In just three years, BFF has granted almost $300K to hundreds of midwives, student midwives, midwife preceptors, doulas, and community based organizations across the USA.

Our grants are more than numbers. It's solidarity. It's community care. Together, we build abundance for our birth future.

“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!

Birth Future Foundation is excited to announce our new grant making cycle, Watering the Seeds : Midwifery Careand 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.

This grant will focus specifically on midwives and midwifery students. APPLICATIONS CLOSED ON SEPTEMBER 2

We are so happy to launch our partnership and collaboration with Baby Yams, a brand created by actress and activist Tatyana Ali. BFF and Baby Yams share a common goal to empower midwives and birthworkers with the resources to do what they do best, providing culturally concordant and liberating reproductive care. This collaboration strengthens our capacity and brings us closer to realizing our vision of liberation and abundance. Together, we’re better!

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!