Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$718,917

Total expenses

$660,048

Contributions and grants received

$446,446

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$272,470

Investment income

$1

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$305,734

Total liabilities, end of year

$39,364

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$266,370

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$456,444

Management and general expenses

$191,491

Fundraising expenses

$12,113

Program service expenses (Part III)

$456,444

Program services were 69.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE COMPLETED THE STL 360 DOULA INITIATIVE FUNDED BY MERCK FOR MOTHERS BY TRAINING A TOTAL OF 363 DOULAS. THIS SUCCESSFUL PROJECT PROVIDED PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THE BENEFITS OF DOULAS, AWARDED DOULA TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS MISSOURI, AND CLOSED THE DOULA DISPARITY GAP. THIS SUCCESSFUL PROJECT HAS GARNERED ST. LOUIS CITY AND COUNTY THE "SAFER CHILDBIRTH CITY DESIGNATION AWARD," DUE TO JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE'S INNOVATIVE, EXPANSIVE, AND STATEWIDE MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH WORK.

  Expenses $185,000 · Grants $185,000

• JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE LAUNCHED MISSOURI'S 1ST STATEWIDE BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH SUMMIT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MISSOURI COMMUNITY DOULA COUNCIL, APRIL 16-17, 2024, IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO ERADICATE PREVENTABLE CAUSES OF MATERNAL MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, AND PREMATURITY FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN MOTHERS AND BABIES. THIS 2-DAY SUMMIT BEGAN WITH ADVOCACY DAY, INCLUDING A BUS RIDE TO THE STATE CAPITOL WITH SUMMIT ATTENDEES TO LEARN ABOUT LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE BIRTH IN THE STATE AND HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR BETTER BIRTH PRACTICES. DAY 2 OF THE SUMMIT CONSISTED OF A CONFERENCE LED BY NATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKERS. THE SUMMIT BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER 150 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BIRTH WORKERS, AND PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE NATION TO COLLECTIVELY LEARN SOLUTIONS TOWARD IMPROVING BIRTH OUTCOMES.

  Expenses $50,000 · Grants $50,000

• JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE CELEBRATED THE GLOBAL LAUNCH OF BLACK DOULA DAY IN ST. LOUIS VIA A PRESS CONFERENCE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. ON APRIL 11, 2024, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BLACK MAMAS MATTER ALLIANCE, JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE HOSTED A BLACK DOULA DAY VIRTUAL PEP RALLY WITH OVER 650 DOULAS AND MATERNAL HEALTH SUPPORTERS IN ATTENDANCE ACROSS THE WORLD. LOCALLY IN ST. LOUIS, JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS MAYOR'S OFFICE TO HOST A DOCUMENTARY MOVIE SCREENING ABOUT DOULA CARE IN URBAN COMMUNITIES. JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE WAS AWARDED TWO PROCLAMATIONS ON THIS DAY FROM THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS MAYOR'S OFFICE AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY EXECUTIVE SAM PAGE'S OFFICE ON THE SUCCESS OF BLACK DOULA DAY AND THE MOVEMENT JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE HAS STARTED TO GROW THE DOULA COMMUNITY IN ST. LOUIS AND BEYOND.

  Expenses $30,000 · Grants $30,000

• JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE TRAINED OVER 200 MEDICAL PROVIDERS ACROSS FOUR HOSPITALS, ONE NURSING COLLEGE, AND ONE OBSTETRICAL UNIVERSITY-ON CULTURAL CONGRUENT CARE, INCLUDING THE BENEFITS OF COMMUNITY-BASED DOULA & MIDWIFERY CARE, AND WORKING TOGETHER AS HOSPITALS AND COMMUNITY PROVIDERS FOR BETTER BIRTH OUTCOMES. DATA AND EVALUATION SHOWED PROVIDERS TO BE MORE EMPATHETIC AND MORE LIKELY TO RESPECT, VALUE, AND WELCOME DOULAS INTO THE L&D AND NICU ROOMS WHERE PATIENTS HAVE DOULA CARE. FEEDBACK SUGGESTED THAT 85% OF PROVIDERS FELT MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT KNOWING WHAT A DOULA DOES AND HOW TO CONNECT PATIENTS IN NEED WITH DOULA CARE.

  Expenses $45,000

• JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE DONATED ORGANIC FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND HERBS FROM A LOCAL GARDEN PARTNER TO LOCAL EXPECTING AND POSTPARTUM FAMILIES.

  Expenses $35,000

• BIRTH VILLAGE HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY SINCE 2017 TOWARDS MISSOURI DOULA MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT. ON OCTOBER 1, 2024, IT CELEBRATED A LONG-FOUGHT VICTORY IN HELPING TO CO-LEAD THE DOULA MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT INITIATIVE WITH THE STATE OF MISSOURI MO HEALTHNET DIVISION. DOULAS IN MISSOURI CAN NOW RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT VIA MEDICAID FOR THEIR SERVICE.

  Expenses $55,000

• JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE CELEBRATED "COMMUNITY MIDWIFERY MONTH" DESIGNATED BY THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY COUNCIL IN OCTOBER 2021 ON BEHALF OF JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE BY PARTNERING WITH THE MISSOURI HISTORY MUSEUM FOR THE INAUGURAL "HISTORY OF MIDWIFERY IN MISSOURI." THE EVENT HOSTED A GALLERY HOUR FOR NETWORKING AND MEETING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, FOLLOWED BY A KEYNOTE PRESENTATION BY JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE'S FOUNDER, AND A PANEL DISCUSSION FEATURING MIDWIVES LOCAL TO MISSOURI AND FROM ACROSS THE NATION.

  Expenses $25,000

• JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE RECEIVED A RESOLUTION FROM THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY COUNCIL DURING THE HISTORY OF MIDWIFERY IN MISSOURI EVENT DUE TO ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SUCCESSES WITH IMPROVING OUTCOMES IN THE REGION WITH DOULA AND MIDWIFERY CARE.

  Expenses $15,000

• JAMAA BIRTH VILLAGE MAINTAINED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MARCH OF DIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS A DOULA TECHNICAL ADVISORY PANELIST ASSISTING WITH NATIONAL DOULA CARE POLICY, ADVOCACY, AND BEST PRACTICES.

  Expenses $16,444

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

18 August 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202522309349301637

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