Health Resources in Action Inc
Health Resources in Action Inc. (HRiA) is a public charity based in Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1957. It works with individuals, organizations, and communities to improve public health and advance equity, including through grantmaking in biomedical research and community health.
Health Resources in Action Inc at a glance
In short: Health Resources in Action Inc gave $26.2M across 195 grants in 2025 (avg $134K), mostly in Massachusetts. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $26,184,831
- +33.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 195
- +8.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $134,281
- +23.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $120,000
- Total assets
- $122,507,923
- +14.1% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Massachusetts (81% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
How to apply to Health Resources in Action Inc
- Contact
Mailing address: 2 Boylston Street 4Th Floor, Boston, MA 02116
Phone: (617) 451-0049
Website: https://hria.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
15 open opportunities from Health Resources in Action Inc
Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program – Basic and Preclinical Science Award Program Grant
Health Resources in Action Inc
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program – Clinical and Implementation Research Award Program Grant
Health Resources in Action Inc
Amount
US $219,100 - US $240,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust – Falk Catalyst Awards Grant
Health Resources in Action Inc
Amount
Up to US $350,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who Health Resources in Action Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc ($500K). Together the top 10 received $4.5M.
Grant Size Distribution
1,006 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 369 grants of 1,006 (37%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
HRiA is based in Boston and describes its work as national with local implementation. In filing year 2025, 81% of grant dollars went to recipients in Massachusetts; the next-largest state shares were Georgia at 3%, and Michigan, California, and New York at 2% each. The programs described by HRiA also include awards with specific geographic eligibility, including the Patterson Trust award in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Rhode Island and the Jeffress Trust program in Virginia.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 195 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Health Resources in Action Inc gives
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.8M (2019) to $26.2M (2025). In 2025 it made 195 grants totaling $26.2M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc Worcester, MA | Eohhs sso integration fund vendor, community health grantmaking, unrestricted | $500,000 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | Thome P161, the Medical Foundation Grantmaking, Unrestricted | $500,000 |
| Revitalize Community Development Corporation Springfield, MA | Eohhs sso integration fund vendor, community health grantmaking, unrestricted | $500,000 |
| Community Care Cooperative Inc Boston, MA | Eohhs sso integration fund vendor, community health grantmaking, unrestricted | $499,677 |
| Agespan Inc Lawrence, MA | Eohhs sso integration fund vendor, community health grantmaking, unrestricted | $499,223 |
| The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Lynn, MA | Eohhs sso integration fund vendor, community health grantmaking, unrestricted | $489,030 |
| Open Sky Community Services Inc Worcester, MA | Eohhs sso integration fund vendor, community health grantmaking, unrestricted | $445,852 |
| Old Colony YMCA Wellness Services Brockton, MA | Eohhs sso integration fund vendor, community health grantmaking, unrestricted | $372,443 |
| Southeast Asian Coalition of Central MA Worcester, MA | Eohhs sso integration fund vendor, community health grantmaking, unrestricted | $369,990 |
| Centro De Ayuda Y Esperanza Latina Inc New Bedford, MA | Don statewide chi & healthy aging fund p332 p333, community health grantmaking, unrestricted | $361,579 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The filing’s program description says grantmaking accounted for 36% of total program expenditures for the year ended June 30, 2025, and capacity-building assistance accounted for approximately 19%.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $122,507,923 | $96,369,217 | $80,851,439 | $26,184,831 | 195 | $3,666,583 |
| 2024 | $107,382,404 | $82,090,767 | $65,512,308 | $19,643,045 | 180 | $3,967,163 |
| 2023 | $89,590,904 | $60,905,639 | $48,656,266 | $12,319,361 | 111 | $2,255,172 |
| 2022 | $71,958,833 | $88,844,630 | $47,737,786 | $17,432,123 | 268 | $144,878 |
| 2021 | $33,816,788 | $35,069,519 | $33,758,639 | $13,591,224 | 252 | $77,880 |
| 2020 | $33,405,946 | $22,066,859 | $23,120,465 | $5,165,246 | 61 | $292,031 |
| 2019 | $26,436,702 | $31,872,717 | $17,684,668 | $1,768,998 | 25 | $193,448 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
HRiA’s mission is to partner with individuals, organizations, and communities to transform the practices, policies, and systems that improve health and advance equity. Its stated approach centers health and racial equity and seeks to address root causes of health inequities.
