Grant history

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

Grant Program for Agencies Serving Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Healthy Aging

2023|$90,000|Two years

Increase social connectedness and friendships for older adults with low incomes in Boston through volunteer-based intergenerational programming and activities.

Equity in Aging

2024|$50,000|One year

Organize coalition partners and community members, including older people and people with disabilities, to advocate for fare-free bus program and bus lane enforcement to improve transit safety and equity.

Policy and Advocacy

2025|$150,000|Three years

To advance mobility

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2021|$80,000|Two years

Organize diverse older adults to advocate for fare-free bus programs in Massachusetts.Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

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.