What Interact for Health does

Interact for Health is a private 501(c)(3) health foundation established in the late 1990s and headquartered at 8230 Montgomery Road, Suite 300, Cincinnati, Ohio. The foundation serves a 20-county Greater Cincinnati region spanning Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana, with a stated mission of advancing health justice across three core program areas: Mental Health and Well-being, Community Power Building, and Policy and Systems Change, supplemented by a dedicated Rural Investment Strategy. Its work addresses documented health inequities, including a cited 26-year life-expectancy gap between neighborhoods in the region, by directing philanthropic capital, convening partners, and advocating for systems change.

The foundation operates as a grantmaking organization rather than a software or services vendor. Its core offerings are open funding opportunities, targeted grant programs (including the Rural Changemaker Grant program, which has awarded more than $900,000 across ten grantees to date), capacity-building support for nonprofits, event sponsorship, and a Grants Portal administered through grantinterface.com. The foundation also invests in regional data and learning infrastructure, including the Community Health Status Survey, the Greater Cincinnati Adult Tobacco Survey, a Data Mapping Tool, and a separate Data for Equity platform at cincinnatidataforequity.com. There is no consumer-facing pricing model, no products or APIs in the technology sense, and no AI or ML capabilities disclosed in the available material.

Strategically, Interact for Health's go-to-market is community-led: a small staff of 11-50 employees works through a deep ecosystem of regional and national partners — including Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati Health Department, Primary Health Solutions, Delta Dental Foundation, the School-Based Health Alliance, the BUILD Health Challenge, Adopt A Class, and rural community councils — to deploy capital and co-develop school-based health centers, rural health initiatives, and youth mental-health programming. The foundation is led by President and CEO Kate Schroder and Program Director of Youth Mental Health & Well-being Lisa Myers. In June 2026 the foundation announced a new fund with up to $2 million in support for local nonprofits, materially expanding its annual grantmaking capacity.

Name

Interact for Health

Legal name

Interact for Health

Website

https://interactforhealth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Interact for Health is a Cincinnati-based 501(c)(3) health foundation that grants funds and builds community partnerships to advance health equity across a 20-county Greater Cincinnati region, with priorities in mental health, community power building, and policy change.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Health Foundation Grantmaking

NAICS

Social Assistance (624), Other Individual and Family Services (62419), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

Keywords

• Health equity grantmaking
• Community health foundation
• Rural health investment
• Mental health programs
• Health policy advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Cincinnati

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. Foundation Grantmaking: Interact for Health operates as a philanthropic foundation that provides grants to community organizations working on health equity. The organization has awarded over $900,000 through its Rural Changemaker Grant program and recently launched a fund with up to $2 million in support for local nonprofits.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Interact for Health is a regional nonprofit health foundation that provides grants, capacity building, and data resources to community organizations across a 20-county Greater Cincinnati region. Its core work focuses on mental health and well-being, community power building, policy and systems change, and a rural investment strategy. The foundation does not sell products or services; instead it distributes philanthropic funds and shares regional health data gathered through surveys such as the Community Health Status Survey and the Greater Cincinnati Adult Tobacco Survey.

Product overview

Interact for Health is a regional health foundation serving Greater Cincinnati that operates as a grantmaking organization rather than a software product company. Its core offerings consist of funding programs across four strategic priority areas: Mental Health and Well-being, Community Power Building, Policy and Systems Change, and Rural Investment Strategy. The organization also administers data and learning initiatives including the Community Health Status Survey, Greater Cincinnati Adult Tobacco Survey, and a Data Mapping Tool. Key operational infrastructure includes a Grants Portal for applicants and grantees, along with resources for capacity building and nonprofit partner support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Open Funding Grants Program Standalone grantmaking program open to nonprofit and community organizations in the Greater Cincinnati region; funds projects in the foundation's three core priority areas.
• Rural Changemaker Grant Program Grant program providing concentrated funding to rural-serving community organizations across the 20-county region, with awards of $50,000 to $100,000 per grantee.
• Data Mapping Tool Web-based mapping and data visualization tool that lets users explore regional health data across the Greater Cincinnati service area.
• Community Health Status Survey Recurring regional health survey that collects and publishes community-level health indicators across the Greater Cincinnati service area.
• Greater Cincinnati Adult Tobacco Survey Recurring survey tracking adult tobacco use behaviors and trends across the Greater Cincinnati region.
• Event Sponsorship Program Sponsorship program offered to community organizations to support events aligned with the foundation's health-equity mission.
• Capacity Building Support Standalone support offering for grantees and nonprofit partners to strengthen organizational capabilities beyond direct grant funding.
• School-Based Health Center Partnerships Initiative funding and supporting school-based health centers in partnership with Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati Health Department, Primary Health Solutions, and Delta Dental Foundation to deliver primary care, dental, and vision services to students.

