Grant history

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2019|$43,489|Three years

Alliance for Community Transportation (ACT): To increase transportation access by improving ACT’s efficiency, making services more consistent and developing a universal rider application. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$233,000|One year

COVID-19 relief grant – community health centers. 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.

Special Programs

2018|$5,000|One year

Recommended by Parallel, the disability advocates BRG: To develop and implement programs supporting youth with disabilities in the workplace. Tufts Health Plan Foundation Grant.

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2019|$10,000|One year

Raising Awareness: To offer dementia-awareness presentations and workshops; develop a series of training videos for employee training programs; produce and film a three-part series for the department’s cable TV program 55+; and meet with school personnel about raising awareness among city’s youth. A Momentum Fund grant for early-stage age-friendly and/or dementia-friendly work. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2018|$10,000|One year

Making Cranston a Dementia-Friendly Community: To start the process of making Cranston more dementia-friendly through community meetings, resource compilation and creating of “buddy system” for caregivers. A Momentum Fund grant for early-stage age-friendly and/or dementia-friendly work. 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.

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

2019|$5,000|One year

Recommended by Prism, the LGBTQ and allies BRG: To provide emergency shelter & programming for youth experiencing homelessness due to their orientation or gender identity. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy Food Access

2022|$65,000|One year

Expand access to adult and family services, the domestic violence program, and the rapid re-housing and housing-first programs.