Five finalists announced for $10 million award to provide women with safe access to maternal healthcare
CHICAGO, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Patchwork Collective, ICONIQ Impact—ICONIQ Capital's platform for collaborative philanthropy—and Lever for Change announced five finalists for the $10 million Maternal & Infant Health Award. The grant competition will support innovative, community-led projects that focus on saving mothers and newborns from complications in childbirth.
- CHICAGO, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Patchwork Collective , ICONIQ Impact —ICONIQ Capital's platform for collaborative philanthropy—and Lever for Change announced five finalists for the $10 million Maternal & Infant Health Award.
- Every year, 4.5 million pregnant women and newborn children die; that's one death every seven seconds.
- The Maternal & Infant Health Award was created to help community leaders—particularly those in low-resource communities—provide women with access to safe, equitable, and quality maternal healthcare.
- In the context of the Maternal & Infant Health Award, Jacaranda would scale its programs nationally in Kenya, impacting 60% of pregnancies there.