Summary

We are proud to share Health in Partnership’s 2025-2030 Strategic Plan. Since the release of our last plan, published in August 2020 during the early throes of COVID-19, the world has continued to undergo seismic shifts. And while this current moment carries its unique features, it is not without precedent.

Today, HIP finds itself navigating a landscape where uncertainty and upheaval are the norm.These conditions demand not only clarity of purpose but the agility to respond to change without losing sight of our deepest commitments.

HIP was built for moments like this. We’ve spent nearly two decades developing the tools, relationships, and political analysis needed to meet this type of inflection point. That legacy equips us to block what harms, build what heals, and bridge what divides, steering public health toward a justice-centered future. Our orientation to movement work, our deep ties within the public health field, and our commitment to principled action uniquely position us to respond to the challenges of this era.

This plan is our compass in that effort. Over the past year, we’ve dared to imagine the world we want to build — one grounded in equity, collective power, and partnership. We’ve mapped the ecosystem of partners with whom we will concentrate our efforts and clarified the roles we are prepared to play to help move our ecosystem, together, toward that shared North Star.

The strategic plan includes:

• An updated North Star vision for the field of public health
• A new ecosystem approach for how HIP works with our core partners via multiple strategies to leverage our distinct capacities and power to drive greater impact — because no single organization alone can overcome the threats we are facing
• A steadfast commitment to our mission, values, and Theory of Change, which remain as relevant as ever
• Our first-ever Theory of Action, which outlines the roles we intend to play in our ecosystem, the approaches that will guide us, and 5-year outcomes for our organization and for our ecosystem
• A robust and emergent learning system to deepen our practice of reflection and move us forward with both wisdom and urgency, guided by real-time insight and disciplined inquiry

This strategic plan is not just a roadmap. It is a bold call to action and guide in unpredictable times, rooted in our conviction that health and justice are inseparable, and that everyone should be able to live with dignity, free from oppression and corporate greed.