Our Goal

The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation believes that reproductive rights and justice are crucial to gender equity and are inextricably linked to economic justice.

Reproductive rights and justice benefit individuals of all genders and their families, and threats to these basic human rights affect the social and economic success of any society.

“In 2010 (the most recent year for which comprehensive data are available), family planning services funded by public programs (like Medicaid and Title X) saved taxpayers $13.6 billion. In 2010 alone, publicly funded family planning services helped prevent more than 2 million unintended pregnancies.2 Without these services, rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion in the U.S. would each have been 68% higher.”

The ability to access birth control, family planning services, screenings for STIs, reproductive health services, and safe abortion is imperative to the health and well-being, as well as the economic opportunities, of women and gender-expansive individuals who may become pregnant.

Reproductive rights and justice in the United States are currently being threatened, which threatens economic justice. The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation seeks to provide funding in order to both mitigate this threat and ensure that services continue to be available in our community.

The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation looks for organizations that advocate to protect reproductive rights and justice. In addition, we look for organizations that address the marginalization of women, girls, and gender-expansive people of color, and the unique threats to reproductive control facing women in rural areas.

During the first year, we will prioritize organizations focused on advocacy for reproductive rights and justice, both locally and nationally. We will accept applications from organizations in California, with a priority on Monterey and Santa Cruz counties.

What We Look For

The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation would like to support programs and initiatives that incorporate the following components through existing guidelines:

  • Program has a direct and explicit goal of advocating for maintaining and protecting reproductive rights and justice, and/or facilitating access to abortion services.
  • Inclusivity: Program access is not limited based on financial ability; programming is offered at little or no cost to participants, regardless of immigration status. We look for organizations that address the marginalization of women of color, and the unique threats to reproductive control facing women in rural areas.
  • We look for model, high-quality programs with a record of success.
  • There is a preference for applicant organizations for which women are the primary decision-makers.
  • There is a preference for applicant organizations that integrate gender equity into their personnel policies, such as robust parental leave, child care, flexible schedules, and relationship abuse workplace policies.
  • In your application, please address the following questions:
    • Does your organization primarily advocate for reproductive rights and justice, provide service provision, or both?
    • How do you think the current political climate has affected or will affect your funding and your efforts in advocacy and/or providing access to services related to reproductive rights and justice?
    • What has your organization done and what does it plan to do on both national and local levels to advocate for maintaining and protecting reproductive rights and justice?

Please note: The Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation is not afraid of the word feminism! We encourage you to openly discuss your intersectional feminist programming, goals, or approach.

To Apply

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Unsolicited proposals will not be accepted.