Grand Prairie, TX

Black Heart Association

Vehicle for Change!

$45K Finalists

The Black Heart Association (BHA) stands as a beacon of change in healthcare, dedicated to reducing Black deaths caused by heart disease and stroke. Founded by a resilient survivor, Tara Robinson, BHA bridges the gap between the Black community and proper healthcare. Our mission centers on prevention, enhancing access to affordable, high-quality healthcare, and improving outcomes for those affected.

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Houston, TX

San Antonio, TX

Rustin, LA

Let’s build community trust and improve people’s health and well-being.

The NIH Build UP Trust Challenge will award as many as ten Finalists up to $45,000 each and the opportunity to win one of four $200,000 prizes for promising strategies that increase research participation and the adoption of medical care by building trust and improving engagement with historically underserved communities.

A Competition by Carrot

Carrot helps organizations build competitions that engage new talent and deliver groundbreaking solutions.

As part of its mission, NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) provides assistance in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI provides the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL) as a contract platform for running crowdsourced challenges for NASA and other federal agencies. See all government challenges at