Projects Funded
The Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery has proudly awarded the following grants. Grant amounts typically range from $2,000 to $15,000.
2020
We are proud to support the following 2020 FAM grantees who serve communities that demonstrate resilience everyday: COVID-19 Birth Worker Relief Fund, Birth Center Equity Fund, Indigenous Midwifery Fund, Defense of Midwives, Where’s My Midwife?, Birth from the Earth, Equity in Midwifery Education, National Black Midwives Alliance, and Birthing People Foundation.
2020 Initiatives Funded
- Health Equity $30,000
- Advocacy $5,000
- Public Education $6,000
- Community Movement Builder $14,200
You can find information about FAM’s grant making principles here.
Community Movement Builders 2.0
In 2020, FAM provided unrestricted funds to community movement builders to support their ongoing efforts to meet the needs of their communities. In 2018, FAM established the Community Movement Builders Fund to support community-based projects that address disparities and inequities in marginalized and vulnerable communities. The objective of the fund is to initiate grassroots, action-based solutions to self-identified challenges through community directed problem solving and leadership development.
2018
In 2018, FAM established the Community Microgrant Fund to support community-based projects that address disparities and inequities in marginalized and vulnerable communities. The objective of the fund is to initiate grassroots, action-based solutions to self-identified challenges through community directed problem solving and leadership development. FAM’s vision of access to respectful and culturally appropriate maternity care from community-based midwives, available to all families and recognized as a human right, is enhanced by the contributions of each of our community microgrant recipients. We honor them for their work. The following six community microgrants were distributed this year. Show them some love and share your well wishes on our Facebook Page.
2017
We’re pleased to announce our grantees for 2017 as selected by the Birth Trustees. Thank you for your contributions!
2016
We’re pleased to announce our grantees for 2016 as selected by the Birth Trustees. Show them some love and share your well wishes on our Facebook Page.
2015
We are pleased to announce our grantees for 2015 as selected by the Birth Trustees.
2014
We are pleased to announce our grantees for 2014 as selected by the Birth Trustees