Cultivating Health and Well Being

Atlanta Doula Collective (ADC)

• Fall 2024
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•   1st Grant

Georgia

Atlanta Doula Collective works to eradicate Black maternal and infant mortalities in Georgia by providing affordable perinatal support services and culturally responsive, community-based education. ADC serves low and no-income Black mothers facing barriers to accessing affordable healthcare. They work to decrease the rate of preterm births and cesarean births experienced by Black mothers within the program, […]

Tight Lipped

• Fall 2023
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• Fall 2024
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•   2nd Grant

Illinois

Tight Lipped is a grassroots organization by and for people with chronic vulvovaginal and pelvic pain, working to destigmatize these conditions.  They advocate for correct diagnosis, effective treatment, and compassionate care, and also connect the affected community through storytelling. Tight Lipped is currently developing and launching their first patient-led campaign, which will advocate for all […]

Yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective

• Fall 2022
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•   1st Grant

Yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective is an urban Indigenous women-led arts nonprofit, dedicated to improving Indigenous mental and emotional health outcomes through art-making, community building, and equitable creative opportunities for personal and professional growth. Yəhaw̓ cultivates opportunities for creatives at every stage of their careers and centers voices of women, two-spirited and young people. They provide […]

Mama to Mama

• Spring 2022
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•   3rd Grant

Kentucky

Mama to Mama offers social support for mothers as they make the transition into parenthood. Their Community-Supported Doula Project provides doulas to women who are at very high risk for disparities in perinatal health outcomes. Recognizing that the doula profession suffers from a lack of cultural and racial diversity, Mama to Mama funds training costs for […]

Mama to Mama

• Spring 2021
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•   2nd Grant

Kentucky

Mama to Mama works to increase social support for all mothers as they make the transition into parenthood by promoting healthy parenting practices in an effort to create healthier and more sustainable communities. One of their core programs, the Community-supported Doula Project, provides doulas to women who are at very high risk for disparities in perinatal […]

Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas

• Spring 2021
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•   2nd Grant

Texas

Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas (SSFTX) is a San Antonio-based, women of color-led organization that aims to increase the health and healing of immigrant women and families by providing direct support, resources, and advocacy that encourages autonomy, empowerment, and self-determination. The SSFTX Health Advocate Project focuses on creating social change by building empathy and tolerance […]

Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas

• Spring 2020
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•   1st Grant

Texas

Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas is a women of color-led organization that aims to increase the health and healing of immigrant women and families by providing direct support, resources, and advocacy that encourages autonomy, empowerment, and self-determination.

Star Farm Chicago

• Spring 2020
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•   1st Grant

Chicago, Illinois

Star Farm Chicago increases access to local organic produce while providing vocational training and horticultural therapy for women, children, and adults with physical and developmental disabilities.

Fanm Saj

• Spring 2020
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•   1st Grant

Florida

Fanm Saj provides families across the African Diaspora with cultural and wellness tools as well as social and political resources to nourish themselves, families and communities.

Mama to Mama

• Fall 2019
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•   1st Grant

Kentucky

Mama to Mama works to increase social support for all mothers as they make the transition into parenthood by promoting healthy parenting practices in an effort to create healthier and more sustainable communities.