Its grantmaking work includes biomedical research and community health. HRiA says it designs and administers customized grant programs with foundations, government agencies, bank trusts, hospitals, and other philanthropic entities. Its services also include grant-program design and management, proposal review, fund distribution, and applicant and grantee support.
The 2025 grants included organizations working in housing and homelessness, health care, aging, disability services, wellness, and community support. For example, Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance says it works collaboratively to foster long-term housing stability, while Revitalize Community Development describes its mission as revitalizing homes, neighborhoods, and lives. AgeSpan says it works to support people’s choices to lead fulfilling lives as they age. These are the grantees’ stated missions, not HRiA’s.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, HRiA reported 195 grants totaling $26,184,831. Grant amounts ranged from $5,870 to $500,000, with a median of $120,000. The largest reported awards included $500,000 each to Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance and Revitalize Community Development, and $499,677 to Community Care Cooperative. Other large awards included $499,223 to AgeSpan, $489,030 to the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, and $445,852 to Open Sky Community Services. Many listed awards were identified as part of the EOHHS SSO Integration Fund vendor program; other listed purposes included the Medical Foundation grantmaking, King Fellowships, and the statewide Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds.
HRiA’s website describes the Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds as a grantmaking and capacity-building resource. It says HRiA acts as fiscal agent and facilitates planning and implementation, and that eligible applicants include community-based nonprofits, municipalities, quasi-governmental organizations, and community groups or coalitions with a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor.
The organization also administers research awards on behalf of other funders. The Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research supports newly independent biomedical researchers with three years of funding. The program is currently closed; for the 2027 cycle, full-stage applications are due October 8, 2026. The Robert E. Leet and Clara Guthrie Patterson Trust Mentored Research Award supports early-stage postdoctoral and clinical investigators with awards of up to $200,000 over two years; the described applicant geography is Connecticut, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. The Jeffress Trust Awards Program in Research Advancing Health Equity supports Virginia-based partnerships, with awards of up to $150,000 over two years.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Steven Ridini, EdD, as president; Lisa Wolff as vice president of research and evaluation; Jeremy Holman as vice president of capacity building assistance; Fatimah Loren Muhammad as executive director of The HAVI; Jennifer Lee as vice president of grantmaking; Brittany Chen as vice president of health and racial equity; Jennifer Slonaker as vice president of strategy and operations; Mitzi Fennel as chief operating officer; Beth Doreian as chief financial officer; and Magnolia Contreras as chair.
