Grant history

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2017|$30,000|One year

Feasibility Study of an Intra-City Shuttle: To support a feasibility study for convenient, accessible, and affordable transportation through an intra-city shuttle for Salem residents, especially older adults. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2017|$8,000|One year

Towards Becoming an Age Friendly Belmont: To support a community needs assessment documenting how to make Belmont more age-friendly. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Equity in Aging

2024|$25,000|One year

Engage older adults and strengthen regional partnerships and collaborations to shape new regional library and community center in rural Piscataquis County; focus on digital literacy, telehealth access, social connection and economic opportunity.

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2016|$86,000|One year

Age-Friendly Yarmouth to Cape Cod: Continuous Improvement Plan Year 2: To implement activities to address community needs identified by the age-friendly survey. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2017|$89,000|One year

Incubator and Thought Partner: To implement activities identified in the age-friendly survey and advance regional age-friendly work throughout Cape Cod. 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 AgingMomentum Fund

2021|$10,000|One year

Reduces social isolation in Boston by matching volunteers with older adults in need of assistance or companionship. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingMental Health

2022|$175,000|Two years

Recruit and connect volunteers with older adults in neighborhoods across Greater Boston. Program staff will train volunteers to serve as Friendly Visitors, Friendly Helpers, and Medical Escorts.

Collaboration and Community EngagementHealthy Aging

2020|$115,000|One year

Examines how service/response adaptations in response to COVID-19 can contribute to more inclusive and equitable age-friendly practices. This research is a collaboration with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs and the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative. 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.