Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE BIRTH CENTER
THE BIRTH CENTER (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $897,763 to it, the largest being THEODORE BRICKMAN UD 122794 BRICKMAN FOUNDATION ($300,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.6M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $898k
- Net assets
- $5.3M
What The Birth Center does
Mission
The Birth Center dba lifecycle wellness and birth center is an independent non-profit organization and free-standing, out-of-hospital birth center. Our team of midwives and nurse-practitioners provide empowering gynecology and birth-oriented health care to clients in a trusting and caring environment. Lifecycle advocates for and educates about the midwifery model of care.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Maternity care - The Birth Center dba lifecycle wellness and birth center (lwbc) provides complete prenatal and birthing services to approximately 600 low risk childbearing clients and their babies each year, offering a safe, homelike environment for delivery, and empowering, exceptional, evidence-based care. As maternity care and birthing options dwindle in the delaware valley region, lwbc's client base and its racial and ethnic diversity continue to grow.
$4,233,865 spent$4,709,350 earned by the program74% of program spendingGynecological care -lwbc provides skilled gynecological services to more than approximately 3,000 unique clients of all ages annually. Lwbc's gynecological care includes assessment of health concerns from menarche to menopause. Lwbc midwives and nurse practitioners support the health of the community with preventative health care screenings for cancer and other modifiable causes of disease. They help clients meet their health care needs including routine exams, treatment and counseling, hpv vaccines, contraceptive devices, hormone replacement questions and many other women's health concerns.
$1,104,542 spent$783,926 earned by the program19% of program spendingEducation and support education is an essential component of lwbc and drives many organizational activities. From the current (2024) mission statement: lifecycle is an independent non-profit organization and free-standing, out-of-hospital birth center. Our team of midwives and nurse-practitioners provide empowering gynecology and birth-oriented health care to clients in a trusting and caring environment. Lifecycle advocates for and educates about the midwifery model of care.education is recognized in three of the core lwbc value statements adopted in 2024:- at our core, we value and uphold lifecycle events - such as puberty, birth, and menopause - as natural and healthy transitions. We are committed to providing education and evidence-based midwifery care that supports these milestones. - central to our values is fostering a trusted partnership between clients and providers. We empower through education, enabling informed healthcare decisions that prioritize individual needs.- education lies at the heart of our initiative. We educate future healthcare providers, administrators, and those interested in the midwifery model of care, ensuring continuity and excellence in healthcare…
$378,256 spent$194,968 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,716,663.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $5.0M to $6.6M (+32%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Shannon Vinciguerra
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $150 → $7k.
9 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE BIRTH CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE BIRTH CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
53% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE BIRTH CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 31% · 2022 80% · 2023 87% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
29% of THE BIRTH CENTER's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 32% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
53% of THE BIRTH CENTER's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $421k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $477k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like THE BIRTH CENTER
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE BIRTH CENTER: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BIRTH CENTER?
- THE BIRTH CENTER (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $897,763 to it, the largest being THEODORE BRICKMAN UD 122794 BRICKMAN FOUNDATION ($300,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE BIRTH CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $897,763 in grants to THE BIRTH CENTER, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BIRTH CENTER?
- THEODORE BRICKMAN UD 122794 BRICKMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BIRTH CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 19 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing