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Springboard HealthLab: Innovation & Impact

Springboard HealthLab is a nonprofit public health incubator advancing health equity by fostering bold solutions that improve access to critical resources and reduce health disparities.

We serve communities that have historically faced barriers to healthcare, including LGBTQ+ communities, people at increased risk of HIV and other infectious diseases, underserved populations, and community leaders with lived and frontline experience who are developing solutions for their own communities.

Our flagship programs are Building Healthy Online Communities (BHOC) and TakeMeHome. Building on this model, Springboard identifies and incubates emerging public health innovations through our national Pitch Day and local MicroGrants programs.

Flagship Projects

Pitch Day Incubatees 2025

Micrograntee Pilot Projects 2025

Please reach out to us if you would like to be connected with any of our Pitch Day incubatees, micrograntees, or flagship programs.

Springboard HealthLab: Innovation & Impact

Flagship Projects

Building Healthy Online CommunitiesBuilding Healthy Online Communities (BHOC) brings together dating platforms, their users, and public health leaders to improve access to health information and resources, reaching people where they are.

TakeMeHome & Together TakeMeHomeNational HIV self-testing program. Our program mails free, discreet, at-home tests. No cost, no clinic, no judgment. Support available as needed.

Pitch Day Incubatees 2025

Trans Health HQA community-led access & information hub and navigation platform supporting trans and non-binary people to access and navigate the healthcare system.

KynCareEarly-stage project idea with a plan to transform the caregiving experience for underserved family caregivers in the US.

Micrograntee Pilot Projects 2025

Cinco Lunas Healing Circles: A Sanctuary for Immigrant MothersCulturally-rooted health education and wellbeing series for Spanish-speaking pregnant immigrant women and new mothers who face isolation, trauma, and systemic barriers to equitable perinatal care.

Walking Club: Movement as Mental Health CareAn exercise-based group for residents of a shelter center serving unhoused women and transgender residents to support well-being and emotional regulation.

Neighborhood Flamekeepers:A peer support model training a community of neighbors to provide support to their neighbors during life’s challenges and transitions.

Voices of the 415: Bridging Research and the StreetBridging the gap between frontline workers, researchers, and decision-makers.

Workforce development initiatives

Community Health Leadership Initiative:Providing training & mentoring for those who want to enter or are new to the public health field and supporting the sustainability of the current workforce