Pacific Post Partum Support Society

What Pacific Post Partum Support Society does

Pacific Post Partum Support Society is a registered charity founded in 1971 and headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia, that provides free peer support to new parents experiencing postpartum depression and anxiety. Its core service is a phone and text support line staffed by volunteers with lived experience, supplemented by in-person and virtual support groups, partner education sessions, and educational content delivered through the Beyond Postpartum Podcast. The organization also maintains a translated resource library in Chinese, Farsi, Punjabi, Hindi, and Spanish, and operates specialized programming for 2SLGBTQIA+ parents and Indigenous families through partnerships including the ekw'í7tl Doula Collective.

The underlying service model is a volunteer-driven peer-support platform rather than a technology product: the primary "platform" is a referral-integrated network of trained peer supporters and clinical partners, most notably BC Women's Reproductive Mental Health, which routes families into the organization's services. Digital touchpoints are limited to a content podcast and translated PDFs/web resources rather than a software product.

The business model is non-commercial. Services are provided at no cost to end users. Operating revenue is generated through individual donations, corporate giving programs such as Bell Let's Talk, and grants from public health and charitable funders. The customer base is composed of individual new parents in British Columbia, with no enterprise or B2B revenue stream. Operating scale is small, with an organizational headcount in the 11–50 range and operations concentrated in a single Canadian province.

Name

Pacific Post Partum Support Society

Legal name

Pacific Post Partum Support Society

Website

https://postpartum.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pacific Post Partum Support Society is a Burnaby, BC-based registered charity founded in 1971 that delivers free volunteer-led peer support to new parents experiencing postpartum depression and anxiety across British Columbia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Postpartum Mental Health Support Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Postpartum Family Helper (Non-Medical) (HSAAAGAJ), Family Engagement & Caregiver Support Programs (SEL/Mental Health) (EDAKAMAK)

Keywords

• Postpartum mental health
• Perinatal peer support
• New parent counseling
• Postpartum depression services
• Community health support

Headquarters

HQ city

Burnaby

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: PPPSS operates as a registered charity (107810632RR0001) relying entirely on funding from government grants, community grants, and private donations. All services are provided free of cost to clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Pacific Post Partum Support Society is a Canadian nonprofit registered charity that provides peer-based emotional support, education, and resources to new parents and their families experiencing postpartum depression, anxiety, and related perinatal mood disorders. Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia, the society delivers services through telephone peer support, text-based support, in-person and online support groups, partner-focused education programs, and a range of informational resources, all offered free of charge to clients.

Product overview

Pacific Post Partum Support Society operates as a single integrated support organization rather than a platform-based product. The core service portfolio consists of direct support delivery (telephone/text support and peer support groups) and complementary educational resources (podcast, videos, blog, publications, and translated materials). The primary access points are the telephone/text helplines and the website, which serves as a hub for resources, group information, and educational content. Services are targeted at new parents and families in British Columbia, Canada, with specialized offerings for partners and supporters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Telephone and Text Support

Quantifiable outcome

• 100+ new parents supported annually through drop-in groups

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BC Women's Reproductive Mental HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferral and collaborative partnership for comprehensive perinatal mental health care. BC Women's provides clinical mental health services while PPPSS provides peer support and community-based services.
• BC ACOPOcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPPPSS participates in the BC Association of Child and Youth Psychiatry (BC ACOPO) annual conference to connect with healthcare professionals and raise awareness of services.
• Good Mother ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on the 'We're In This Together' photography series that offers messages of encouragement and hope to new parents.
• ekw'í7tl Doula CollectiveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndigenous doula collective providing culturally-safe perinatal support. PPPSS hosts educational sessions featuring this collective on the impacts of colonization on Indigenous families' birth and postpartum experiences.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance: US nonprofit focused on maternal mental health policy and advocacy; thematically aligned with PPPSS but centered on systemic change rather than direct peer support.
• Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health: US nonprofit (formerly 2020 Mom) advancing maternal mental health screening and policy; adjacent mission but not a direct service provider.
• The Blue Dot Project: Awareness campaign focused on maternal mental health stigma; shares PPPSS's cause and education focus but is not a direct support-service provider.

Emerging players

• Peanut: App-based community connecting mothers for peer support including postpartum topics; overlaps on peer connection for new parents via a digital, for-profit model.
• Canopie: Digital app delivering perinatal mental health prevention and support; targets the same PMAD population as PPPSS through a technology-first model.
• Motherhood Understood: Community and peer-support platform for mothers experiencing postpartum depression and anxiety, closely aligned with PPPSS's peer-support mission.
• Mahmee: Digital maternal and infant health platform coordinating perinatal care and support; intersects on perinatal support but is a for-profit clinical-coordination service.

Regional players

• Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative: Canadian nonprofit advocating for and coordinating perinatal mental health support nationally, overlapping directly with PPPSS's focus but operating at a national/advocacy level.
• Life With A Baby: Canadian (Ontario-based) nonprofit offering parent peer-support groups and community programs for new parents, closely comparable in model but serving a different province.

Direct peers

• Postpartum Support International: US-based nonprofit providing peer support, helplines and education for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders; near-identical mission and service model to PPPSS at larger scale.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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Investments

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