“We hope this letter reaches you in a moment of peace, breath, or joy — the kind you so often create for others.” This is the opening line of our email to selected BFF Bloom grantees.

Just as a garden requires ongoing care, Birth Future Foundation believes our grantees deserve continued support as they root, grow, and flourish in their work. The BFF Bloom Grant, introduced in 2025, is designed to nurture and sustain the community of midwives, doulas, and students we have already supported.

The Bloom Grant is our way of saying: your work matters, your care matters, and we remain committed to walking alongside you as you continue to grow and thrive.

Birth Future Foundation is proud to have awarded grants to 100 doulas across the USA for our Watering the Seeds: Doula Edition grant. This is BFF’s second Watering the Seeds grant, and our first grant specifically for doulas.

Congratulations to this phenomenal cohort of doulas!

It has been a year already! Before we share what’s next, let’s take a look at some of our 2024 BFF Watering the Seeds grantees.

We are proud to announce that we have selected 67 Black and Indigenous midwives and midwifery students in the U.S. to receive our BFF+Baby Yams Watering the Seeds grant!

We are proud to announce that we have selected 50 midwives, students, and preceptors in the U.S. to receive our Tending to the Soil: Cultivating Community Care Grant!

We were overwhelmed by all the phenomenal individuals who applied or were nominated for our Tending to the Soil Grant. We are excited to announce that we are awarding $75,000 in total for this grant cycle, our largest fund to date!

Thank you! You spread the word, made nominations, applied, and donated. Every member of the BFF community shares in the success and impact of our grantmaking. Thank you for being part of it!

We are thrilled to announce our second round of grants for 2022 and tell you about our phenomenal BFF Sustaining Birth Justice Grantees:

• Granny's Birth Initiative

• Mothers for Mothers Postpartum Justice

• Want to be Well Doula Services

• Chocolate Milk Cafe National Inc

• MAAME Inc (Mobilizing African American Mothers Empowerment)

• Naturally Nurtured Birth Services

At Birth Future Foundation we are committed to participatory grantmaking with those who are building our liberated birth future. A big thank you to our amazing grantmaking advisory committee Tanzye Hill, Cambreisha Montgomery, and RaShaunda Lugrand. And thank you to all our grassroots donors who power our Birth Future grants!

We are thrilled to share with you our inaugural BFF Grantees:
Alabama Black Midwives Conference,
Birth Detroit,
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii, and
Dr. Nadia English-Williams.

At Birth Future Foundation we are committed to participatory grantmaking with those who are building our liberated birth future. A big thank you to our amazing grantmaking advisory committee Jaqxun Darlin, CPM, Dr. Analena Hassberg, Maia Raynor, and Audra Post. And thank you to all our grassroots donors who power our Birth Future grants!