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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “birth”
Where the money went
Largest: $236,295 to COMMONSENSE CHILDBIRTH — 81135 supporting ancient song doula services in establishing a birth justice fellowship, empowering grassroots initiatives to develop birth justice hubs
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
65 matching grants · $15.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to BIRTH DETROIT INC — provide core support for the heritage place campus of the growing the village: equitable community birth and postpartum practice project to midwife safe, quality, loving care throu…
Every Mother CountsNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
43 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2024Largest: $115,000 to PROJECT MOTHERPATH INC (NAME ROOTS COMMUNITY BIRTH CENTER & MAGNOLIA BIR — general operating support to support the work of two birth centers: roots community birth center in minneapolis and magnolia birth house in north miami beach to provide non-reimbur…
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $6.9M · through 2024Largest: $679,313 to EVITARUS INC — consultation: policy opportunities and community partnerships; opinion research among black men in california; listening to black californians phase ii: analysis, publication revie…
Skyline FoundationSan Francisco, CA
28 matching grants · $5.5M · through 2024Largest: $167,000 to COMMONSENSE CHILD BIRTH INC — jamaa birth village
Oklahoma Partnership for SchoolOklahoma City, OKCharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $8.8M · through 2024Largest: $974,894 to BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER — 1. developmental monitoring: children birth - five, 2. maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting: children birth - five, 3. early childhood care and education: children b…
The Praxis ProjectSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to TTAWAXT BIRTH JUSTICE CENTER — birth justice fund rapid response grant to support the general operating purposes and charitable purposes of recipient
Healthy Start Coalition ofTampa, FLCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $22.0M · through 2024Largest: $2.9M to SUCCESS 4 KIDS & FAMILIES — to educate, promote positive birth outcomes, and protect the health and well-being of all mothers and children in hillsborough county
Ms Foundation for WomenBrooklyn, NYCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to SOUTHERN BIRTH JUSTICE NETWORK — general operating support
ResistJamaica Plain, MACharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $140,000 to PROJECT MOTHERPATH INC — bce general operations grant to kindred space la birth center, magnolia birth house
Perigee FundSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to TTAWAXT BIRTH JUSTICE CENTER — makah indigenous birth justice network
Largest: $8,000 to ELEPHANT CIRCLE — webinar: tactics in law, policy, and advocacy for reproductive and birth justice for funders for birth justice & equity
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →