Grant history

Healthy Food Access

2022|$75,000|Two years

Promote urban farming in communities of color and engage community residents in growing food and building a healthy community.

Equity in Aging

2024|$120,000|Three years

Develop a healthy local food system with Boston’s communities of color by increasing access to affordable, fresh food; farming and cooking education; and opportunities for older adults to find connection and belonging.

Healthy Food Access

2016|$5,000|One year

Support for the Urban Farming conference to be added to the Healthy Food Fund’s visibility in the Boston and MA areas. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2021|$50,000|One year

To expand COVID-19 vaccine education, awareness and outreach in communities of color. Funded jointly and equally by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Tufts Health Plan Foundation.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

Community-Based Organization Response to COVID-19 Grant Program. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Special Programs

2025|$10,000|One year

Nominated by the Military Veterans CRG

Healthy Aging

2023|$120,000|Three years

Support immigrant and refugee older adults and their families by embracing their cultural heritage so they can thrive as they build new lives.

Social and Racial Justice

2022|$25,000|One year

Encourage, empower and nurture immigrant and refugee families to thrive by embracing their cultural heritage as they build new lives.

Healthy Aging

2024|$40,000|One year

Expand the Village Common’s reach in the state by increasing volunteer coordination, and the number of older adults with access to a “village” for support; and strengthening the network.

Healthy Food Access

2016|$1,000|One year

Emergency food assistance grant. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.