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 BFF Grant

Watering the Seeds: Midwifery Care and Capacity Building

APPLY BY September 2

Birth Future Foundation is excited to announce our new grant making cycle, Watering the Seeds : Midwifery Care and Capacity Building Grant.

We are excited to announce our partnership with Baby Yams, a company launched by Tatyana Ali, who is supporting this grant with proceeds from the sales of baby quilts purchased on baby-yams.com . Baby Yams supports Black and Indigenous birth workers uniquely positioned to give us the care we need. Learn more .

 
 

This grant will focus specifically on midwives and midwifery students. Grants will range from $1,000-$2,500 per grantee.

The intention of this grant is to water the seeds planted from our previous grant cycles by pouring into the amazing midwifery workforce, present and future. This grant will support the midwifery pipeline and nourish it. This grant is for Black and Indigenous practicing midwives and midwifery students who are taking care of birthing people, mothers, babies, families, and communities with all they have and all they are.

We are asking you to help us by spreading the word to the midwives and midwifery students who you know have poured so much of themselves into their work, training, clients and community. You can also donate to make this grant our largest yet!

We are who we have been waiting for! We must care for those who are taking up the mantle to combat the reproductive and maternal health crisis we are in. We must make this work sustainable! We must water and pour into the midwifery force we have, and the future midwives to come. We at BFF are committed to surpassing the amount raised from our previous grants and make this our largest grant funding to date ..with your help. We are so excited for this grant and our partnership with Tatyana Ali and Baby Yams. As always we look forward to showing our love, gratitude and appreciation by pouring into as many of you as possible!

Important Dates

Grant opens: July 22, 2024
Applications Due: September 2nd 5pm Pacific/7pm Central/8pm Eastern
Awards announced: by September 30, 2024

For questions, please contact:  birthfuturegrants@gmail.com

Grant Committee for Watering the Seeds grant

BFF's previous grant cycles used the participatory grantmaking model where we invited a group of peers to review the applicants and direct the grants. For our first grant in partnership with Baby Yams, the BFF leadership team is honored to serve as the grantmaking committee.

We are: Tanya Smith Johnson (Executive Director), Emily Anesta (President), RaShaunda Lugrand (Vice President), Megan Kennedy (Treasurer), Audra Post (Secretary), Chanel Porchia-Albert (Board Member), and Lauren Brown (Board Member)

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