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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “maternity”
Where the money went
Largest: $37.9M to INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT — enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; family planning; global health and development public awareness and analysis; maternal, neonatal and child health; maternal, newborn…
Jhpiego CorporationBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
97 matching grants · $78.3M · through 2024Largest: $8.4M to SAVE THE CHILDREN — technical assistance in maternal and child survival.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
85 matching grants · $22.0M · through 2024Largest: $200,294 to ASSOCIATION OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAMS — support states transformational partnerships to dismantle programs and narratives that perpetuate inequities in funding as well as advance maternal and child health via engaging ti…
Largest: $132,531 to YANICA F FAUSTIN - ELON U COL OF AR — 81527 investigating maternal health inequities by nativity to address severe maternal morbidity inequities for black birthing persons across the diaspora
Largest: $357,612 to ASSOCIATION OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAMS — research and education on maternal care
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $15.0M · through 2024Largest: $85,625 to MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE — maternal mental health leadership alliance: support for fact sheets on maternal mental health; developing a comprehensive approach for screening for perinatal mental health conditi…
Every Mother CountsNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
37 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to BABYCAKES AND BRUNCH — to support the work of the shades of blue project by increasing access to culturally responsive services related to maternal and mental health, supporting the development of matern…
The Rotary Foundation of RotaryEvanston, ILCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST INC EDUCATION FUND — maternal and child health-humanitarian-daf
Children'S Trust of South CarolinaColumbia, SCCharity · may take applications
30 matching grants · $13.8M · through 2022Largest: $1.3M to CAROLINA HEALTH CENTERS INC — maternal, infant, early childhood home visiting
AlliancechicagoChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $70,213 to FRIEND HEALTH — clinical directors network grant patient engagement, merck factors associated with vaccination uptake in diverse and underserved populations who receive primary care at federally q…
Largest: $4.5M to BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTRE — elevating maternal and pediatric healthcare
Largest: $94,000 to FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION — to support the development of a statewide maternal and child health equity action network to collaborate on action plans to improve maternal and child outcomes in north carolina.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →

