iDREAM for Racial Health Equity, a Project of Community Partners

What iDREAM for Racial Health Equity, a Project of Community Partners does

iDREAM for Racial Health Equity is a Black-led nonprofit organization operating as a project of Community Partners (a nonprofit fiscal sponsor), headquartered at WeWork Gas Company Tower in Downtown Los Angeles, California. Founded circa 1990 and celebrating 32 years of advocacy as of fiscal year 2022, the organization addresses racial and health disparities in Black maternal and infant health through an integrated service portfolio that includes Interprofessional Education (I.P.E.) training, workshops, health literacy resources, public engagement, community programs (most notably Black Mamas Glowing™), advocacy, and research. Its primary customers are hospitals, clinics, public health organizations, universities, and Black birthing families, with an interprofessional team comprising OB physicians, licensed psychologists, maternal mental health clinicians, full-spectrum doulas, and public health professionals.

The organization operates a non-technology, human-delivered service model. Its core "technology" is a community-led hospital quality improvement model that combines intergenerational storytelling with research-validated content. iDREAM's go-to-market combines direct field sales of training and consulting engagements to healthcare institutions with broad community mobilization through national movements (Black Maternal Health Week, Black Breastfeeding Week), community webinars, and social media engagement on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

iDREAM's revenue model is a hybrid of professional services (training and consulting delivered to hospitals and healthcare systems) and grant funding from foundations including the California Black Freedom Fund and the California Community Foundation's Black Empowerment Fund. Training and consulting engagements are quote-based and not publicly disclosed. With a 1-10 person staff, the organization is founder-led by Wenonah Valentine, MBA, and governed by a Board of Directors and a J.E.D.I. Advisory Board. The organization launched its Vision 2025 Manifesto and J.E.D.I. framework in 2020 as a strategic pivot following the pandemic and racial reckonings, repositioning from advocacy to a community-led hospital quality improvement model.

Name

iDREAM for Racial Health Equity, a Project of Community Partners

Legal name

i.D.R.E.A.M. for Racial Health Equity, a Project of Community Partners

Website

https://idreamnow.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

iDREAM for Racial Health Equity is a Black-led nonprofit project of Community Partners, founded circa 1990 in Los Angeles, that addresses Black maternal and infant health inequities through interprofessional education, consulting, advocacy, and community programs like Black Mamas Glowing™, serving hospitals, healthcare systems, and Black birthing families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maternal and Infant Health Equity Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Social Assistance (624), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Maternal, Child & Family Health Organizations (BPAGACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL), Health Equity, SDOH & Disparities Measurement (HLAJANAJ)

Keywords

• Maternal health equity
• Cultural humility training
• Interprofessional education
• Healthcare workforce training
• Community health advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Training and Workshop Services: iDREAM generates revenue through providing training programs and workshops to healthcare, public health, and social service professionals on addressing racial bias, cultural humility, and equitable care delivery. Training sessions are interactive, reflective, and actionable, designed to help professionals move beyond standard practice into culturally responsive care.
2. Consulting and Partnerships: The organization provides consulting services to hospitals, clinics, and organizations including program development, equity-centered policy guidance, staff training integration, and community-informed care models. These customized engagements create sustainable improvements in care systems.
3. Grants and Funded Programs: As a nonprofit, iDREAM receives grant funding from foundations including California Black Freedom Fund and California Community Foundation's Black Empowerment Fund for capacity building, leadership development, and sustaining organizational operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

iDREAM for Racial Health Equity is a Black-led nonprofit that delivers training, workshops, and consulting services to hospitals, clinics, and public health organizations on racial bias and cultural humility in maternal care. It also runs the Black Mamas Glowing community program for Black birthing families and produces health literacy content, advocacy, and research aimed at advancing racial health equity in Black maternal and infant health outcomes.

Product overview

iDREAM for Racial Health Equity is a Black-led organization offering a service-based portfolio focused on advancing justice, dignity, and transformative care for Black birthing families. The organization's offerings include Interprofessional Education (I.P.E.) training programs, Workshops & Training, Health Literacy resources, Public Engagement initiatives, the Black Mamas Glowing™ community program, Advocacy work, and Research capabilities. These services are designed to work together as a comprehensive ecosystem: training programs equip professionals with skills, community programs provide direct support to families, health literacy resources empower communities, and advocacy work drives systemic change in healthcare institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Black Mamas Glowing: Community program creating safe and sacred spaces for pregnancy and postpartum support, peer-led community care and mental and emotional wellness resources for Black birthing families.

Products and services

• Interprofessional Education (I.P.E.) A training program bringing together professionals across medical, public health, and social services disciplines to address racial bias in maternal care, integrate cultural humility into practice, strengthen collaboration across care teams, and improve communication with Black birthing families. Sold as an institutional training engagement.
• Trainings & Workshops Transformational learning experiences designed to equip healthcare, public health, and social service professionals with tools to address racial bias in maternal care, practice cultural humility, and improve patient-provider relationships. Delivered as booked training sessions for institutional clients.
• Consulting & Partnerships Customized consulting services for hospitals, clinics, and organizations including program development and strategy, equity-centered policy guidance, staff training integration, and community-informed care models. Engagements are tailored to each institution's needs.
• Black Mamas Glowing™ Community program creating safe and sacred spaces for pregnancy and postpartum support, peer-led community care, and mental and emotional wellness resources centered on healing, connection, and empowerment for Black birthing families.

Quantifiable outcome

• Black infant mortality rate cut in half when newborn cared for by Black doctor

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• MomsRising: Broad-based maternal and family advocacy organization with growing focus on racial equity in maternal health — adjacent to iDREAM's advocacy and public engagement work, though iDREAM is more clinically specialized.

Direct peers

• Ancient Song Doula Services: Provides doula services, training, and advocacy to address Black maternal mortality — comparable to iDREAM's doula-focused workforce development and community support offerings.
• Every Mother Counts: Maternal health nonprofit that combines advocacy, storytelling, and grantmaking to address disparities, including for Black mothers — closely comparable to iDREAM's narrative-change and equity-advocacy approach.
• HealthConnect One: Community-based maternal and infant health organization that trains community doulas and peer-to-peer support networks — directly comparable to iDREAM's workforce development and full-spectrum doula programming.
• Black Women's Health Imperative: National nonprofit focused on health equity, including Black maternal health, through advocacy, education, and community programs — overlaps with iDREAM's advocacy, public engagement, and community programming.
• Black Mamas Matter Alliance: A Black women-led cross-sector alliance advancing Black maternal health, rights, and justice through policy advocacy, research, and community care — directly comparable to iDREAM's focus on Black maternal and infant health equity.
• National Birth Equity Collaborative (NBEC): Provides training, policy, and research to eliminate maternal and infant health inequities for Black birthing people — highly comparable to iDREAM's hospital training and J.E.D.I. consulting model.
• Commonsense Childbirth: Provides midwifery, doula, and birth center services focused on Black maternal health and community-led care models — comparable to iDREAM's community-led hospital quality improvement and Black Mamas Glowing program.

Broad incumbents

• March of Dimes: Long-established maternal and infant health nonprofit that has expanded into addressing racial disparities in birth outcomes; comparable as a broad incumbent in the same maternal health space but with vastly larger scale and resources.
• National Partnership for Women & Families: Large advocacy organization working on maternal health equity and policy — overlapping with iDREAM's advocacy and policy guidance work but operating at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/idreamrhe
• Facebookfacebook.com/IDreamnow
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/idream-for-racial-health-equity
• Instagraminstagram.com/idreamnow

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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