CHAP Newsletter: 2023 Reflections & Updates

Thank you for your guidance, inspiration, and collaboration. Our commitment to rethinking philanthropy has only grown this year, and we will continue to champion organizations, programs, and policies focused on birth equity and community health in 2024.

Wendy McWeeny 11/20/23 Wendy McWeeny 11/20/23

2023 Birth Equity Funders Landscape Report Now Available

Funders for Birth Justice & Equity (FBJE) has released a new landscape report providing an overview of the state of philanthropic funding for birth equity. The report focuses on who makes up the current landscape of funders, what they are funding, and how they are integrating an equity lens in their practices and approaches.

Wendy McWeeny 11/15/23 Wendy McWeeny 11/15/23

New Report Details Critical Doula and Perinatal Findings from National Learning Series

A new report from Every Mother Counts (EMC) and the Institute for Medicaid Innovation (IMI) details findings from a CHAP-funded learning series focused on expand access to quality, respectful, and equitable maternity care through Medicaid.

Wendy McWeeny 11/1/23 Wendy McWeeny 11/1/23

Maternal Mental Health Equity Fund Launches RFP

The Maternal Mental Health Equity Fund will be investing in a national cohort of organizations and leaders delivering models of care built in and by Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) communities.

Wendy McWeeny 10/20/23 Wendy McWeeny 10/20/23

History in the Making with GirlTREK

CHAP was honored to join our partners at GirlTREK in Montgomery, Alabama, last month to celebrate their purchase of the historic Black Bricklayers Hall, a building that once served as a base for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and as the epicenter of the Montgomery Bus boycott.

Wendy McWeeny 9/25/23 Wendy McWeeny 9/25/23

Let’s unlock opportunities and impact the outcomes for birthing people together.

This week in response to Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell’s New York Times article, “More Mothers Are Dying. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way,” we’re urging our colleagues in philanthropy to join us in unlock opportunities for—and with—birthing people.

Wendy McWeeny 4/30/23 Wendy McWeeny 4/30/23

All birthing people deserve a system they can trust.

Since the news surrounding Tori Bowie’s death broke last week, we’ve been thinking deeply about the ways in which the details of her story exemplify the failures of the current healthcare system when it comes to birthing people, particularly those who are Black and those with a history of mental health issues.

Wendy McWeeny 4/15/23 Wendy McWeeny 4/15/23

Birth Equity Funders Summit Report Now Available

CHAP is proud to share the newly released report from the inaugural Birth Equity Funders’ Summit held in Atlanta, Georgia last fall. As members of the planning committee, we hope the report will serve as a valuable resource for funders interested in working collaboratively to advance and achieve birth equity throughout the United States.