Funding search · maternal and infant health · Massachusetts
Who funds maternal and infant health work in Massachusetts
13 funders have a record of paying for maternal and infant health work by Massachusetts recipients: 27 grants totaling $5.6M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Engenderhealth ($2.9M), Cb Laub Family Foundation ($311,400) and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ($120,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Massachusetts recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
EngenderhealthWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to PATHFINDER — family planning, maternal health and obstetrics
Largest: $200,000 to Pathfinder International — international maternal health
Largest: $75,000 to TUFTS UNIVERSITY — 81608 supporting the 7th annual black maternal health conference
United Way of Greater Fall RiverFall River, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $157,764 · through 2023Largest: $63,250 to FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION — mental health services; child and maternal health
Dayton Foundation PlusDayton, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $575,000 to THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — salary support for the maternal health equity initiative
Largest: $201,501 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — improving health insurance design to reduce racial/ethnic inequities in maternal health
The New Commonwealth Racial Equity andRoxbury, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to RESIST INC FBO NEIGHBORHOOD BIRTH CENTER — black maternal health
Largest: $17,131 to Trustees of Boston University — racial and ethnic disparities in postpartum maternal health: implications of postpartum medicaid eligibility extensions
Largest: $110,000 to TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE — doula expansion toolkit dissemination: enhancing maternal health equity project
Jhpiego CorporationBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $60,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to HARVARD UNIVERSITY — technical assistance with the impact of quality accreditation on maternal health outcomes.
Largest: $200,000 to Wangui Muigai — as a 2022 andrew carnegie fellow for the project, "infant mortality, race, and the american roots of a health inequality"
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to TUFTS UNIVERSITY — 7th annual black maternal health conference 2024
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