Grant history

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2019|$60,000|Two years

Better Buses and Safer Streets for Older Adults on Blue Hill Ave.: To meaningfully engage and provide advocacy opportunities for older adults to directly address the multitude of safety and transit concerns along the Blue Hill Ave/Warren Street corridors. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2021|$10,000|One year

Cares for individuals at all stages of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2019|$10,000|One year

Memory Cafes: To develop a program to establish, support and sustain a memory café network. A Momentum Fund grant for early-stage age-friendly and/or dementia-friendly work. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2019|$10,000|One year

Age-Friendly Westerly Action Team: To create a series of short, educational videos for older people for broadcast on local channels and social media. A Momentum Fund grant for early-stage age-friendly and/or dementia-friendly work. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2017|$75,000|One year

The Intergenerational Farmer’s Market Project: To support intergenerational programming that alleviates social isolation by bringing together older adults and teens in the Central Falls/Pawtucket area of Rhode Island. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2018|$120,000|Two years

The Intergenerational Farmers’ Market Project: To address social isolation for older adults through relationship-building activities that capitalize on the integration of arts, culture and community resources across Rhode Island. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2021|$20,000|One year

To expand COVID-19 vaccine education, awareness and outreach in communities of color. Funded jointly and equally by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Tufts Health Plan Foundation.

Healthy Aging

2023|$150,000|Two years

Reduce the stigma of mental health and increase food security through support for Health Equity Zone projects in Pawtucket/Central Falls.

Healthy Food Access

2022|$20,000|One year

Support students and families experiencing food insecurity.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

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