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Cincinnati Public SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 October 2018Longstanding partner in opening the Schiff Wellness Center at the Academy of World Languages, a comprehensive school-based health center serving the Evanston neighborhood. The $2.5 million center includes primary care, dental, and vision services.
• Cincinnati Health DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 October 2018Longstanding partner in operating school-based health centers. Collaborates with Interact for Health and Cincinnati Public Schools to provide comprehensive health services in schools.
• BUILD Health ChallengemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 August 2018National program utilizing community partnerships to improve health. Interact for Health participates in the NKY BUILD project along with St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Northern Kentucky Regional Alliance, and other local entities to reduce tobacco use in Covington and Gallatin County with a $500,000+ investment.
• School-Based Health AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe School-Based Health Alliance is a national organization that works to improve the health of children and youth by advancing and advocating for school-based health care. Interact for Health collaborates with this organization and has featured Q&As with its president Robert Boyd to advance shared goals around school-based health centers.
• Primary Health SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary Health Solutions operates the Fairfield school-based health center, which is described as the first and largest comprehensive health center in a suburban school district in the nation. Interact for Health supports this partnership to expand healthcare access for students.
• Delta Dental FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the school-based dental program that began with the Delta Dental Center at Oyler in 2013, the first school-based dental center in the country. The program serves 24,000 patients annually through 12 dental centers.
• Adopt A ClasscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrough this partnership, Interact for Health staff mentor students at Silverton Elementary School monthly, teaching philanthropy concepts and supporting youth mental health and well-being.
• Rural Community CouncilscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Rural Investment Strategy, these community councils work with rural changemaker grantees to address unique needs in rural communities across the region.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Health Forward Foundation: Kansas City-based health foundation that funds community health and equity initiatives across a defined regional service area. Highly comparable in mission, multi-county regional scope, and grantmaking approach.
• The Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis: Regional health foundation serving the greater Indianapolis area, with a comparable grantmaking model focused on health equity and community health. Closely analogous in scope, structure, and priority areas to Interact for Health.
• Northwest Health Foundation: Regional health foundation serving Oregon and Southwest Washington with a comparable focus on health equity, community partnerships, and policy advocacy for underserved populations.

Broad incumbents

• The California Endowment: One of the largest U.S. health foundations, focused on health equity, mental health, and community power building. Operates at significantly greater scale than Interact for Health but with closely aligned strategic pillars.
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: The largest U.S. philanthropy focused solely on health, with comparable priorities in health equity and systems change. Far broader in national scope, but operates in the same health-foundation category.

Regional players

• United Way of Greater Cincinnati: Large regional nonprofit operating in the same Greater Cincinnati service area and funding many of the same community-based health and human services partners. Comparable geographically but with a broader human-services scope.
• Greater Cincinnati Foundation: Major community foundation serving the same Greater Cincinnati geography as Interact for Health. While broader than health, it overlaps on regional grantmaking and donor-advised health funds, making it both a peer and a potential collaborator.

Others

• BUILD Health Challenge: National initiative in which Interact for Health participates (NKY BUILD project). Operates a similar community-partnership health improvement model and serves as both a peer funder and a co-investor in shared place-based work.
• School-Based Health Alliance: National partner organization that Interact for Health collaborates with to advance school-based health centers. Functions as a peer-network and advocacy counterpart rather than a direct grantmaking competitor.
• Conduent Healthy Communities Institute: Provider of community health data platforms and indicators used by public health departments and foundations. Directly relevant as a technology peer for Interact for Health's Data Mapping Tool and Community Health Status Survey work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments4 records

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