We build with partners who believe what we believe.
Heart of a Giant is rooted in community and connected to the institutions that share our commitment to measurable outcomes in the communities that need it most. These are the relationships that make the work real.
Nobody we screen ever pays a cent. No insurance, no paperwork, no bill. We can do that because of the people behind us, our funders and donors, and the hospitals, universities, health centers, and neighborhood partners who host us, vouch for us, and share the work.
Who we work with clinically.
We work alongside some of Boston’s leading clinical institutions. These are working partnerships built on a shared belief: that community health workers and clinical teams are stronger together than either is alone. Shared patients. Shared data. Shared goals.
When HGF reaches someone at a farmers market screening, we are extending the reach of the health system into places it cannot always go. When a clinical partner receives a patient we have prepared and supported, outcomes improve for everyone.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Clinical partnership, research collaboration, board representation.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Community care coordination, Bowdoin Street Health Center partnership, research collaboration.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical advisory partnership, community cardiovascular care.
Boston Medical Center
Nutrition and health equity partnership, board representation.
Bowdoin Street Health Center
Community-based primary care integration, East Boston screening collaboration.
East Boston Senior Center
Active screening site, two-year ongoing partnership, documented blood pressure improvement across members.
Harvard Medical School
Research and clinical advisory relationships across multiple faculty.
Tufts University and Tufts Gordon Institute
Academic advisory partnership, organizational development, research methodology.
Boston Public Health Commission
Community blood pressure clinic partnership, public health infrastructure collaboration.
Who we work with in the neighborhoods.
Our community partners are the organizations that already hold trust in the neighborhoods we serve. We go where they are. We work inside relationships they have already built.
Sites and partners span Mattapan, Dorchester, Roxbury, East Boston, Hyde Park, and Brockton, including farmers markets, senior centers, community centers, and houses of worship across 10 Greater Boston neighborhoods.
Find a screening site near you
Who makes this possible financially.
Heart of a Giant is grateful to the foundations, funds, and individual donors whose support makes this work possible.
Lenny Zakim Fund
Long-standing funding partner and Transformational Leadership Cohort supporter.
Cummings Foundation
Program support.
Boston Scientific Foundation
Corporate partnership and program support.
Who we work with in the private sector.
Boston Scientific
Corporate partner, advisory relationship.
Project C.U.R.E.
Medical equipment logistics partner, Senegal expansion.
We are not looking for sponsors. We are looking for partners.
Partners who understand that community health workers make clinical care work better. When people arrive at their doctor informed, supported, and connected, outcomes improve. That is what HGF produces, consistently, across 19+ sites in 10 Greater Boston neighborhoods, documented in six years of outcome data.
We bring what health systems and payers need but are not designed to build: deep community trust, multilingual reach, consistent presence between clinical visits, and a data infrastructure that tracks what happens in the gaps. We are not an alternative to the health system. We are what makes the health system work for everyone.
People come back at more than three times the rate you would see almost anywhere else. The reason is not complicated. They trust the person taking their blood pressure. That trust is what makes the results stick, and it is not something you can write into a contract or design into a study.
“HGF is filling a gap our system has never been designed to close. These aren’t just screenings. They are sustained relationships between community members and trusted health advocates. The clinical outcomes are remarkable.”
Dr. Emefah Loccoh, MD, Cardiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital · HGF Board Member
If you want to understand what a real community health partnership looks like, we want to hear from you.
Health systems, payers, anchor institutions, foundations, corporate partners, reach out.