Grant history

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$25,000|One year

Tufts Health Plan Foundation made an additional $1 million available to nonprofit organizations to support community efforts addressing coronavirus in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Connecticut.

Healthy Food Access

2016|$150,000|Three years

Utilizing Bridgeport’s network of community gardens to meet customer demands for fresh foods at pantries and markets, Green Village Initiative supports gardeners in developing opportunities between community gardeners and local hunger relief organizations. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Healthy Food Access

2023|$25,000|One year

Invest in the creation of a more just food system in Bridgeport through urban gardening and farming while also growing knowledge of food systems and food justice among youth.  Funds support general operations including staff salaries, volunteer management, communications and distribution.

Special Programs

2025|$10,000|One year

Nominated by the Abilities + CRG

Healthy AgingImproving Conditions for Older Adults

2021|$140,000|Two years

Continue organizing older adults on transportation solutions for people with low incomes in Chelsea, Mass. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingHealthy Food AccessImproving Conditions for Older Adults

2023|$165,000|Three years

Advance transit, food and health justice through resident engagement and community power building in Chelsea.

Healthy AgingImproving Conditions for Older Adults

2018|$130,000|Two years

A Diverse, Intergenerational Model for Equitable Public Transit Delivery: To support organizing and advocacy by older adults on transportation issues affecting people with low-incomes in Chelsea, Mass. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Community Building

2021|$20,000|One year

Enhance capacity of the youth service-learning program focused on revitalizing urban neighborhoods in Bridgeport. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Healthy Aging

2024|$45,000|One year

Support community leadership to improve environmental and social conditions in Bridgeport through greening the urban landscape; creating community gardens; leading public education on environmental stewardship; and supporting civic engagement.

Healthy Food Access

2022|$45,000|One year

Build community leadership to improve the built environment in Bridgeport, Connecticut’s most diverse city.