Funding, Sponsorships, & Partnerships
- Oregon Office on Aging and People with Disabilities (2022-2023)
- Shepherd Center App Factory (2022-2023)
- Business Oregon’s SBIR Phase 0 (2022)
- Special Olympics Inclusive SNAP-Ed (2023-24)
- Special Olympics Systems Change in Inclusive Health (2023-25)
- Utah Regional Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (URLEND), Trainee Mentors (2023-24)
Business Accelerators & Sponsorships
GNI is receiving support and mentorship from a variety of excellent accelerators and professional business groups. Including:
- Technology Association of Oregon (TAO) Founders Investing in Founders Program (2023 – present)
- The TAO Founders Investing in Founders program is helping GNI, as an established small business, grow and succeed with mentorship connections in business technology, capacity, and investment opportunities.
- RAINcatalysts Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network
- GNI is pleased to be a part of the RAINcap accelerator, where we receive high level mentoring and a boost from the network of other innovators.
- Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
- GNI works with the experts and mentors at the Lane County Small Business Development Center for strategic planning, technology connections, and marketing and product launch.
For ways to become involved in the business work of GNI, please contact us!
Press Releases
- Good Nutrition Ideas announces the company’s first nutrition app, My Meals My Way, launching in January, 2024!December, 2023 My Meals My Way is an inclusive and straightforward, customized meal planning app based on science. Director of Innovation and Development, Dr. Kathy Humphries says, “We know that the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and My Plate are good, standard healthy nutrition guidance. But most folks need more help to get from that advice …
- Good Nutrition Ideas partners with Special Olympics North America to promote inclusive nutrition education at the USDA’s SNAP-EdApril, 2023 GNI announced that they will be working with Special Olympics International in their North America Inclusive Health division to make substantial changes to the accessibility of nutrition education services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In a multi-year and multi-partner project, GNI will be tasked with understanding the barriers to access and …
- Kathy Humphries, Nutritionist and Bethany Rigles, Sociologist join together (again) in 2022 to develop inclusive nutritional health technology products November, 2022 Scientists and entrepreneurs Bethany Rigles and Kathy Humphries launched their nutritional health technology business, Good Nutrition Ideas (GNI), an Oregon-based registered, Women-owned Business entity in 2022. Drs. Rigles and Humphries have national reputations in the field of health equity. GNI was founded with the vision of improving health and quality of life through …
- Good Nutrition Ideas receives support from the LiveWell App Factory to build nutritional health technology: My Meals My Way October 2022 Good Nutrition Ideas, a women-owned nutritional health technology business, announces the receipt of support and funding to build an innovative new app to make nutritious meal planning available to all. GNI’s proposal was funded to develop a new accessible app to improve nutrition for people with disabilities and enhance their ability to live …
- Good Nutrition Ideas secures new grant to explore communities’ needs for nutritional health technology innovationAugust, 2022 The new grant from the Oregon Office on Aging and People with DIsabilities was awarded to Good Nutrition Ideas (GNI) to both assess needs and propose innovative solutions for them. The Innovation Award is targeted to the State’s older adult and disability communities, two populations that historically have unmet food and nutrition needs. …