Advance birth justice through legal services, advocacy, community organizing, doula support, fiscal sponsorship, research and education with an equity, human-rights, and reproductive-justice approach.
Elephant Circle’s largest recent grant went to A Mother’s Choice in Colorado Springs for $106,661, a signal that the foundation pairs major operating support with a birth-justice agenda. In 2024, its giving also included $10,000 grants to HealthConnect One, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, and the Institute for Medicaid Innovation, along with $5,300 to Hispanics in Philanthropy. The pattern points to a funder that supports both direct service organizations and field-building institutions working on perinatal equity, community organizing, legal services, and policy change. The foundation’s stated approach centers birth justice through legal services, advocacy, community organizing, doula support, fiscal sponsorship, research, and education, with an equity, human-rights, and reproductive-justice lens. That mix is reflected in the types of organizations it backs: a local Colorado birth-justice effort at the largest end of the range, and national groups engaged in doula support, Medicaid-related policy work, and reproductive justice infrastructure. Elephant Circle also operates a Sustainability Hub that provides fiscal sponsorship, support, coaching, and incubation for new programs and organizations working on birth justice.
In birth-justice work, Elephant Circle made its largest 2024 grant, giving $106,661 to A Mother’s Choice in Colorado Springs. That award fits the foundation’s emphasis on legal services, advocacy, community organizing, and direct support for birthing families. For doula and community-birth-worker infrastructure, it gave $10,000 to HealthConnect One in Chicago. The foundation also backed field-wide reproductive-justice organizing with $10,000 to Black Mamas Matter Alliance in Atlanta. Policy and research are part of the mix as well. Elephant Circle awarded $10,000 to the Institute for Medicaid Innovation in Washington, DC, connecting its grantmaking to Medicaid-related perinatal issues. In addition, it gave $5,300 to Hispanics in Philanthropy in San Francisco, extending support to a networked philanthropic intermediary.
Elephant Circle’s recent grant sizes are tightly clustered at a $10,000 median, with both the 25th and 75th percentiles also at $10,000. That means most of its awards in the provided data land at the same level, with one much larger grant standing apart. The foundation shows at least some repeat support for Colorado, which received 20% of grants in the latest year on file, but its stated geographic scope is national. It also runs a Fiscal Sponsorship (Sustainability Hub), and that program accepts unsolicited proposals. The available data shows 2024 grants only, so longer-term repeat grantee patterns cannot be inferred here.
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$5.7M
Most grants fall between $10K and $10K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$10K
About 20% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Elephant Circle gives nationally, and the recipient mix in the provided data is entirely U.S.-based. Colorado accounts for 20% of grants, reflecting support to Colorado Springs. Other named recipient locations include Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, DC, and San Francisco. The top state by grant count is California, even though the foundation is headquartered in Palisade, Colorado.
The foundation’s grant-size distribution is very compressed: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are all $10,000. In the provided 2024 data, one grant is much larger at $106,661, but most awards sit at the $10,000 level.
Elephant Circle supports birth justice through legal services, advocacy, community organizing, doula support, fiscal sponsorship, research, and education. Its focus areas include birth justice, doula services and training, legal services and parent defense, fiscal sponsorship, policy advocacy, and research and publications.
Yes. Its Fiscal Sponsorship (Sustainability Hub) program is listed as accepting unsolicited proposals, and it provides fiscal sponsorship, support, coaching, and incubation for new programs and organizations working on birth justice.
The foundation gives nationally, with all five grants in the provided recipient-country data going to U.S. organizations. Colorado represents 20% of grants, and California is the top state by grant count.
Recent grants include HealthConnect One in Chicago for doula-related work, Black Mamas Matter Alliance in Atlanta for reproductive-justice field building, and the Institute for Medicaid Innovation in Washington, DC for Medicaid-related perinatal issues.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from Elephant Circle that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Projects or initiatives aligned with Elephant Circle's mission to advance birth justice. (Contact fiscalsponsorship@elephantcircle.org for specifics.)
Deadline: Rolling / ongoing (no specific deadlines listed)
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A MOTHER'S CHOICE | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | $106,661 | 2024 | — |
| HEALTHCONNECT ONE | CHICAGO, IL | $10,000 | 2024 | — |
| BLACK MAMAS MATTER ALLIANCE | ATLANTA, GA | $10,000 | 2024 | — |
| INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAID INNOVATION | WASHINGTON, DC | $10,000 | 2024 | — |
| HISPANICS IN PHILANTHROPY | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $5,300 | 2024 | — |
| A MOTHER'S CHOICE MIDWIFERY | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | $174,385 | 2023 | — |
A MOTHER'S CHOICE
$106,661A MOTHER'S CHOICE MIDWIFERY
$174,385