Caregiver Liberation Fund

Across the world, caregivers—including but not limited to Community Health Workers (CHWs), promoters, auxiliaries, midwives, and other frontline care providers—are organizing through mutual aid networks, associations, and grassroots systems of care to build healthier and more resilient futures. These caregivers are often the first and last line of support in their communities, providing essential services, emotional care, and continuity across fragile health systems.

Despite their critical role, global health and philanthropic funding systems remain highly concentrated and structurally misaligned with frontline realities. A disproportionate share of resources flows through a small group of international organizations and contractors rather than directly to local actors. As funding passes through multiple administrative layers, it is diluted by overhead costs, fragmented across institutions, and delayed by bureaucratic requirements.

For caregivers on the ground, this results in:

The core problem is clear: the global flow of philanthropic and health funding is not reaching the local caregivers who are best positioned to deliver care, sustain communities, and drive lasting change. Addressing this imbalance requires shifting resources away from intermediary-heavy models toward direct, trust-based investment in organized caregiver networks.

We mobilize capital, tools, and relationships to directly fund organized groups of caregivers and build their capacity.

As a result, more and more diverse caregiver networks will receive flexible, direct fiscal and institutional support that helps them build strong organizations and coalitions.

This strengthening leads to:

Ultimately, this work will rebalance global funding flows, strengthen community-rooted care infrastructures, and lead to healthier, more resilient societies in which care is valued and sustained.