Grant history

Healthy Food Access

2016|$150,000|Three years

To establish Food Access Northampton, providing fruits and vegetables to community members in need. Funds will support increasing the acreage of the Giving Garden, subsidizing CSA shares, and connecting farmers to hunger relief organizations. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

Healthy Food Fund – COVID-19 relief grant. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Healthy Food Access

2019|$75,000|Three years

Enhance capacity to grow and distribute quality vegetables to food pantry and meal site partners through increased volunteer engagement. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Healthy Food Access

2023|$120,000|Three years

Create a racially, economically and environmentally just food and farming system in the Northampton area through land access and stewardship, food access, and community education. The work shifts power to community members most affected by food insecurity.

Healthy Food Access

2016|$150,000|Three years

To support Growing Places’ ability to provide hands-on technical assistance and education to gardeners in Leominster and Fitchburg through support of the Teaching Garden, Garden on the GO, and monthly cooking classes. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

Healthy Food Fund – COVID-19 relief grant. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Healthy Food Access

2019|$75,000|Three years

Expand volunteer involvement and connect underserved North Central Mass. communities with fresh, healthy produce.Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy AgingHealthy Food Access

2019|$103,281|Three years

Winchendon Community Food Project for Healthy Aging: To develop a hub-and-spoke food distribution model that increases the availability of healthy food in Winchendon, Mass., and six surrounding towns. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy Food Access

2022|$177,293|Three years

Support Local Food Works, a regional coalition convened by Growing Places that includes 80+ diverse food system stakeholders in North Central Massachusetts.

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2021|$10,000|One year

Provides comprehensive services that educate, enrich, and empower residents and older adults on the East Side of Bridgeport and the surrounding community. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.