May 01, 2023 How Christy Turlington Burns Uses Awareness and Advocacy to Put Mothers First May 01, 2023/ Liz Longley We checked in with the model and social entrepreneur about Every Mother Counts, a public philanthropy she founded that uses advocacy, awareness building and grantmaking to center mothers in maternal health work.Read More
June 23, 2022 Here's What We Know About a Walton Heir’s Zoma Foundation, a Big Supporter of Early Childhood June 23, 2022/ Michael Kavate This couple from America’s richest family are founders of a sizable but low-profile foundation. Here’s what we learned from a deep dive into their grantmaking on maternal health, early childhood development, and more.Read More
June 15, 2022 For Packard, a Family Legacy Fuels Cutting Edge-Care for Mothers and Babies June 15, 2022/ Connie Matthiessen The David and Lucile Packard Foundation will provide $100 million to the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford to modernize and enhance care for mothers and infants — and carry on Lucile Packard’s legacy.Read More
March 17, 2022 How the Fistula Foundation Chases a Singular Goal, One Surgery at a Time March 17, 2022/ Liz Longley Obstetric fistula is a devastating condition that impacts millions of women, but it’s not a high priority in global health funding. CEO Kate Grant tells us how she grew the largest private funder supporting the cause.Read More
March 15, 2022 To Address Sharp Disparities in Maternal Health, a Foundation Turns to Local Groups for Solutions March 15, 2022/ Connie Matthiessen The Anthem Foundation is supporting efforts to reverse high rates of maternal mortality, particularly for women of color. The funder is backing several local programs and one national nonprofit to advance scalable solutions.Read More
November 21, 2017 A Funder Takes on Maternal and Infant Mortality Here At Home November 21, 2017/ Caitlin Reilly The U.S. is one of the few wealthy countries where the rate of women who die from childbirth complications is going up—with women of color more likely to die. The Groundswell Fund wants to do something about that. Read More