National Network of Public Health Institutes

What National Network of Public Health Institutes does

The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) is a New Orleans-headquartered nonprofit membership association founded in 2001 that serves as the only national coordinating body for the 52 U.S. public health institutes. It supports state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies by delivering workforce development, technical assistance, and infrastructure strengthening through a hub model aligned to the 10 HHS regions, with member institutes collectively accessing approximately 12,000 public health experts and channeling $2.2 billion in annual funding across all 50 states and U.S. territories. Vincent Lafronza serves as President and CEO.

NNPHI's core programs include Public Health Workforce Development and Training (anchored by Project ECHO for Public Health and the Elevate newsletter), Data Modernization, Environmental Health and Emergency Preparedness (including the Wildland Urban Interface wildfire program and Public Health AmeriCorps), Evaluation and Impact, Commercial Tobacco Control, and the CDC Public Health Infrastructure Grant National Partner program. Member institutes extend the network with specialized products such as County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (800,000+ annual visitors), the Health Policy Institute of Ohio's Health Value Dashboard, Texas Health Insights, and WholeYouNYC (a social care network serving ~3 million Medicaid members). The organization generates the majority of its revenue from federal grants — primarily the CDC and HHS — supplemented by foundation grants (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Commonwealth Fund, CareQuest Institute for Oral Health), modest conference sponsorships, and limited publication sales; most resources are provided free to end-users.

Revenue mechanics are grant-driven rather than commercial. NNPHI does not charge membership dues in a meaningful commercial sense and provides most resources at no cost, funded through federal appropriations and philanthropic support. The organization markets primarily through events (the Annual Conference, AIxPH, Open Forum, NCTOH, PHIT), digital content (website, blog, YouTube, LinkedIn, newsletters), and direct federal and foundation partnerships. Strategic posture centers on codified methodologies (the Hub Model, ECHO replication framework), peer network effects among the 52 member institutes, and federally designated implementation roles that are difficult to displace.

Name

National Network of Public Health Institutes

Legal name

National Network of Public Health Institutes

Website

https://nnphi.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Association Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Global Health & Population Intergovernmental Bodies (BPADAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Climate Policy, Governance & NDC Support (BPADALAA)

Keywords

• Public health training
• Workforce development
• Public health infrastructure
• Membership association services
• Public health consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

New Orleans

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Federal Government Funding: NNPHI receives substantial federal funding, primarily from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Funding supports programs including the Public Health Infrastructure Grant, data modernization efforts, workforce development, and various public health initiatives. The organization manages programs totaling $2.2B in annual funding across the network.
2. Foundation Grants: Support from foundations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for developing public health institutes, as well as other regional and national foundations funding specific programs and initiatives.
3. Membership Dues: NNPHI operates as a national membership association for public health institutes with 52 member organizations. Membership provides access to network benefits, collaborative opportunities, and shared resources.
4. Publication Sales: Sale of publications including the Guide to Developing Public Health Institutes ($50 for PDF, $100 for printed bound version) and other educational resources.
5. Conference Sponsorships: Organizations can sponsor the NNPHI Annual Conference to promote products and services to over 800 attendees, including exhibition space and branding opportunities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

NNPHI operates as a national membership association for 52 local and state public health institutes, providing trusted training, workforce development, technical assistance, and infrastructure strategies. It manages programs across data modernization, environmental health, commercial tobacco control, and public health infrastructure grants, while convening annual conferences and peer-learning networks like Project ECHO for Public Health.

Product overview

NNPHI operates as a membership association for 52 public health institutes with $2.2B in annual funding and access to 12,000 public health experts. The organization offers a portfolio of interconnected programs including workforce development and training (Elevate newsletter, Project ECHO, Public Health LEADS), data modernization initiatives, environmental health and emergency preparedness (including Wildfires/WUI program), public health evaluation, commercial tobacco control, and infrastructure grant support. Key events include the Annual Conference, AIxPH Conference, and Open Forum. Member institutes contribute specialized programs like County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, Texas Health Insights platform, and the Health Value Dashboard.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NNPHI Annual Conference
• AIxPH Conference
• Open Forum: Next Generation Conference
• Project ECHO for Public Health
• Public Health LEADS
• Elevate: Resource for Lifelong Public Health Learning
• Texas Health Insights
• County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R)
• Guide to Developing Public Health Institutes
• AI Policies Framework for Public Health Organizations
• WholeYouNYC
• Health Value Dashboard

