All maternal health charities
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Frontier Nursing University Inc
United States
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Versailles, KY
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Education
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National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Assoc Inc
United States
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Washington, DC
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Health
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Mt Baker Planned Parenthood
United States
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Bellingham, WA
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Health
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Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health
United States
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Bloomington, MN
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Health
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Reproductive Health Access Project Inc
United States
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New York, NY
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Health
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Birth Detroit Inc
United States
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Detroit, MI
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Health
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Breath of My Heart Birth Place
United States
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Espanola, NM
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Health
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Converge Inc
United States
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Ridgeland, MS
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Health
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Dar a Luz Birth & Health Center
United States
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Los Ranchos, NM
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Health
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Friends of Refugees Inc
United States
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Clarkston, GA
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Human Services
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Midwife Center for Birth and Womens Health
United States
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Pittsburgh, PA
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Health
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Myally Health
United States
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Grand Forks, ND
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Health
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Perinatal Health Equity Foundation
United States
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East Orange, NJ
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Health
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Planned Parenthood Great Plains
United States
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Overland Park, KS
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Health
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Changing Woman Initiative
United States
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Albuquerque, NM
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Health
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I be Black Girl
United States
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Omaha, NE
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Social Services
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Reproductive Equity Now Foundation Inc
United States
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Boston, MA
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Social Services
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Womens Accessible Medical Services Ps
United States
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Seattle, WA
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Health
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Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains Inc
United States
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Overland Park, KS
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Health
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Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region
United States
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Cincinnati, OH
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Health
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What is a maternal health charity?
Maternal health organizations work to make pregnancy and childbirth safer: the charities listed here run maternity clinics, train midwives, support mothers before and after birth, and campaign for better care. Filter the directory above by country and by organization size. GiveRadar assigns the maternal health tag from each charity's name, stated mission, and registry classification; charities cannot choose it or pay for it.
A maternal health charity is a nonprofit that works to keep women healthy through pregnancy, childbirth, and the period after delivery. That covers a wide range of organizations: clinics providing antenatal check-ups, groups training midwives and birth attendants, funds that pay for emergency obstetric care, and advocacy organizations pushing for respectful, adequately staffed maternity services. Many complications of pregnancy and childbirth are preventable or treatable when skilled care arrives in time, which is why so much of this work focuses on access: getting qualified help to the mother, or the mother to a facility, before a problem becomes an emergency. Maternal health sits inside the broader UN goal for health, so these organizations also appear under SDG 3; charities focused on family planning and contraception are tagged separately under reproductive health.
What do maternal health charities do?
Maternal health charities deliver and improve care across the whole arc of pregnancy: before, during, and after birth. Typical work by the organizations listed here includes:
- Antenatal care: check-ups, screening, and health education for pregnant women through clinics, outreach visits, and community health workers
- Skilled birth attendance: training, equipping, and deploying midwives and nurses so births happen with qualified help present
- Emergency obstetric care: referral networks, emergency transport, and funding for treatment of complications such as hemorrhage and obstructed labor
- Postnatal follow-up: care for mothers and newborns in the days and weeks after delivery, when many risks concentrate
- Childbirth injury treatment: surgery and recovery support for conditions like obstetric fistula
- Supplies and infrastructure: clean birth kits, medicines, blood banks, and equipment for maternity wards
- Advocacy and research: campaigning for respectful maternity care, better staffing, and policies that reduce preventable deaths
How to check a maternal health charity before you give
Before donating to a maternal health organization, check whether it tells you who actually delivers the care. This cause spans two very different models: organizations that provide clinical services themselves or through named partner facilities, and organizations that fund, train, or advocate. Both are legitimate, but a charity offering medical care should be able to say where it works and what kind of qualified staff (midwives, nurses, doctors) are involved; vague language about "helping mothers" with no stated delivery model is a reason to look closer. On each profile here, check the registration details, whether recent financial filings are available, and whether leadership is disclosed. The integrity assessment summarizes those disclosure and governance signals: it measures what the organization makes public, not the quality of its clinical care or its impact. For a step-by-step approach that works for any cause, see our guide for donors, or look up a specific organization with the charity checker.
Common questions
What is a maternal health charity?
A maternal health charity is a nonprofit working to make pregnancy and childbirth safer for mothers and newborns. These organizations run maternity clinics, train midwives, fund emergency obstetric care, and advocate for better maternity services. The directory above lists charities GiveRadar has tagged to maternal health, with filters for country and organization size, each with registration details and financials where available.
What is safe motherhood?
Safe motherhood is the principle that every woman should be able to go through pregnancy and childbirth safely: with quality antenatal care, a skilled attendant at birth, access to emergency care if complications arise, and follow-up afterwards. It began as a global public health movement and now describes the goal most maternal health organizations work toward. The charities listed on this page contribute to it in different ways, from direct clinical care to training and advocacy.
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