Donor Categories- defined for you
Our list of donors represents an extremely diverse group of healthy men. We look for individuals from all ethnic groups, with varying physical characteristics, interests, educational backgrounds and professions. Individuals who search our donor register are often surprised by how many donors who fit into their desired categories.To see what information is provided on our individual donors, including personal, medical, photo and audio options, see Donor Information. The recruitment and screening process is one of our highest priorities and as a result we are consistently and frequently adding new donors to our list. Meet our newest donors!
Fairfax Cryobank donors live in the local communities surrounding our collection facilities in Fairfax, Virginia (metro Washington DC), Austin, Texas and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We draw heavily from the colleges and graduate programs in those areas, as well as recruiting successful professionals to become sperm donors. Men who are interested in becoming applicants must be between 18-39 years of age, healthy and have no other significant risk factors. (See information about the screening process below) Of those who originally apply, fewer than 1% actually are accepted as sperm donors for Fairfax Cryobank, indicative of our intensely rigorous screening processes.
During the required face to face interview with our experienced staff, donors often express the desire to help those who are unable to have children of their own. They may have observed similar experiences with family or friends and are therefore looking for a way to make a difference. This interview process is ongoing and allows us to get to know the donors as well as being an effective way to review information the donors provide about themselves and their families.
Donors are required to fill out a health history questionnaire with detailed information about themselves and their families, providing information about educational background and academic testing. They must also undergo a physical exam and extensive blood work to test for an array of disorders. Sperm samples are put through intensive scrutiny and must pass a minimum standard to be considered for the program. Once a donor has been accepted into the program, he is tested for infectious diseases on a recurring basis and must maintain a minimum sperm quality. Donors typically contract with Fairfax Cryobank for at least 6 months and will visit the Cryobank on average twice a week to provide specimens.
Donor Categories:
Fairfax Cryobank donors are separated into four categories, each defined below. Please check the fee schedule for differences in prices between the categories.
All donors have undergone the exact same intensive screening procedures of Fairfax Cryobank which includes a multi generational family history, physical examination, and extensive genetic and infectious disease testing.
FAIRFAX category is the largest category of anonymous sperm donors. Donors in this category will have extensive personal information available; personal profiles, photo matching, donor essays, audio interview CDs and childhood photos in addition to summary and medical profiles.
FAIRFAX DOCTORATE category is comprised of anonymous donors who are in the process of earning, or have completed, a Doctorate degree. These donors include: medical, dental, chiropractic, law (Juris Doctorate), veterinary, optometry, pharmacy, and Ph.D. students and graduates. The products and services available on Doctorate donors are identical to the products and services available from the Fairfax category.
FAMILY SOLUTIONS from Fairfax Cryobank was initiated in 1998 to offer anonymous donor sperm at a discounted rate. In 2008 we reevaluated this donor category so as to include more donors. Some of the donors in this group were in and out of the program before we started gathering extensive personal information. Other donors are in this group in order to balance our inventories. Summary and medical profiles are available for all donors in this group, and several of them have additional information available. Donors will rotate into and out of this category as our inventory requirements dictate.
ID OPTION donors agree to allow Fairfax Cryobank to share identifying information with registered offspring, 18 or older, conceived by donor insemination with their semen specimen. Adult offspring who have been registered will be the ONLY individual(s) with the authority to request identifying information and to have access to the identifying information.
Identifying information is defined as the ID Option Donor’s full name, date of birth, last known telephone numbers and addresses, and other personally identifying information that the ID Options Donor has agreed to release and that Fairfax Cryobank chooses to release.
ID Option Donors stay in contact with Fairfax Cryobank and update information regularly. Although donors agree to participate in the ID Options Program, they are not obligated to meet their offspring. Patients can decide to complete the birth registration at a later time or not at all, while waiting to see what their family situation dictates they should do. To protect patient confidentiality, donors can never access the names of offspring and their parents through Fairfax Cryobank.
Regardless of the patient's choice to register their child for the program or not, they must still agree to sign a consent form and return it to us at least one business day prior to any semen order sample purchase or shipment. As with our anonymous donors, ID Option Donors will have no legal relationship, rights or obligations to any offspring born using their donated semen. Parents and offspring understand that the ID Option program is not intended to create family relationships between the ID Option Donor and their offspring. Yet the opportunity to one day contact their donor offers an empowering choice that families and offspring can now make once they reach adulthood.
For more information about our privacy policy that reviews our guidelines on donor anonymity, see Privacy Policy. Please check the fee schedule for IUI, ICI and IVF specimen pricing for each category