This year, in an exciting new collaboration with Newman's Own Foundation, we are focusing our H2HC Prizes for Innovation on changemaking food and nutrition work in the U.S. that advances health equity for youth (up to and including age 18).
Far too many young people in the U.S. face food and nutrition challenges that impact every aspect of their lives. Among other statistics, we know that:
Nearly 1 in 5 children in the U.S. live in food-insecure households.
More than 1 in 4 American Indian and Alaska Native households with children are food insecure.
48% of Native American households reported living >10 miles from the nearest grocery store.
Our 2025 Prizes for Innovation are focused on innovative, systemic work in three categories:
Food and Nutrition Policy Work Advancing Health Equity for Youth
Nutrition Education and School Food
Indigenous Food Justice for Youth
Please share our national call for applications with your networks on LinkedIn. We look forward to seeing you in Boston on November 6 to meet what will be an exciting cohort of winners.
Warmly,
Nicolene Hengen
Executive Director
2025 Prizes for Innovation
Call for Applications
The Hunger to Health Collaboratory (H2HC) is calling for applications for its 2025 Prizes for Innovation.
In collaboration with Newman's Own Foundation, H2HC will be awarding prizes in the following three categories:
Food and Nutrition Policy Work Advancing Health Equity for Youth
The Giving Grove is a national network that supports community-based partners in planting and caring for fruit trees, nut trees, and berry brambles that improve urban environments, increase the tree canopy, and provide sustainable sources of free food in neighborhoods facing high rates of food insecurity.
StreetCred, based at Boston Medical Center (BMC), helps families build nutrition security through enhanced economic security. Redesigning pediatric care to include support for a family’s economic well-being breaks down barriers and improves health equity.
(L-R) Erica Kratofil and Ashley Williamson, Co-Executive Directors of The Giving Grove; and Dr. Rachel Sagor, Acting Director of StreetCred
Save the Date:
2025 H2HC Fall Summit
The H2HC 2025 Fall Summit is scheduled for:
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02110
Please plan to join us and meet our 2025 prize winners. More details will be forthcoming.
Now Available:
2024 Fall Summit Insights
The2024 H2HC Fall Summit report, Accelerating Solutions for Systemic Change, is now available. Public and private sector changemakers gathered in Boston to focus on collaborative, cross-sector approaches to systemic food and nutrition challenges. The compelling discussions highlighted creative and inspiring work from around the country.
H2HC supports innovative, systemic approaches to food and nutrition challenges that advance health equity, all through a focus on the social drivers of health.
