Access to childcare is a social determinant of health. The Mothers in Medicine Fund is dedicated to supporting mothers who work on the frontlines of healthcare by providing financial grants to help subsidize the cost of childcare, allowing them to work without worry. The fund is a part of the Zorya Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to creating opportunities for women in healthcare.
Our Grant
The Mothers in Medicine Fund is here to help alleviate the burden of childcare costs. We have experienced an overwhelming number of applicants in recent months. If you have applied, we do have your information. Applying does not guarantee you will receive a grant. Currently grants are given on a first-come, first-serve basis.
All grants are a flat payment of $1,000 per applicant.
If you are a clinician and a mother and need assistance with childcare costs, we invite you to fill out a short application to join our waitlist.
Women make up over 70% of the global healthcare workforce. We need to support clinician mothers to keep our healthcare system running.
The average annual cost of childcare in the US is $14,117 per child. According to Fortune, childcare costs have risen 41% since the start of the pandemic.
Average childcare costs for two children consume 50% of a nurse's take home salary.
By providing mothers working in clinical fields with financial grants to subsidize the cost of childcare, we are helping overcome one of the most stressful and expensive barriers that women in healthcare face. Mothers in medicine tirelessly cared for patients during the ongoing pandemic—a situation described by many in healthcare as a “war zone”.
of healthcare workers have a young child at home and no consistent caregiver available for them
of physician moms report feelings of anxiety, stress, and depression due to COVID-19
women in the U.S. who have been forced to leave the workforce during COVID-19, largely due to pandemic-related hardships
Mothers in medicine have long been taking care of all of us.
IT’S TIME FOR US TO HELP TAKE CARE OF THEM.
