Birth Center Equity Foundation grows philanthropic partnerships to increase grant making to BIPOC birth center leaders in support of sustainable community birth infrastructure and optimal maternal infant health.

The Birth Center Equity Foundation is home to the BCE Capital Circle, a cohort of community birth centers to whom BCE provides support. BCE’s 2021 Capital Circle cohort is now closed. Join our mailing list for updates on future cohorts and BCE Community learning opportunities.

Ensure the opening of 10 new community birth centers by 2023.
We are providing financial support and capacity building to our CapitalCircle members who are ready to open birth centers.

Strengthen, grow, and sustain existing BIPOC community birth centers.
We provide financial support, coaching, and community building to our Capital Circle members who are currently providing birth center services.

Advance equity-centered public policies to make the birth center model of care accessible to BIPOC communities.
We work with key policy partners shaping and advocating for policies that support equitable access to birth center care.

Ensure a birth center for every community that wants one.
Across the country, birth centers are rare in Black, Indigenous, communities of color, where lack of access to capital, training, and support mean that few birth workers of color are able to establish birth centers in their communities. BCE is breaking down barriers so that no community is denied access to birth center care.

Build lasting birth justice infrastructure.
BCE is part of a vibrant and powerful birth justice ecosystem with many crucial roles and components. In partnership with BIPOC midwives, doulas, and other birth workers, BCE is committed to reclaiming midwifery and growing birth centers as vital elements of the healing, physical, cultural and economic strength of our communities.