Partner with us
Springboard HealthLab is a nonprofit incubator advancing bold, equity-driven public health ideas from concept to impact. Sponsorship sends a powerful message: that your organization believes promising solutions, especially those rooted in community experience, deserve the ecosystem, resources, and support to thrive.
Inaugural sponsors include Genentech and Freddie
Two sponsorship paths
LOCAL IMPACT
Microgrants
Bay Area, CA
Fund frontline workers and people with lived experience to pilot community-led public health solutions. Small investments, real impact, close to home.
$5,000 funds one community-led microgrant
NATIONAL IMPACT
Pitch Day
Nationwide
Champion high-potential public health innovations with the potential for regional or national scale. Support the next generation of bold, systems-level solutions.
From $10,000
Microgrants Sponsorship
In our most recent cycle, 22 proposals requested $110,000 in funding. We funded 4. Demand exceeded available funding by more than 6x.
100% of applicants are people with lived experience, frontline workers, or both — ensuring projects are rooted in equity, community leadership, and authentic lived experience.
22
proposals received
6x
demand vs. funding
100%
lived or frontline experience
Amount
$5,000
Level
Innovation Sponsor
Benefits
Funds one community-led pilot. Website and social media recognition.
Amount
$10,000
Level
Innovation Partner
Benefits
Funds two projects. Website and social recognition, priority invites to Springboard events.
Amount
$25,000
Level
Innovation Champion
Benefits
Funds a full microgrant cycle. Prominent logo placement, program materials, impact report, and staff volunteer opportunities.
“It’s a dream come true to run this project for my community at a time when it is so needed.”
— Microgrant recipient
Pitch Day Sponsorship
An open national call for bold public health innovations. Finalists pitch to an expert panel; winners receive seed funding and up to 12 months of tailored incubation support.
15
applications received
$1.24M
total funding requested
3
finalists selected to pitch
2
received funding & incubation
In our inaugural cycle, 15 competitive applications were received from community organizers, technologists, frontline workers, and emerging public health leaders across the US. Three finalists presented to an expert panel at Pitch Day.
Amount
$10,000
Level
Innovation Sponsor
Benefits
Logo on event materials and website, invitation to attend and network with finalists, post-event impact summary.
Amount
$25,000
Level
Lead Innovation
Sponsor
Benefits
Prominent logo placement, verbal recognition at the event, featured in post-event communications, impact report, volunteer opportunities.
Amount
$50,000
Level
Strategic Innovation Sponsor
Benefits
Primary logo placement across all materials, speaking opportunity at Pitch Day, media and digital recognition, customized impact report, strategic engagement with Springboard leadership.
Get in touch
Not sure which opportunity fits your goals, or interested in a customized partnership? We’d love to connect.
Katie Faulkner
Chief of Staff, Springboard HealthLab
katie@springboardhealthlab.org