A non-profit working to improve and reimagine public health.
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.
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.
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.
Featured Impact Story
Building statewide capacity for problem gambling treatment
Recent Articles
Meet the recipients of the Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research
About the program The Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research, a program of the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation, has been driving medical breakthroughs by launching the careers of newly independent biomedical researchers for more than three decades....
The Violence & Overdose Prevention Training for Incarcerated Young Adults Initiative: an HRiA Innovation Incubator Project
Staff: Mike Leonard, Gracie Rolfe, and Laurie Jo Wallace In Massachusetts, emerging adults aged 18-25 face higher rates of arrest, incarceration, and reincarceration than those of other age groups. In recent years, the state government and...