding the education and welfare of their children
Opposing expanded gambling and its destructive social costs on families
Opposing the promotion and legalization of recreational drugs
Providing resources to help parents meet the financial and emotional needs of their families

MFI is an independent, not-for-profit organization and supported through the generosity of our contributors.