Turning Innovation into National Impact
The Hunger to Health Collaboratory (H2HC) identifies, elevates, and accelerates upstream innovations in food, nutrition, and health equity so that local solutions can become blueprints for change.
Building a National Community for Food, Nutrition, and Health Innovation
Through national convenings, Prizes for Innovation, and shared learning, H2HC brings together nonprofit innovators, funders, policymakers, researchers, and business and healthcare leaders to accelerate proven upstream solutions and help spark change in neighborhoods across the country.
H2HC 2026 Fall Summit: Blueprints for Change
Join us on November 16-17, 2026, in Boston at our 2026 Fall Summit, Blueprints for Change: From Innovation to Resilience, to share, learn, and celebrate innovative work in food and nutrition that is advancing health equity.
Convening Leaders,
Inspiring Action
Join nonprofit innovators, funders, policymakers, researchers, and business and healthcare leaders to explore proven solutions and build partnerships that advance food, nutrition, and health equity.
Sharing
What Works
Discover research and insights that highlight innovative models and provide practical blueprints for advancing food, nutrition, and health equity nationwide.
Investing
in Innovation
Through our Prizes for Innovation, H2HC recognizes and supports community-led, upstream solutions with the potential to create lasting, systemic change.
Creating Momentum for Change
Work is measured not only in dollars invested but also by the innovators supported, the partnerships fostered, and the ideas that spread from one community to another.
$2M+
invested in Prizes and grants supporting innovative, community-based models and research
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Prizes for Innovation winners and grantees advancing food, nutrition, and health equity across the U.S.
1K+
cross-sector leaders connected through H2HC’s learning community and national convenings
In times like this, more than ever, we need these sort of convenings to cut through the noise, to encourage one another, and to help us all continue to chart our path forward.
Dr. Priscilla Wang, Associate Medical Director of Primary Care Health Equity, Mass General Brigham
H2HC’s support has enabled us to expand StreetCred across Boston Medical Center, reaching more patients at critical stages of nutritional need, while developing a blueprint to build a sustainable training and technical assistance hub for medical institutions nationwide seeking to address health, nutrition, and economic inequities.
Dr. Rachel Sagor, Medical Director, Boston Medical Center StreetCred
What’s New
Stay connected to the latest H2HC news, upcoming events, and curated resources that spotlight innovative solutions and the leaders advancing food, nutrition, and health equity.
Want to Bolster Your Local Food System? Here’s a Handbook.
NewsA new handbook aims to help communities build stronger local food systems by bringing residents, farmers, businesses, policymakers, workers and…
Medically Tailored Groceries Nutrition Standards for Community-Based Organizations
ResourcesFeeding America and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics have released the first national Medically Tailored Grocery (MTG) Standards for…
It Looks Like Trader Joe’s. But the Food Is Free.
NewsAs more people turn to food pantries amid rising grocery costs and changes to federal food assistance, some organizations are…
A Human-Centered Design Workshop Toolkit for Food Systems Practitioners
ResourcesA new toolkit from the Global Food Institute at George Washington University and Swipe Out Hunger offers a practical approach…
Tech is Helping Grocery Stores Waste Less Food
NewsNew technology is helping grocery stores dramatically reduce food waste, but that progress may also be changing the food supply…
Medicaid Food Security Policy Dashboard
ResourcesThe Medicaid Food Security Policy Dashboard offers a searchable collection of state-level examples showing how Medicaid can be used to…
Nearly 400 Federal Datasets Deleted or Altered, Raising Concerns for Public Health and Food Security
NewsA new Guardian investigation finds that nearly 400 U.S…
Modern Intermediaries as Partners in Community Transformation
ResourcesA new report from the BUILD Health Challenge and the Intermediary Learning Network explores the increasingly important role that intermediary…
Millions of U.S. children could lose free school meals this fall due to SNAP changes
NewsChanges to SNAP could affect children’s access to free school meals this fall, according to CBS News…
Map the Meal Gap Study 2026
ResourcesNew data from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap highlights that food insecurity affects every community across the United States,…
Retailers rethink SNAP strategy as enrollment and spending decline
NewsAs SNAP enrollment shrinks, retailers rethink value, convenience and e-commerce.
State of the Safety Net – State Fact Sheets
ResourcesThe Urban Institute's State Safety Net Fact Sheets provide state-by-state data on participation, eligibility, and the poverty-reducing impact of major…
Community Eligibility: The Key to Hunger-Free Schools 2026
ResourcesDuring the 2025–2026 school year, a record 55,362 schools offered breakfast and lunch to all their students through the Community…
Americans are trimming their grocery carts
NewsAmericans are putting fewer groceries in their carts than they were a year ago, extending a troubling trend for the…
‘My Shelves Are Very Empty’: How a Year of SNAP Cuts Is Pressuring the Food System
NewsThis Civil Eats article examines how the first year of SNAP changes enacted through the 2025 federal tax law has…
Cash Transfers and Child Health in the US: What Is Known and What Questions Remain
NewsA Health Affairs brief that reviews the growing body of evidence on how direct cash transfer programs can improve child…
Many Families Rely on Credit and Savings to Afford Groceries
NewsThis Urban Institute brief examines how rising grocery prices are forcing many families to rely on credit cards, Buy Now,…
Food as Medicine 3.0
ResourcesThis cumulative evaluation report from Feeding America examines the impact of the Food as Medicine 3.0 (FAM3) initiative, a three-year…
How DC Central Kitchen Keeps Expanding While Other Nonprofits Shrink
NewsThis Chronicle of Philanthropy article profiles 2023 H2HC Prize for Innovation winner DC Central Kitchen and the organization's approach to…