Grant history

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2019|$25,000|One year

Strategy for Region’s End-of-Life Movement: To support revising their volunteer team structure and to develop a strategy for sustaining the end-of-life movement in Massachusetts and the broader New England region. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2018|$45,000|One year

Who’s Your Agent? Health Care Planning Ambassador Program: Peer-to-Peer HealthCare Planning Discussions to Improve Healthy Living: To expand into New Hampshire and Rhode Island a program meaningfully engaging older adults in peer-to-peer health care planning discussions. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2017|$55,000|One year

Who’s Your Agent? Ambassador Program: To launch an ambassador program supporting peer-to-peer healthcare planning discussions for older adults. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

2023|$50,000|One year

Invests in capacity to harvest surplus produce from farms and contract with local growers for distribution to hunger relief agencies.

Healthy AgingHealthy Food AccessMomentum Fund

2019|$9,022|One year

Sharing the Bounty with Aging Rhode Islanders in Need: To support a planning phase and small pilot for older people to rescue fresh produce from R.I. farms. Farm Fresh Rhode Island is serving as the fiscal agent. A Momentum Fund grant for early-stage age-friendly and/or dementia-friendly work. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2019|$34,991|One year

Smart Data for Better Health Care: To build and pilot an electronic information system and convene a learning community to improve collaboration among community organizations and health care providers serving older people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$20,000|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.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

Community-Based Organization Response to COVID-19 Grant Program. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Collaboration and Community EngagementHealthy Aging

2021|$100,000|One year

Develop an affordable housing search tool informed by diverse older adults; and, provide training and education resources to older adult service providers. Citizens Housing and Planning Association is the fiscal sponsor. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Collaboration and Community EngagementHealthy Aging

2021|$120,000|Two years

Develop a comprehensive, 10-year strategy to address housing needs and challenges for older adults across the state. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.