SFBC Foundation

Advancing accessible, family-centered care for empowered birth and providing comprehensive resources for the midwives that support the journey to parenthood.

12/31/2025

We did it — together. 💛

Because of this community, the San Francisco Birth Center continues to be a place where families feel supported, respected, and deeply cared for.

This year, your generosity helped:
• Support more than 70 families
• Expand access to midwifery care
• Secure the future of the only nonprofit birth center in San Francisco

Thanks to you, we’ve reached our year-end goal — and with it, a major milestone for sustainable, community-based care.

We are so grateful to everyone who gave, shared, and believed in this work. Your support makes a real difference for families across our city.

✨ Learn more or stay connected at the link in our bio.

12/18/2025

This year reminded us of something simple and powerful: it takes a village to keep birth care accessible. Our founder, Nancy Myrick, recently shared a personal letter reflecting on what it’s taken to sustain the San Francisco Birth Center — and how the Foundation and our community are coming together to protect this care. From families and midwives to donors and supporters, this village makes a difference. 📖 Read Nancy’s letter → Link in bio.

12/02/2025

It’s Giving Tuesday 💛
The San Francisco Birth Center is the city’s only nonprofit, midwife-led birth center — a place where families are seen, heard, and supported.
Your donation today (matched up to $50,000!) helps keep this community-centered care accessible to all.
Donate → Link in bio

10/08/2025

We had a very successful emergency training at the today. SFFD and EMS responded to a number of different scenarios including home birth and birth center birth complications. It’s so amazing to watch them work, how they really listened to and respected the midwives, and how quickly they can transport a birthing person in a comfortable position out of the building both down the stairs and in the elevator. Thank you to everyone who participated today!

04/30/2025

Make a gift for Mother’s Day!

Dads and partners bring a kid and decorate pottery. Hosted at Terra Mia in Noe Valley, May 6th 5-7pm, admission includes one adult, one child, and one piece of pottery (up to $20) which will be ready for pickup in time for Mother’s Day. Sign up in the link in bio

04/09/2025

Join the San Francisco Birth Center Foundation for a community-wide Baby and Kids Item Swap on April 26th at Baukunst in Bernal Heights! Link in bio for tickets and more details!

02/25/2025

Join our Baby Sign Language Class at the San Francisco Birth Center on March 8th and discover a beautiful way to communicate with your baby!

01/29/2025

Join us for a fun story time at the SF birth center with Midwife Maliya. You may not know but before Maliya became a midwife she was a beloved preschool teacher

01/04/2025

Join us for a Yoga class hosted by Jane Austin on Saturday, January 25th at Yoga Flow Ocean. All are welcome! Whether you're a former student, a SFBC alumni, yoga curious, a community member, or just passionate about improving women's health, join this fundraiser yoga class benefitting the San Francisco Birth Center Foundation.
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The Foundation provides access to critical reproductive care services in the San Francisco area. Despite being a solution to the maternal mortality crisis in the U.S., birth centers are shuttering their doors in record numbers. SFBC Foundation aims to turn the tide and you can help by joining this class. Proceeds benefit the SFBC Foundation.
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Let's come together and make sure birthing people in San Francisco have access to high quality midwifery care through SFBC.
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Ticket link in bio!

10/23/2024

Group prenatal care has been proven to greatly improve maternal and newborn outcomes.
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Group prenatal sessions bring birthing families due around the same time together over a series of 8 sessions. Sessions expose families to their providers frequently and in a relaxed, collaborative setting. Providers lead facilitative discussions on topics such as prenatal nutrition, stress management, labor and delivery, infant feeding, and newborn care.
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According to the Centering Healthcare Institute, the model decreases the rate of preterm and low weight babies, increases breast/chestfeeding rates, and leads to better pregnancy spacing. Centering has been shown to nearly eliminate racial disparities in preterm birth. African American women, who are at higher risk for preterm birth in the US, experience lower risk of preterm birth when enrolled in group prenatal care than in traditional care.
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The annual cost of preterm baby care was estimated to be $26 billion in 2005. Group prenatal care is thought to be able to prevent $8 billion of that cost due to reduced rates of preterm babies.
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Group prenatal care also creates community with many families developing lifelong friendships with their fellow cohort members. It instills families with self-confidence and leaves families better prepared for birthing. And it encourages self-care.
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Despite the proven physical benefits to patients and the long-term financial benefits to patients and insurance providers due to improved outcomes, group prenatal care is not covered by insurers. Therefore, the financial burden of supporting group prenatal programs often falls on families paying-out-of-pocket or midwives performing unpaid labor in order to provide this essential service to their patients.
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Group prenatal classes is one of the core programs the San Francisco Birth Center Foundation supports through its charitable giving. And it is an area you can for families enrolled in these classes and the midwives who are leading them.
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Donate at the link in bio to support group prenatal education and ensure this resource is around for future birthing families!
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Sources: Centering Healthcare Institute, CDC

10/09/2024

Latinx/Hispanic women in the US face adverse birth outcomes versus non-Hispanic, white women. According to the CDC, in 2022, the infant mortality rate for Hispanic women was 10% higher, low-birthweight was 35% higher, and maternal complications during pregnancy was 45% higher. This is despite the fact that Hispanic mothers smoke at a much lower rate of 1% during pregnancy than non-Hispanic white mothers who smoked at a rate 5.4%.
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The root of the problem is a multitude of small events and injustices that culminate in these tragedies. For example, 9.1% of Hispanic women received late or no perinatal care versus 4.7% of white women. Additionally, a study published last year by the American Psychological Association linked discrimination during perinatal care to adverse birth outcomes. The study even proved that social support during the prenatal period buffers the impact of discrimination on birth outcomes.
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Both of these major contributing factors can be mitigated through midwifery led, relationship based perinatal care such as the care offered at birth centers.
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We are raising funds to support 12 families in financial need to receive the safe, respectful, equitable, and empowering perinatal care at the San Francisco Birth Center.
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Become the Village for families of color who are particularly at risk for adverse outcomes by making a donation today. Link in bio!

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Sources: CDC, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Office of Minority Health), American Psychological Association

09/20/2024

🎇Last call to join our Cosmic Reciprocity of Parenting workshop on 9/22🎇
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Led by Sarah Fontaine of Existing Together, this workshop is designed to rejuvenate our connection to our purpose and joy in parenting.
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It offers an astrological context for parenting, which helps us expand our view beyond the daily challenges of caregiving and into the cosmic connections we have with our children.
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Sign up with the link in bio!

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