About Every Mother Counts
To ensure that the maternal health journey before, during, and after childbirth is safe, respectful, and equitable for everyone, everywhere.
Focus Areas
Community-based careMaternity care workforceSystems changeRaising awarenessAdvocacyMidwiferyDoulas
Who They Fund
pregnant women, birthing people, and newbornsmidwives, nurses, and traditional birth attendants (trainees)underserved rural communities (LMICs such as Haiti, Tanzania, Kenya, Bangladesh)Black and other marginalized communities in the U.S. affected by perinatal disparitiesexpectant and new parents in crisis / disaster-affected populations
About Every Mother Counts
Every Mother Counts centers maternal health around community-led care, workforce development, and systems change, with grants that reach local organizations working before, during, and after childbirth. One of its largest recent awards went to Midwives for Haiti for training Haitian nurses to become skilled birth attendants and strengthening partnerships in Haiti and the U.S. Another major grant supported Lwala Community Alliance’s obstetric hemorrhage initiative in Kenya, showing how the foundation backs specific clinical interventions alongside broader maternal-health infrastructure. The funder also supports U.S. birth centers, midwifery networks, and organizations focused on birth justice and racial equity in perinatal care. Recent grants include general operating support, project-specific support, emergency funding, and impact scaler grants, which points to a mix of flexible and targeted funding. Across the portfolio, the common thread is support for locally led partners that are building maternal health services, diversifying the maternity care workforce, and improving access for pregnant people, birthing people, and newborns. The foundation’s work reflects both service delivery and policy-adjacent approaches, including advocacy support and awareness-raising efforts.
What Every Mother Counts Funds
In community-based care, Every Mother Counts has funded birth-center and homebirth infrastructure. Project Motherpath received support to operate two birth centers serving Minneapolis and North Miami Beach, with non-reimbursable midwife-led prenatal, childbirth, and postpartum care. In another community-care example, Commonsense Childbirth was funded to improve health and wellbeing in Central Florida through clinical practice and wraparound psychosocial support. The foundation also backs workforce development. Maya Midwifery International received support to prepare and sustain local midwives in their communities, while Midwives for Haiti was funded to train Haitian nurses as skilled birth attendants. Systems change appears in grants to Changing Woman Initiative, which supports Indigenous communities’ cultural birth resiliency and the right to respectful care. On the advocacy side, Nazdeek received general operating support for community justice and legal empowerment.
How Every Mother Counts Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.4M
Total Assets
$11.3M
Total Revenue
$8.6M
Total Expenses
$7.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $30K and $88K, with a median of $55K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$55K
75th Percentile
$88K
Geographic Reach
National24 states funded
About 12% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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