Community Health

Health Resources in Action works with individuals or organizations committed to funding innovations that contribute to advancing health. Together, we work to identify a target niche and then implement a customized grant program that focuses data-informed priorities and evidence-based approaches to improve community health. Our community health investments team offers:

  • Assessment to identify existing resources, challenges, and gaps in desired impact area
  • Environmental scan and qualitative data analysis to inform grantmaking design and level of investment
  • Evaluation measures across grantmaking strategies
  • Training and technical assistance for applicants and grantees
  • Grants management services: developing application guidelines and RFPs, issue announcements, collecting and reviewing applications
  • Facilitation of review process that builds consensus for balanced portfolios
  • Record keeping and fiduciary responsibilities for active grant programming

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Funding Opportunities

  • MA COVID-19 Community Grants

    The goal of the MA COVID-19 Community Grants Program is to reduce COVID-19 infections, morbidity, and mortality among Asian, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other people of color in our hardest hit cities and towns, as well as to support education and awareness of vaccination efforts in Massachusetts.

  • Enhancing Mental Health Capacity for Youth-Serving Organizations

    Overview of the Initiative The goal of this initiative is to build the capacity of community-based organizations (CBOs) serving marginalized youth, particularly youth of color and/or LGBTQ+ individuals, who face significant behavioral health disparities. Health Resources in Action (HRiA), a Boston-based non-profit working to improve and reimagine public health, is partnering with the Boston Public… Read more »

  • HRSN Integration Fund

    The purpose of the Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) Integration Fund is to support Massachusetts community-based organizations interested in becoming MassHealth managed care providers to provide housing and nutrition services to eligible MassHealth members. Specifically, the HRSN Integration Fund will support community-based organizations to increase knowledge and capacity, enhance technology, and put in place systems and… Read more »

  • Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds

    In January 2017, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) completed a landmark revision of the Determination of Need (DoN) regulation. The revised regulation authorized the creation of the Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds. The Funds invest significant resources in Massachusetts communities to improve population health outcomes through innovative and sustainable approaches that… Read more »

  • Massachusetts Community Violence Intervention – Capacity Building Initiative Grant Program

    Health Resources in Action (HRiA) is excited to announce that the Massachusetts Community Violence Intervention Capacity Building Initiative (MCVI-CBI) is now accepting full grant proposals due July 11th, 2024 at 5pm.  Please note that organizations are welcome to submit a full proposal even if they did not submit a letter of intent, provided that they… Read more »

  • Pipeline to Proposal Awards (P2P)

    Pipeline to Proposal (P2P) Awards enable individuals and groups that are not typically involved in clinical research to develop the means to generate community-led funding proposals focused on patient-centered comparative effectiveness research. Established by the non-profit Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), the program funds three tiers of awards that help individuals or groups build community… Read more »

  • Supporting Youth at High Risk of Gun Violence Initiative (SYI) Grant Program

    Health Resources in Action (HRiA) is excited to announce that Supporting Youth at High Risk of Gun Violence Initiative (SYI) Grant Program is now accepting full grant proposals due August 29th, 2024. This page will be updated with new resources, recordings of webinars, and FAQs throughout the RFP process (last updated 8/15 with the link… Read more »

  • The RWJF Culture of Health Prize Alumni Storytelling Cohort

    The one-time opportunity for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize Alumni Storytelling Cohort (“Prize Story Cohort”) is CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS as of Wednesday January 17th 2PM EST. We all want to live in a United States where everyone has a fair and just opportunity to reach their best health and wellbeing no… Read more »