Grant history

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.

Community Building

2024|$50,000|One year

Advance Housing First model to ensure timely, stable housing placements and provide supportive services, including case management, education and employment services.

Special Programs

2020|$10,000|One year

An organization that helps secure stable homes for people who are experiencing homelessness or at-risk, including youth who identify as LGBTQ+. Recommended by Prism, the LGBTQ and allies BRG. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Capacity Building

2025|$20,000|One year

Technical assistance grant to strengthen organizational capacity.

Community Building

2020|$67,000|One year

General Operating Support. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.