The Birth Justice Fund’s Rapid Response Funds (RRF) is intended to provide nimble and flexible funding to advance wins for the birth and reproductive rights of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities and to set agendas and influence policies, practices, and narratives to advance birth equity.
Donor Name: National Birth Equity Collaborative
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/14/2022
Size of the Grant: Up to $50,000
Grant Duration: 1 Years
Details:
The Birth Justice Fund – Rapid Response Fund (BJF-RRF) is a three- year opportunity to advance community power efforts led by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) birth justice (BJ) organizations to address implicit bias and structural racism and their impact on maternal and infant morbidity and mortality.
The intent of the fund is to provide organizations with financial resources to support community power building and promote birth justice efforts in BIPOC communities including Black, Brown, Indigenous, Latine/x, Asian-American/Pacific Islander (AAPI)); transgender, gender-nonconforming, non-binary, and queer people of color; low-income women of color; and/or low-income transgender, gender-nonconforming, non-binary, and queer people of color.
Funding Information
Grants can be up to $50,000 each and will be awarded for 1 year. Eligible organizations are able to request up to $50,000 for one (1) year grant terms. Extensions and/or additional funding may be requested at the end of the grant term.
Eligibility Criteria
- Doing work in the fields of birth equity and reproductive justice, with an explicit or organization-wide focus on issues that address structural racism, social injustice, and their impact on maternal and infant morbidity and mortality
- An individual and/or social justice organization* led by and serving women of color (Black, Brown, Indigenous, Latine/x, Asian-American/Pacific Islander (AAPI)); transgender, gender-nonconforming, non-binary, and queer people of color; low-income women of color; and/or low-income transgender, gender-nonconforming, non-binary, and queer people of color
- This funding allows for a wide range of potential applicants not usually eligible for funding from philanthropic institutions. This includes:
- Independent 501c3 organizations
- Projects affiliated with a fiscal sponsor possessing 501c3 status
- For profit organizations, individuals, and 501c4s with specific initiatives/programs (already in place or entirely new) that have a charitable purpose
- This funding allows for a wide range of potential applicants not usually eligible for funding from philanthropic institutions. This includes:
- Additional eligibility criteria include:
- BIPOC-led: The majority of the organization’s leadership identifying as people of color
- BIPOC-serving:
- The majority of recipients of the organization’s services and/or people impacted by the organization’s advocacy efforts identifying as BIPOC
- Organizational budget disclosure
- Local branches of national organizations are eligible to apply provided that the local budget falls within the prescribed range.
For more information, visit NBEC.
