Grant history

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2019|$10,000|One year

Transportation Initiative for Seniors – Phase II: To pilot a program with Transportation Network Companies (TNCs), including providing education to older people about using TNCs. A Momentum Fund grant for early-stage age-friendly and/or dementia-friendly work. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Equity in Aging

2024|$285,000|Three years

Through the Chestnut Community Alliance and Flexing Civic Muscle Program, advance older adult resident-led advocacy and community organizing focused on digital equity, housing justice and other community priorities in Springfield and Holyoke. Activities offered in English and Spanish.

Capacity Building

2026|$20,000|One year

Technical assistance grant to strengthen organizational capacity.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Systems Improvements

2018|$140,000|Two years

Flexing Civic Muscle for Equitable Infrastructure and Improved Public Safety: To increase the capacity of local older adult advocates working on policy and system changes in Springfield. The older adult advocates are residents of a low-income neighborhood and lead efforts targeting the built community environment and community safety. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Systems Improvements

2020|$195,000|Three years

Support older adult community advocates working to advance age-friendly policies and initiatives in disinvested neighborhoods in Springfield. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

Grant Program for Agencies Serving Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

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

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2021|$10,000|One year

Provides healthy food throughout Rhode Island and operate the ‘Hope Market’, a budget-friendly marketplace for older adult. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Special Programs

2019|$25,000|One year

One-time grants distributed in honor of Tufts Health Plan’s 40th anniversary and its longstanding tradition of giving back to community, supporting nonprofit organizations focused on health equity and the social determinants of health.

Healthy Food Access

2016|$20,000|Two years

This intergenerational program will bring together older adults and middle/high school students to plan, plant, maintain, and harvest the newly renovated ‘Judy’s Garden’ to provide fresh produce for the Wellspring’s Food Pantry. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.