Our History

Catalyst funding was designed to support creative ideas and solutions to the Center’s priority of advancing health in active living, commercial tobacco control and healthy eating. It saught to jump-start projects and lead to future changes in community health and well-being. 

Health POWER was a multi-year funding initiative designed to strengthen leadership development and invest in community-led solutions to advance positive health outcomes in commercial tobacco control, healthy eating, and physical activity. Health POWER funded organizations focused on using policy, systems, and environmental changes to create sustainable conditions that allow people to make healthier choices.

Systems Partnerships funding supported coalitions and networks of nonprofit, education, and government organizations to address systems issues related to community health in Minnesota. The program included groups that work on community engagement methods and within food systems.