Community Power-Building for Birth and Parenting Justice Grant Program
SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
Participatory grant program that reserves a share of its pool for BIPOC researchers and BIPOC creatives alongside grassroots groups, funding research and arts that advance birth and parenting justice.
- Indicative award
- $25k–$50k (total award)Page states a maximum of $25,000 for individuals and $50,000 for organizations, out of a $1,000,000 pool, with up to 15% of grants reserved for researchers and creatives.
- Timing
- Periodic callsPeriodic calls · May, JunNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The live page still describes the open call as May 19 to June 1, 2023, with a July 2023 start; no newer cycle is posted. The program page remains up and lists a contact for future cycles, so verify status with SisterSong before relying on it.
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidate, Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Practitioner, Community organisation
- Eligibility
- Three applicant types: BIPOC-led grassroots organizations with budgets at or under $250,000 (501(c)(3) or fiscal sponsor), BIPOC artists/creatives, and BIPOC researchers with an ongoing project or defined proposal. Individuals may apply; US-based only. Universities are not named as eligible applicants, so the route is the individual BIPOC researcher, not the institution.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- birth justice · parenting justice · participatory grantmaking · bipoc researchers · arts and culture
- Apply at
- https://www.sistersong.net/grant-program
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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