EVERY FAMILY DESERVES A DOULA!

HELP US MAKE IT HAPPEN.

Founded in 2008, The NYC Doula Collective is a community of birth workers serving New York City and the surrounding areas. We offer quality care for expectant parents and a strong community of support for our doulas. Through ongoing professional development, regular meetings for members, active mentorship and a commitment to giving back to the community, we strive to offer NYC families professional birth doula services within a wide range of experience and fee levels. We believe every birthing person deserves a doula.

Within our Doula Collective, we believe no parent should have to choose between essential support and financial strain. We are raising funds to subsidize doula care for low-income families while ensuring doulas are paid a fair, living wage for their vital work.

With your help, we can bridge the gap and make doula care accessible to every family—regardless of income.

Why Doula Support Matters

Research shows that having a doula leads to:

  • Lower rates of C-sections and birth complications

  • Better mental health outcomes for parents

  • Higher body feeding success rates

  • Reduced racial disparities in birth outcomes

Yet many families cannot afford this life-changing care. At the same time, doulas—who do physically and emotionally demanding work—often struggle financially due to the lack of sustainable wages in birth work. Doulas are typically independent contractors or sole proprietors who, when starting out, often find themselves balancing the demands of a 24/7 on-call schedule for births with other responsibilities or jobs to support their lifestyle as birth workers until they are able to constantly get paid a comfortable fee for their services. This fund will help to subsidize doulas who take clients on at a lower than average fee level, to ensure both FAMILIES AND DOULAS are supported.

Our Goal

We are raising $50,000 to provide free or low-cost doula care to underserved families while guaranteeing fair compensation for the doulas providing this care. Every dollar brings us closer to a world where doula support is a right, not a privilege.

How You Can Help

  • Donate today – Every amount makes a difference.

  • Share this campaign – The more people who see it, the greater our impact.

  • Sponsor a birth – If you or your business want to fully fund a doula for a family, reach out!

Together, we can create a future where every family gets the doula support they deserve, and every doula earns a fair wage.

Donate today and help change birth outcomes for the better!

With love and appreciation,

NYC Doula Collective


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