The Sperm Bank of California

The Sperm Bank of California (TSBC) is the first and only sperm bank in the United States to operate as a nonprofit organization. Our mission is to provide services, information, and resources to all women and men who choose to create or expand their families through donor insemination and sperm storage.

Since our founding over twenty years ago, we have been dedicated to promoting an open approach to donor insemination and advocating for family diversity. We are proud to have developed the first Identity-Release^® Program in the world, a program that allows adult children conceived by donor insemination to learn their donor's identity. We conduct research on many aspects of donor insemination in order to enhance societal acceptance of alternative family building and to inform and challenge industry practices.

Over 30,000 children a year are born through donor insemination in the United States, and their numbers are rapidly growing. As a result, there are also a growing number of resources available to guide families through the process of donor insemination. Click below to learn more about some of the unique resources we offer at TSBC. We've also compiled a list of books and Web sites that may be helpful to you, whether you're at the pre-conception stage or you're talking to your child about how she or he was conceived.

For more information, visit our web site at www.thespermbankofca.org