Health in Partnership

What Health in Partnership does

Health in Partnership (HIP) is a 501(c)(3)-style nonprofit public health organization founded in 2005 and headquartered in Oakland, California. Its stated mission is to align public health with social justice in order to drive collective action and advance health equity through structural change. The organization serves three primary constituencies: governmental public health agencies (local and state health departments), community power-building organizations (grassroots groups focused on housing, economic, climate, and community-safety justice), and public health practitioners/advocates who use HIP's toolkits and training. Programs are organized under four pillars: Policy & Organizing (housing justice, community safety, climate justice, economic justice), Bridging Partnerships & Strategies (including the Power-building Partnerships for Health program providing $25,000 in flexible funding plus 10 months of cohort support to health-department/community partnerships), Capacity Building (training, technical assistance, Leadership Institute), and Narrative Strategy (including the Narratives for Health short film and supporting communications work). Affiliated brands include Health Equity Guide and Public Health Awakened.

HIP does not develop proprietary technology products or software. Its core deliverables consist of research reports, policy toolkits, training curricula, webinar series (e.g., Action Hours, Solidarity & Strategy Circles), and conference participation (e.g., APHA 2025), all distributed free of charge. Underlying infrastructure is a content and convening platform: a website with downloadable resources, segmented email newsletters by topic (Research, Policy & Organizing, Capacity Building, Bridging, Health Equity Guide updates), and an active organic social presence across Bluesky, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, and Medium.

HIP's revenue is generated entirely through individual donations and foundation grants (The Kresge Foundation is the only named institutional funder); there is no fee structure for services. Geographic reach spans at least a dozen U.S. states (CA, LA, MO, NY, FL, MA, CO, WV, IL, VA, VT, RI), with the 2025–2030 Strategic Plan formalizing an ecosystem approach that links governmental public health, NGOs, and grassroots power-building organizations. The organization employs 11–50 staff and operates without parent-company ownership, private-equity backing, or institutional investment.

Name

Health in Partnership

Legal name

Health In Partnership

Website

https://healthinpartnership.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Health in Partnership (HIP) is an Oakland-based nonprofit (founded 2005) that bridges governmental public health agencies with community power-building organizations to advance health equity through research, advocacy, capacity-building programs, and direct partnership funding across multiple U.S. states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Advocacy and Equity Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Social Assistance (624), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Health Governance, Interagency Coordination & Partnerships (HLAJAMAD), Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

Keywords

• Health equity programs
• Public health advocacy
• Community power-building
• Capacity building training
• Social justice partnerships

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: HIP generates revenue through individual donations and charitable contributions from supporters. The organization actively campaigns for donations on their website and through communications.
2. Foundation Grants: HIP receives funding from foundations including The Kresge Foundation, which has published articles about HIP's strategic plan and work.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Health in Partnership is a nonprofit that delivers programs, research, training, and partnership-convening services to advance health equity. Its core activities center on bridging governmental public health agencies with grassroots social justice movements across housing, climate, economic, and community-safety issue areas, supported by a grant-funded partnership program ($25,000 awards plus cohort support) and a library of free reports, toolkits, and leadership training resources.

Product overview

Health in Partnership (HIP) is a public health organization that offers a portfolio of programs and services focused on advancing health equity and social justice. The organization operates through multiple interconnected program areas including Policy & Organizing (covering housing justice, community safety, climate justice, and economic justice), Bridging Partnerships & Strategies (including the Power-building Partnerships for Health program that provides $25,000 grants and 10 months of cohort support), and Capacity Building (offering training, technical assistance, the Leadership Institute, Narrative Strategy, and Narratives for Health resources). These programs work together to transform public health practice, build community power, and advance structural change through research, advocacy, and strategic partnerships between governmental public health agencies and grassroots organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Health Equity Guide: A resource and guide for health equity work operated by Health in Partnership
• Public Health Awakened

Products and services

• Policy & Organizing Program leveraging public health research, organizing, and advocacy to create structural change across housing justice, community safety, climate justice, and economic justice issue areas.
• Housing Justice Program working alongside housing justice movements to win housing and health for all, addressing affordability, habitability, and corporate landlord practices.
• Community Safety Program re-envisioning community safety by centering health instead of punishment, including work on alternatives to incarceration and immigration detention.
• Climate Justice Program building a regenerative future by uniting health equity and climate justice movements and addressing environmental health impacts on workers and communities.
• Economic Justice Program building worker power for healthy wages, benefits, work conditions, and social policies, including work on fair workweek, paid family leave, and farmworker wages.
• Bridging Partnerships & Strategies Program bridging governmental public health and social justice movements to build community power through partnerships between health departments and grassroots organizations.
• Power-building Partnerships for Health Cohort-based program cultivating powerful partnerships between local health departments and community power-building organizations, providing $25,000 in flexible funding and 10 months of cohort-based support.
• Capacity Building Program building the capacity of public health organizations to advance transformative health equity and racial justice practice through training, technical assistance, and tools.
• Training and Technical Assistance Service providing analysis, skill-building, and tailored support that public health organizations need to advance health equity and racial justice.
• Leadership Institute A transformative learning community for public health practitioners designed to build leadership skills for health equity work.
• Narrative Strategy Program shaping values, worldviews, and stories to transform what is possible for health equity and justice through strategic communications and framing.
• Narratives for Health A short film and strategic narrative initiative that amplifies stories advancing health equity and justice.

