What We Do

Our Impact

Through strategic outreach and the participation of our stakeholders, H2HC adds our collective voice to the national conversation.

We Convene Cross-Sector Leaders

H2HC has convened a variety of strategic conversations and events, both in person and virtual, with hundreds of cross-sector leaders representing healthcare, academia, the private sector, government and social services, philanthropy, and public health.

Strategic Convenings

1000+

cross-sector participants at our in-person and virtual events

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We Uplift Innovative Models

H2HC highlights innovative work through its annual Prizes for Innovation. H2HC has also supported ground-breaking hunger and health research that led to both state and national policy recommendations.

$1M

committed in Prizes for Innovation highlighting promising, upstream approaches to food and nutrition challenges that significantly advance health equity

$1.2M

in grantmaking from 2018-2021 to support innovative, community-based models and critical food and health research

19

grantees in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island

Surveys and research H2HC has supported:

Addressing the Health Consequences of Hunger

Gaps in Food Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Massachusetts

An Avoidable $2.4 Billion Cost: Food Insecurity and Hunger in Massachusetts

More Research We’ve Supported and Past Grantees

We would have been unlikely to conduct a survey of this magnitude and rigor without funding from H2HC. Thanks to your support, we were able to gain a deeper picture of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity and food access statewide.

Katie Martin. Former Executive Director, Institute for Hunger Research & Solutions, Connecticut Foodshare

Without the generous funding support from the Hunger to Health Collaboratory, we would not have been able to launch this [pilot for our hospital-based economic mobility] study.

Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba. Executive Director, Children’s HealthWatch

We Educate Stakeholders

Through convenings and outreach, H2HC promotes awareness and understanding of food and nutrition challenges as priority public health issues. H2HC informs a wide array of national stakeholders through events, digital media, and participation in collaborations and learning communities.

External Partnerships

H2HC has joined several regional and national networks to further our collective work towards food, nutrition, and health equity.

The New England Council, Healthcare Committee and Health Equity Subcommittee
The Root Cause Coalition
Tufts Food and Nutrition Innovation Council