Support Birth Center Equity
Every Birth Deserves Respect. Every Community Deserves Access.
Birth centers offer a powerful, community-rooted alternative that centers dignity, choice, and culturally respectful care. Birth Center Equity (BCE) is building a future where birth centers led by and for communities of color are no longer the exception—they are the norm.
What We Do
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Fund birth centers led by Black, Indigenous, people of color.
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Grow midwifery models nationwide.
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Build a strong national network of mutual support and shared learning.
Birth Center Equity provides funding, infrastructure support, and community-building for BIPOC-led birth centers across the country. We invest in people, power, and place to make birth justice real.
Since 2020, we've supported over 60 birth centers and helped secure millions in investment for community birth.
How You Can Help
Philanthropists of all sizes and scales can step in to make an impact for our network. From family offices to individual donors to institutional funders, we invite your investment and engagement in our important movement.
I am strongly drawn to support Birth Center Equity because it combines key ingredients for combating our nation's maternal health crisis:
Midwifery-led care
In birth centers, which enable the midwifery model to flourish
Centering most adversely affected communities that best understand the challenges and solutions and
With brilliant, visionary leadership,
...and our childbearing families urgently need BCE's Beloved birth 50 by 50 campaign to scale up midwifery!
— Carol Sakala, Funder and Senior Director for Maternal Health at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Join the Movement
Your support isn't just a donation—it's an investment in birth justice, racial equity, and community health.
Share Our Story on BCE’s Social Platforms:
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You can donate stocks or securities and make a significant investment in BCE’s vision. Get in touch to learn more.
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You can mail a check to:
Birth Center Equity co/Resist
PO Box 301240
Boston, MA 02130 -
You can make a tax-free gift directly from your IRA if you are 70.5 or older. This qualified charitable distribution (QCD) can count toward your required minimum distribution and may reduce your taxable income — all while making a meaningful impact. Contact us at: development@birthcenterequity.org for more information.
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Leave behind a lasting legacy by naming Birth Center Equity as a beneficiary in your will or revocable living trust. Contact us to learn more.
Ways To Give:
Tax ID Information:
BCE TAX ID #: 04-2433182