Grant history

Improving Conditions for Older Adults

2026|$100,000|Two years

Support a first in-the-nation unit developed for incarcerated men aged 55+ to successfully transition back to the community. The initiative provides specialized and mandatory treatment programs focused on the specific needs of this aging population. It also provides training to officers and other staff in and out of the prison system to better support this group. The Initiative is a collaboration between Boston University’s Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences and the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office.

Healthy Food Access

2019|$75,000|Three years

To support Oxford Hills Community Gardens project. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Healthy Food Access

2023|$25,000|One year

Enhance nutritional awareness, community connection and access to healthy foods in Oxford County. Funds support general operations including staff salaries, supplies, and program implementation.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

Momentum Fund support to address community needs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2021|$10,000|One year

Provides independent and assisted living apartments, skilled nursing and rehabilitation and long-term care and social programming for older adult. Tufts Health Plan 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.

Improving Conditions for Older Adults

2025|$625,000|Five years

To advance healthy aging collaborations

Healthy AgingImproving Conditions for Older Adults

2021|$25,000|One year

Train diverse older adult residents of Boston’s Allston/Brighton neighborhood as Age-Friendly Ambassadors and housing policy advocates. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Improving Conditions for Older Adults

2026|$120,000|Two years

Leverage existing trust and structure within faith communities to strengthen community-based dementia education and care models. The program is run through the Hospice of the Good Shepherd in Massachusetts and plans to add at least four congregations over the next two years.

2025|$60,000|One year

To advance caregiving support