Georgia grants

• We partner with local organizations that share our mission.
• We award grants to address the needs of moms, babies and families.
• Our funding supports programs in communities throughout the state.

The March of Dimes Georgia Chapter funds programs that help moms have full-term pregnancies and healthy babies. This includes providing financial support to research and education that will help moms before and during their pregnancies. It also includes working with local medical groups and organizations to improve prenatal care and newborn screening.

Grants and awards are given to projects that address the urgent needs of moms and babies. Grants are generally awarded for one to three years and range from $10,000 to $25,000.

The March of Dimes Georgia Chapter uses gifts wisely. We award grants based on a number of criteria, including the group or organization’s ability to accomplish its goals, as well as the potential impact a project will have in helping us prevent premature births, birth defects and infant mortality.

The Chapter Community Grants Fund for 2012 is approximately $200,000 with awards ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 each. 

The deadline for 2012 Letters of Intent was May 20, 2011. We are no longer accepting Applications for 2012 community grants.

Chapter Community Grants Program Focus:

• Providing or enhancing preconception health education and/or services.
• Providing or enhancing premature birth risk reduction education and/or services
• Enhancing care through the CenteringPregnancy® model of group prenatal care.
• Initiating a quality improvement program related to premature birth prevention with the goal of catalyzing systems change
• Enhancing the availability, quality and utilization of genetics services and/or other patient services related to preventable birth defects (e.g. outreach and education on newborn screening.)