BFF Grantees

Birth Future Foundation (BFF) is proud to launch our 5th grantmaking cycle: Watering the Seeds: Doula Edition. This grant will focus specifically on doulas in the United States. Grants awarded will be in the amount of $500.

Grant opens on September 19, 2025.
Applications Due by October 17, 2025
Awards announced by November 17, 2025.

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!