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $75 million in community-driven investments catalyzed since 2020
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• 52 Member Public Health InstitutescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNNPHI's core partnership consists of 52 member public health institutes across all 50 states and territories. These institutes include Texas Health Institute, Health Policy Institute of Ohio, Institute for Public Health Innovation, Kansas Health Institute, Michigan Public Health Institute, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, Public Health Management Corporation, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, Public Health Solutions, Seven Directions: Indigenous Public Health, and Puerto Rico Public Health Institute.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDC is a primary federal partner supporting NNPHI programs including the Public Health Infrastructure Grant, data modernization, workforce development, and Public Health Improvement Training. CDC funding supports OE22-2203: Strengthening U.S. Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce, and Data Systems grant.
• Center for Community Health at Cook Children'smajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner supporting Texas Health Institute's Texas Health Insights platform development with focus on community health data.
• Driscoll Health SystemmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner supporting Texas Health Institute's statewide health data initiatives.
• National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNEHA partnered with NNPHI to conduct environmental health workforce assessment identifying training needs across jurisdictions.
• Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASPPH partners with NNPHI on the Public Health LEADS program, bringing together two leading networks dedicated to advancing public health education, research and practice.
• UL Research Institutes' Chemical InsightsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to educate and support communities in wildland-urban interface areas vulnerable to wildfire health risks through the WUI Wildfire Communication Campaign.
• Colorado Health InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with NNPHI to produce geospatial and demographic analysis of wildland-urban interface areas in the U.S.
• Proximate Learning, LLCmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with NNPHI to design the Data for Health Leadership Lab training program for public health professionals.
• CDC Office of Public Health Practice and Epidemiology (OPPE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDC OPPE partnered with NNPHI to develop Strategic Foresight & Public Health 3.0 training program.
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with NNPHI and CDC OPPE on Strategic Foresight training development.
• University of Houston-Foresight ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner providing foresight methodology expertise for Strategic Foresight & Public Health 3.0 training development.
• Vaccine Equity ProjectmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Spitfire Solutions to produce toolkit on communications and media outreach to racial and ethnic minority communities.
• Spitfire SolutionsmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCommunications firm that produced toolkit for Vaccine Equity Project on community outreach strategies.
• Health Communications Consultants, Inc.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerContributed recommendations for public health data science and leadership evaluation findings.
• Michigan Public Health InstitutemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in ECHO Public Health series on operationalizing anti-racism and health equity principles through performance improvement.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic health institutes serve as HHS Regional hubs in each of the 10 HHS regions, supporting national public health infrastructure.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO): National membership association representing state and territorial public health agencies. ASTHO is the closest analog to NNPHI in mission — convening public health officials — and competes for the same federal and foundation funding pool.
• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO): National membership association for local public health departments. NACCHO serves a parallel local-level constituency to NNPHI's state-level member institutes and is a direct competitor for federal local public health funding.
• American Public Health Association (APHA): The oldest and largest professional association for public health professionals in the U.S. APHA overlaps with NNPHI's workforce development, convening, and advocacy mission and draws on the same member base and federal/funder ecosystem.
• Public Health Institute (PHI): One of the largest and oldest independent public health institutes in the U.S. and a NNPHI member. PHI operates its own multi-program portfolio (research, training, global health) and exemplifies the kind of independent nonprofit NNPHI's network model aggregates.
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE): Professional association for applied epidemiologists working in state and territorial health agencies. CSTE is a comparable niche public health membership association and a peer in federal program delivery and workforce convening.

Broad incumbents

• Trust for America's Health (TFAH): Nonprofit, nonpartisan public health policy organization focused on federal-level advocacy and research. TFAH overlaps with NNPHI's policy and infrastructure agenda but operates at a national advocacy tier rather than the institute-level.
• Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH): National association representing CEPH-accredited schools and programs of public health. ASPPH is an active NNPHI partner on the Public Health LEADS program and a peer in academic public health workforce development.

Emerging players

• Health Resources in Action (HRiA): Boston-based nonprofit public health institute and NNPHI member. HRiA operates across workforce development, evaluation, and community health — directly comparable to many of NNPHI's member-institute activities.
• Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB): National accrediting body for state, tribal, local, and territorial public health departments. PHAB is adjacent to NNPHI's infrastructure-strengthening mission and shares the same federal and state health department constituencies.

Others

• National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH): National membership association for local boards of health. NALBOH operates at the local governance layer of the U.S. public health system and is an indirect peer in supporting public health infrastructure and workforce capacity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC1SYBdWBXB3gTGlS72mIpvA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/national-network-of-public-health-institutes
• Xx.com/nnphi_org

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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