Quantifiable outcome

• New Orleans Health Department and Step Up Louisiana partnership secured Workers' Bill of Rights ballot initiative approved by over 80% of voters
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Asian Pacific Environmental NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 June 2026APEN is listed as a related partner on HIP's Phillips 66 refinery remediation report. APEN works with Asian American and Pacific Islander communities on environmental justice in California.
• Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable EconomycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 April 2026Partnered with HIP on the 'Beyond the Cycle of Survival' farmworker wages report. Alliance United is a California-based organization working on economic and environmental justice.
• North Bay Jobs with JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 April 2026Long-term partner with HIP on multiple research initiatives including the wine industry farmworker report and farmworker wages study. Organization focused on economic justice for workers.
• Mixteco Indígena Community Organizing ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 April 2026Partner organization working with HIP on farmworker research and advocacy in California. Focuses on Indigenous migrant community organizing.
• Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena OaxaqueñocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 April 2026Partner organization collaborating with HIP on farmworker health and wages research. BINOC works with Oaxacan Indigenous communities in California.
• Caring Majority RisingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 March 2026HIP drew on Caring Majority Rising's survey data (9 surveys, 200-500 responses each) for the report on PPL's takeover of CDPAP in New York. Organization advocates for home care workers and consumers.
• Manufactured Housing Action (MHAction)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 May 2025HIP collaborated with MHAction on the 'Home Sick' report examining health harms in Homes of America manufactured housing communities. MHAction is a national organization fighting for housing justice.
• 12 Housing Justice and Public Health Experts (Advisory Panel)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2024HIP convened an advisory panel of 12 housing justice and public health experts for guidance on the 'Corporate Wealth vs Community Health' report. Advisors included representatives from Alameda County Healthy Homes, Center for Popular Democracy, Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, ChangeLab Solutions, and other organizations.
• North Bay Jobs with JusticecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2022HIP collaborated with North Bay Jobs with Justice on the 'You Can't Find a Way Out' report about wine industry responsibilities for farmworker safety in Sonoma County.
• Manufactured Housing Action (MHAction)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 December 2019HIP partnered with MHAction on the 'Our Homes, Our Health' report examining climate and housing justice for Florida's manufactured home communities.
• Health Equity GuidecoreOthersHealth Equity Guide is an affiliated organization/co-brand that HIP maintains alongside its main programs. It provides resources and tools for health equity practice.
• Public Health AwakenedcoreOthersPublic Health Awakened is an affiliated organization that HIP lists alongside Health Equity Guide. Both are organizations aligned with HIP's mission.
• California Work & Family CoalitionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHIP references California Work & Family Coalition as a partner on the Understanding Working & Caregiving report about California Paid Family Leave.
• The Center for Popular DemocracyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHIP worked with CPD on the #HealthyHours fair workweek advocacy toolkit, bringing a health lens to fair workweek campaigns.
• Working WashingtonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHIP partnered with Working Washington to produce a research report about health impacts of unstable work hours for retail workers in Seattle.
• Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHIP worked with LAANE to interview workers and develop social media tools about unstable work hours in Los Angeles.
• Fair Workweek InitiativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHIP collaborated with the Fair Workweek Initiative on fact sheets and advocacy toolkit for fair workweek campaigns from a health perspective.
• City of Northampton Planning and Sustainability DepartmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHIP partnered with the City of Northampton Planning and Sustainability Department on a report examining health impacts of climate change in Northampton, Massachusetts.
• Northampton Public Health DepartmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHIP collaborated with the Northampton Public Health Department on climate change health impacts planning report.
• Massachusetts Department of Public HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHIP worked with Massachusetts Department of Public Health on the Northampton climate change report.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Movement Strategy Center: Oakland-based nonprofit providing coaching, capacity building, and infrastructure support to social justice movements and ecosystem players. Comparable bridge-building orientation and cohort-based capacity support model.
• Big Cities Health Coalition: Coalition of large-city health departments focused on equity and cross-jurisdictional learning. Overlaps with HIP's work engaging governmental public health agencies on health equity practice and partnerships.

Direct peers

• Prevention Institute: Oakland-based nonprofit focused on prevention and equity through community-driven, upstream public health practice. Overlaps with HIP on health equity capacity building, training, and partnership facilitation.
• PolicyLink: Oakland-based national nonprofit advancing racial and economic equity through policy research, advocacy, and partnerships with movement leaders. Highly comparable mission, geography, and bridging role across sectors.
• ChangeLab Solutions: Oakland-based nonprofit producing legal and policy tools for health equity, including housing, food systems, and community safety. Named as an advisor to HIP's housing report, indicating close peer-level work.
• Human Impact Partners: Oakland-based nonprofit that explicitly bridges public health and social justice movements and trains health professionals in equity-centered practice. Most direct analog to HIP's mission, ecosystem approach, and geographic base.

Broad incumbents

• Trust for America's Health: National nonprofit producing policy research and advocacy on public health prevention and equity at the federal level. Comparable in mission surface area, broader in scope and influence.
• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO): Membership organization representing local health departments, including on health equity and partnerships with community organizations. Reaches the same health-department customer segment that HIP serves through its Power-building Partnerships program.
• American Public Health Association (APHA): The largest U.S. public health membership organization; HIP actively participates in APHA conferences (2025 referenced). Overlaps on conference-driven convening, practitioner education, and equity advocacy.
• Public Health Institute: Large Oakland-based nonprofit operating public health programs, research, and policy initiatives. Operates a much broader portfolio but shares HIP's equity, capacity building, and bridging orientation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HumanImpact_HIP
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Healthinpartnership
• Facebookfacebook.com/healthinpartnership
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/health-in-partnership
• Instagraminstagram.com/healthinpartnership

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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