Health Resources in Action Inc is led by Steven Ridini EdD, President since 2021 (on filings since 2019); 9 of 22 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Steven Ridini EdD
President
President & CEO → President, 2021
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$213K (2019) → $322K (2025)
Fatimah Loren Muhammad
Executive Director & The Havi
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$172K (2024) → $221K (2025)
Magnolia Contreras
Chair
Vice Chair → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bruce E. Landon MD MBA
Director
Member → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carole Allen
Director
Member → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eric Krammer
Director
Member → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gail Latimore
Director
Member → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Megan Sandel
Director
Member → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michele Courton Brown
Director
Vice Chair → Chair, 2021
Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Gonzalez Suarez
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ben Hires
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jacqueline Ingram
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Friedberg
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeremy Holman
Vice President & Capacity Building Assistance
Vice President → Vice President & Capacity Building Assistance, 2025
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$145K (2019) → $225K (2025)
Lisa Wolff
Vice President, Research & Evaluation
Vice President → Vice President, Research & Evaluation, 2025
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$134K (2019) → $229K (2025)
Mitzi Fennel
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Operating Officer → Clerk, 2024
Clerk → Chief Operating Officer, 2025
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$139K (2019) → $183K (2025)
Brittany Chen
Vice President, Health & Racial Equity
Vice President → Vice President & Health Equity, 2023
Vice President & Health Equity → Vice President, Health & Racial Equity, 2025
On filings since 2021
35 hrs/week
$94K (2021) → $199K (2025)
Jennifer Lee
Vice President & Grantmaking
Vice President & Grantmaking → Vice President, 2024
Vice President → Vice President & Grantmaking, 2025
On filings since 2021
35 hrs/week
$102K (2021) → $199K (2025)
Jennifer Slonaker
Vice President, Strategy & Operations
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$164K (2024) → $195K (2025)
Beth Doreian
Chief Financial Officer
New on the 2025 filing
35 hrs/week
$34K (2025)
Charles Lord
Treasurer
Member → Treasurer, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Monica Valdes Lupi
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (22)
- Former: Lara Bethke (2021–2024) — Chief Scientific Officer
- Former: Vianka Perez Belyea (2024) — Vice President & Public Health Services
- Former: Abigail Atkins (2019–2023) — Managing Director & Com Ass
- Former: Harriet G. Tolpin PhD (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Heather Nelson (2019–2023) — Managing Director R & E
- Former: Thaleia Tsongas Schlesinger (2019–2023) — Clerk
- Former: Melissa Wojcik (2019–2022) — Managing Director & Budj
- Former: Ryan Denton (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Nineequa Blanding (2020–2022) — Vice President - Grantmaking
- Former: Cathy Motamed (2022) — Managing Director of Capacity
- Former: Richard Platt (2022) — Director
- Former: Magnolia Contreras Msw MBA (2019–2021) — Vice Chair
- Former: Moacir Barbosa (2019–2021) — Senior Director & Com. Engage
- Former: Nelson A. Valverde MBA (2019–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Richard Platt Md Msc (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Elizabeth Gonzalez Suarez Ma (2019–2020) — Member
- Former: Mary Davis (2019–2020) — Senior Evaluation Lead
- Former: Abigail Atkins Msw (2020) — Managing Director
- Former: Daniel Liss (2019) — Assistant Clerk
- Former: John Kanki PhD (2019) — Managing Director
- Former: Kathleen McCabe (2019) — Managing Director
- Former: Laurie Jo Wallace Ma (2019) — Managing Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $322K, to Steven Ridini EDD (President). 9 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Health Resources in Action Inc
How much does Health Resources in Action Inc give each year?
Health Resources in Action Inc gave $26.2M across 195 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $19.6M across 180 grants.
What is Health Resources in Action Inc's typical grant size?
Health Resources in Action Inc's median grant in 2025 was $120,000, and its average grant was $134,281, across 195 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Health Resources in Action Inc give grants?
Health Resources in Action Inc gives mostly in Massachusetts: 81% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Boston, MA (18 grants), Springfield, MA (14 grants), Worcester, MA (9 grants) and Dorchester, MA (9 grants).
Does Health Resources in Action Inc give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of Health Resources in Action Inc's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (195 of 195) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Who are Health Resources in Action Inc's largest grantees?
Health Resources in Action Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc ($500,000), Regents of the University of Michigan ($500,000) and Revitalize Community Development Corporation ($500,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 6% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Health Resources in Action Inc?
Health Resources in Action Inc reported $122.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $96.4M.
What does Health Resources in Action Inc fund?
HRiA’s mission is to partner with individuals, organizations, and communities to transform the practices, policies, and systems that improve health and advance equity. Its stated approach centers health and racial equity and seeks to address root causes of health inequities. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Health Resources in Action Inc?
Health Resources in Action Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check hria.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Health Resources in Action Inc's EIN?
Health Resources in Action Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-2229839. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 3, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 21, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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