Improved maternal and infant healthcare begins by addressing health equity. We pushed for policy changes at the state and national level to protect moms and moms-to-be.
Advocacy
Another year of powerful impact
Over $5.3 million
in new awards made, including the launch of our Research Center for Advancing Maternal Health Equity
Implicit Bias Training program, with a 98% satisfaction rating
11.5K
Education
Research
With 1 in 10 babies born too soon each year and two women dying from pregnancy and childbirth complications every day, our research teams continue to find solutions to change the future of our children today—and their children tomorrow.
Programs and partnerships
Without our partnerships, we wouldn’t be able to do the work we do. We collaborated with you and thousands of volunteers, corporate partners, and individuals to take action for our mission.
Thanks to your support, we advanced our research, advocacy, and programmatic work, and celebrated our 85th anniversary by acknowledging our historical achievements for every family in America. Together, we made great progress in our mission to fight for the health of all moms and babies in 2023. Here are some of our biggest accomplishments.
Launched our first ever research-based podcast with, 1,000 downloads in the first six months
Preterm birth continues to rise making the US among the most dangerous developed nations for childbirth. In 2023, we reached families and healthcare professionals with health information, advice, and tools for every stage of pregnancy. We also published reports to shed light on this crisis.
Lobbied for policies that resulted in extended Medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months, in 43 states and Washington, DC (source: CMS)
Increased our Advocacy Network by 8% with 47,000 advocates and 120,000 total actions taken
Our 2023 Accomplishments
Nearly 2,000 patients
received quality perinatal healthcare through
over 4,000 patient visits in Mom & Baby Mobile Health Centers® in five sites
Engaged 500+ active members
in our Mom and Baby Action Network
Research
Education
Advocacy
Partnerships
Downloads
Together with your help
we can end preventable maternal health risks and death, end preterm birth, and close the health equity gap to give every family the best possible start.
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Trained more than 25,000 healthcare professionals
+
maternal health professional education programs
+
12.5K
Beyond Labels stigma reduction program
1,000
Added nine new Supportive Pregnancy Care® sites, making a total of 44 to our group prenatal care program
Published consumer education materials in Spanish and English under the It Starts With Mom platform leading to 778,000 webinar views—a 200% increase from 2022
Reported on access to maternity care deserts in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC with the first publication of our Where You Live Matters report, getting an average of 160,000 page views
Determined the US has a D+ maternal and infant health grade in our annual March of Dimes Report Card
D+
Where You Live Matters report
Advocated for families through campaigns like March for Change with 74 bills signed into law
Brought together over 45,000 participants
in our flagship fundraising event March for Babies to raise $26 million
Over 140
local organizations reached 6,000 people through Collective Impact activities, meetings, and conferences
Special Events raised $20+ million
in support of the March of Dimes mission
Raised nearly $7 million
to fund innovation through start-up healthcare companies
Funded two new companies through our Innovation Fund investments:
Raydiant Oximetry and PyrAmes Health
Here are three corporate partner spotlights:
Gerber and March of Dimes helped bring support and resources to local families and communities so that more moms and babies can be healthy and strong.
Pampers helped advance health equity by sponsoring our nursing scholarship program, the Maternal HealthCARE Initiative, and March of Dimes’ Implicit Bias Training.
Elevance Health and March of Dimes worked together to address gaps in quality healthcare that directly and negatively affects the health of moms, babies, and families.
Models to provide accurate prediction of risk for preterm birth, preeclampsia, and other complications
New breakthroughs at our Prematurity Research Centers:
Research
Education
Advocacy
Partnerships
maternal and infant health grade
Testing of microbiota supplement for high-risk preterm births
Data science to indicate links between environmental exposures and pregnancy loss and miscarriage
