Deadline: 1-Jul-25
The Hunger to Health Collaboratory (H2HC) is calling for applications for its Prizes for Innovation to recognize organizations working to drive systemic change in food and nutrition and advance health equity for youth in the U.S.
Prize Categories
- Food and Nutrition Policy Work Advancing Health Equity for Youth
- Nutrition Education and School Food
- Indigenous Food Justice for Youth
Funding Information
- The Prizes provide up to One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in total over two years of funding for up to two eligible organizations, and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) over one year of funding for up to four eligible organizations. Total maximum annual prize amount per eligible organization in 2025 is One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) (to be paid in two disbursements of Fifty Thousand Dollars [$50,000] each in 2025 and 2026).
Eligible Projects
- Nutrition Education and School Food
- They encourage projects that:
- Support children learning about, growing, gathering, or cooking healthy, nutritious, and culturally relevant foods
- Shift school policy, practices, and/or systems so that children have access to healthy school meals
- Support nutrition education and/or nutritious food in schools
- They encourage projects that:
- Indigenous Food Justice for Youth
- They encourage projects that:
- Support access to, advancement of, and rematriation of traditional, nutritious, and affordable foods
- Shift control and stewardship of food resources to Indigenous communities to benefit children
- Enhance the ability of Indigenous children to respond to their needs for healthy, culturally relevant Indigenous foods
- Helps your community create new pathways to support food justice for Indigenous children.
- They encourage projects that:
Eligibility Criteria
- The following types of organizations are eligible to apply:
- 501(c)(3) public charities
- Federally recognized tribes
- Federally recognized Urban Indian Organizations
- Indian tribal governments
- U.S. public schools and school districts
- U.S. governmental entities or affiliated organizations that are eligible to receive 501(c)(3) funding
- Organizations may also apply via a 501(c)(3) Public Charity Fiscal Sponsor
Ineligibility Criteria
- They do not fund:
- Organizations that discriminate on the basis of religion, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, political beliefs, disabilities, or any other protected categories
- Lobbying or political activities
- Major research projects
- Any commercial business
- Any litigation that is under way, contemplated, or completed, or organizations that use litigation as a primary tool to carry out their mission
- Private foundations, Type III supporting organizations, or other organizations that require expenditure responsibility by H2HC and the Foundation
- Direct grants to individuals
For more information, visit Hunger to Health Collaboratory.