H2HC aligns food, nutrition, and health through an equity lens to improve our national health and well-being.
H2HC Celebrates 2025 Prizes for Innovation Winners
H2HC established its national Prizes for Innovation in 2023 with a five-year, $1 million commitment. The Prizes celebrate innovative, systemic work in food and nutrition that advances health equity in the U.S.
The 2025 winners for the Prizes for Innovation are: Community Food Advocates and The Policy Project (Food and Nutrition Policy Work Advancing Health Equity for Youth); Boulder County Farmers Markets and Grades of Green (Nutrition Education and School Food); and Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and Dream of Wild Health (Indigenous Food Justice for Youth).
Our Impact
$1M
committed in Prizes for Innovation highlighting promising, upstream approaches to food and nutrition challenges that advance health equity
1K+
cross-sector thought leaders participated in Boston-based convenings
12
strategic convenings followed by reports summarizing thoughts, insights, and recommendations
$1.2M
granted to support innovative, community-based models and research studies
19
projects funded for community-based organizations in CT, MA, and RI
9
research reports funded that focus on food access and health equity
Insights and full report available for the 2024 Fall Summit: Accelerating Solutions for Systemic Change
On November 21, 2024, public and private sector stakeholders from 14 states gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for a day focused on changemakers and innovators accelerating solutions that advance food, nutrition, and health equity nationwide.
