The BUILD Health Challenge recently launched its third cohort
featuring 18 new communities from across the country.
Check out their new projects on the Communities page
and follow their progress on our blog.

 

Our Vision

The BUILD Health Challenge believes that community stakeholders from across sectors have a shared responsibility to improve community health.

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What We Do

We strengthen partnerships—between community-based organizations, hospitals and health systems, and local health departments—with a shared commitment to moving resources, attention, and action upstream to reduce health disparities and create opportunities for improved community health.

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Funding Partners

The BUILD Health Challenge is made possible through the generous support and leadership of the following organizations:
South Carolina Foundation
BlueCross Blue Shield of North Carolina
Blue of California Fundation
Communities Fundation of Texas
de Beaumont
Episcopal Health Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Textasm, INC.
New Jersey Health Initiatives
Rober Wood Johnson Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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SINCE 2015, 55 COMMUNITIES HAVE JOINED THE BUILD HEALTH CHALLENGE IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE GREATER HEALTH EQUITY IN AMERICA. FIVE YEARS LATER, WE REFLECT ON OUR SHARED LEARNINGS, GROUNDBREAKING IMPACT, AND THE ROAD AHEAD.
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Celebrating Five Years of Impact
SINCE 2015, 55 COMMUNITIES HAVE JOINED THE BUILD HEALTH CHALLENGE IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE GREATER HEALTH EQUITY IN AMERICA. FIVE YEARS LATER, WE REFLECT ON OUR SHARED LEARNINGS, GROUNDBREAKING IMPACT, AND THE ROAD AHEAD.
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