About Partnership for A Healthier America
We amplify and support partners to provide access to good food for all and advance food equity and nutrition security.
Focus Areas
nutrition securityfood accessfood equitycommunity food systemspublic healthchildhood nutritionhunger reliefproduce promotion and marketing
Who They Fund
Food Is Medicine patientslow-income / food-insecure householdsresidents of Bolivar County, MSresidents of Sunflower County, MSSt. Louis local community
About Partnership for A Healthier America
Partnership for a Healthier America Inc. centers its grantmaking on food access, nutrition security, and the systems that shape what communities can buy and serve. A defining thread in the recent record is produce-focused support tied to food banks, Food Is Medicine, and city-based partnerships, including a $120,000 award to Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association in St Louis for Good Food for All work and a $101,400 federal subgrant to Reuben V Anderson Center For Justice in Tougaloo for produce funds for Food Is Medicine patients. The foundation also backs local food-system capacity, as seen in a $93,000 grant to Nine 13 Inc - Nine 13 Sports in Indianapolis for Indy Food Hub and program support. Its portfolio shows both direct food access work and broader nutrition education efforts, with funding aimed at getting fresh produce into hospitals, neighborhoods, and community networks. Across the recent grants, the pattern is practical and place-linked: support for local coordinating partners, produce distribution, and operational capacity that helps organizations move food rather than just plan around it. The result is a grantmaker focused on food equity through partner-led delivery and community-level implementation.
What Partnership for A Healthier America Funds
In food-as-medicine work, Partnership for a Healthier America Inc awarded $101,400 to Reuben V Anderson Center For Justice in Tougaloo for produce funds for distribution to Food Is Medicine patients, and a separate $72,080 grant to the same organization supported locally sourced produce prescription programs for Bolivar and Sunflower County, MS. In city-based food system work, they gave $93,000 to Nine 13 Inc - Nine 13 Sports in Indianapolis for Indy Food Hub and program support. Their community food access work also appears in a $120,000 grant to Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association in St Louis for local coordinating partner sub-granting, program operations, community engagement, and supplies and materials. The foundation’s grant descriptions repeatedly connect fresh produce with local delivery, coordination, and program support rather than one-off food purchases alone.
How Partnership for A Healthier America Gives
Typical grants cluster around a modest core with a lower quartile of $16,500, a median of $25,000, and an upper quartile of $70,000. The recent record also includes larger awards, such as $93,000, $101,400, and $120,000, showing room for targeted higher-dollar grants. The same grantee can appear across years and programs; Reuben V Anderson Center For Justice received multiple awards in 2024 and 2025. Partnership for a Healthier America Inc operates through programmatic grantmaking and subgrants rather than individuals or program-related investments, and some initiatives accept unsolicited requests while others do not.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$616K
Total Assets
$8.2M
Total Revenue
$2.7M
Total Expenses
$5.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $17K and $70K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$17K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$70K
Geographic Reach
National19 states funded
About 3% of grants go to recipients in IN.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Noreen Springstead
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