A non-profit working to improve and reimagine public health.

About Us

Our Services

We connect, consult, and collaborate to solve complex challenges of access and equity in our health and social systems. Together with our partners, clients, and collaborators, we create actionable solutions so that all people can thrive.

All Services & Offerings

Assessment & Planning

Our systematic collaborative process informs initiatives, including program revisions and expansions.

Capacity Building

We help clients leverage their own expertise for positive impact by building skills and knowledge.

Evaluation

Our equity-centered approach engages organizations, leaders, and community members to understand the effectiveness and impact of initiatives.

Grantmaking & Philanthropy

We partner with funders committed to the advancement of community health and biomedical research.

Information & Referral

We connect organizations to life-changing technology and informative materials to help achieve equity-focused care.

Policy & Systems Change

In partnership with community, we uncover conditions that harm health and co-create equitable solutions for change.
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Grant Opportunities

Health Resources in Action (HRiA) partners with individuals and organizations committed to funding innovations that contribute to advancing health. Together, we identify a target niche and then implement a customized grant program. We use data-informed priorities and evidence-based approaches to improve community health.

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Featured Impact Story

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Policy & Systems Change

Advancing equity in tobacco prevention and control

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the groundbreaking surgeon general’s report on the dangers of smoking, and 20 years since the last comprehensive review of the health effects of involuntary exposure to smoke. Both catalyzed the field of tobacco and nicotine prevention to advance policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change approaches that counter egregious industry tactics and mitigate harm to the public. Advocates have achieved wins from eliminating smoking on airplanes to dramatically reducing smoking rates among youth, implementing smoke-free workplace restrictions to improve indoor air quality, and disrupting industry marketing tactics.

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Evaluation

Equity as means and ends: The practice of equitable evaluation

On HRiA’s Research and Evaluation Team, we begin new projects by asking our clients, “When we finish our work together, how will we know if we were successful?” On the surface, this question serves a...

Grantmaking

Diversify your applicant pool with an equitable RFP

The Request for Proposal (RFP) process is commonly used by foundations and grantmakers to promote a funding opportunity. Too often, RFPs are long, confusing, and burdensome. This creates unnecessary barriers to entry for organizations with...