Humanitas

What Humanitas does

Humanitas, Inc. is a privately-held, SBA-certified Woman-Owned Small Business founded in 1992 and headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland. The firm provides management consulting, program evaluation, and information management services to US federal agencies — primarily the Department of Health and Human Services (including multiple NIH institutes, HRSA, and SAMHSA), the Department of Labor (notably the Job Corps Health Program supported for 23 years), USDA, and the Department of Education — as well as selected nonprofit and private-sector engagements. Leadership is held by President Lura Myers and Executive Vice President Adam Linn, with 60+ part- and full-time staff and consultants. Service delivery spans six functional areas: policy and program assessment, research and data analysis, evaluation planning and conduct, program planning and support, review management and logistics, information management and technology, and education and training.

The firm's sole proprietary technology asset is ePanel©, a web-based application purpose-built for remote evaluation of Central Institutional Review Board (CIRB) protocols at NIH. The platform handles document distribution, narrative reviews, and automated scoring and voting while operating within federal privacy and compliance requirements. Beyond ePanel©, Humanitas' deliverables are professional services in nature — evaluation reports, policy assessments, program support, and training — rather than packaged software products. Two federal contract vehicles anchor the firm's go-to-market: GSA Multiple Award Schedule #47QRAA20D005X (through April 2025) and HHS PSC IDIQ #HHSP233201500145I (through March 2025), which together enable direct task order awards across civilian federal agencies.

Humanitas generates revenue through time-and-materials and fixed-price task orders awarded under these federal vehicles, supplemented by subcontractor roles on larger prime contractors such as Boston Consulting Group (notably on the 2020 US Air Force Strategic Transformation Support IDIQ). Pricing follows federal contracting regulations rather than published rate cards. The firm competes on incumbency in long-tenured program engagements, niche expertise in health and disability policy, and small-business set-aside eligibility. Notable multi-decade engagements include 23 years supporting the Job Corps Health Program and 15+ years supporting HRSA, signaling deep incumbent positioning in core accounts rather than transactional new-business capture.

Name

Humanitas

Legal name

Humanitas, Inc.

Website

https://humanitas.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Humanitas is an SBA-certified Woman-Owned Small Business founded in 1992 providing management consulting, program evaluation, and information management services primarily to US federal health, labor, and education agencies, supported by GSA and HHS contract vehicles and its ePanel© IRB review platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Silver Spring

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Contract Services: Humanitas generates revenue through professional services contracts with federal agencies. They hold GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts and HHS PSC IDIQ contracts, providing management consulting, evaluation, program support, and technical assistance services. Revenue is derived from task orders and contracts awarded under these vehicles.
2. Teaming Arrangements: As a Woman-Owned Small Business, Humanitas participates as both prime contractor and subcontractor in teaming arrangements, providing specialized services under larger contracts such as the US Air Force Strategic Transformation Support IDIQ anchored by Boston Consulting Group.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Humanitas is a woman-owned small business that provides management consulting, evaluation, program support, and information management services to federal government agencies (especially HHS, NIH, DOL, USDA, and Department of Education), nonprofit organizations, and select private companies. The firm also offers the proprietary ePanel© web-based application for remote review management of Central Institutional Review Board (CIRB) protocols.

Product overview

Humanitas provides professional consulting services organized into six focus areas: Policy and Program Assessment, Research, and Data Analysis; Evaluation Planning and Conduct; Program Planning and Support; Review Management and Logistics; Information Management and Technology; and Education and Training. The company's primary proprietary technology product is ePanel©, a web-based remote review application used for CIRB protocol evaluation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ePanel©

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,000 meetings administered and approximately 49,000 grant applications reviewed for HRSA over 15 years
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Boston Consulting Group (BCG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Humanitas is part of a team anchored by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) that has been awarded a five-year IDIQ for US Air Force Strategic Transformation Support. This represents a significant teaming arrangement where Humanitas provides specialized services as part of a larger consulting consortium.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• ICF International: Public global consulting firm with a sizeable federal health, energy, and infrastructure practice supporting HHS, NIH, and other civilian agencies — overlaps with Humanitas on federal program support and evaluation.
• RTI International: Non-profit research institute providing federal agencies (HHS, NIH, ED) with program evaluation, survey research, and statistical services — same federal health and labor evaluation footprint at much larger scale.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Largest US federal management and technology consultancy, prime contractor on multi-billion-dollar IDIQs (e.g., the US Air Force Strategic Transformation Support vehicle where Humanitas teams with BCG) — represents the prime tier against which Humanitas competes and teams.
• American Institutes for Research (AIR): Non-profit behavioral and social science research firm supporting HHS, ED, and DOL on program evaluation, technical assistance, and policy analysis — directly comparable federal health, education, and labor evaluation work.
• Mathematica: Established non-profit federal policy research and evaluation firm serving HHS, DOL, ED, and USDA on large-scale program evaluations — same evaluation and policy-analysis service lines, at significantly larger scale.
• Abt Associates: Major federal research and consulting firm serving HHS, NIH, DOL, and USDA on program evaluation, surveys, and technical assistance — comparable service portfolio and federal client base at substantially larger scale.

Direct peers

• JBS International, Inc. Federal health and human services consultancy supporting HHS, SAMHSA, and DOL on program evaluation, training, and technical assistance — same agency footprint, same WOSB-adjacent niche, and listed as a Humanitas subcontracting partner.
• Westat: Large employee-owned federal research and consulting firm supporting HHS, NIH, DOL, and ED with program evaluation, survey research, and statistical analysis — directly comparable service mix and federal client overlap to Humanitas.
• The Emmes Company: Federal biomedical and public-health research contractor supporting NIH and other HHS agencies on clinical trials, epidemiology, and biostatistics — directly comparable NIH-focused, ePanel-adjacent review and evaluation work.
• Insight Policy Research: Small woman-owned federal policy and evaluation consultancy serving HHS, DOL, and ED on program assessments, policy analysis, and evaluation — same size band, same WOSB-style niche, and same federal health/labor focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/humanitas-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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