Grant history

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2019|$10,000|One year

Art Therapy Program: To offer weekly art therapy groups designed for adult clients experiencing homelessness in emergency shelter over age 50 to address their unique needs and support them on their path out of homelessness. A Momentum Fund grant for early-stage age-friendly and/or dementia-friendly work. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

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.

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2019|$130,000|Three years

Ensuring Access for Seniors with Vision Loss and Other Disabilities: To integrate vision rehabilitation and care into healthy aging models through four pilot communities: Boston, Framingham, Lawrence and Springfield. Tufts Health Plan 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

Strengthen community garden/nutrition education efforts by building capacity among gardeners who are MPDC affordable housing residents and other volunteers. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

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

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2021|$10,000|One year

Provides health and social services that are culturally and linguistically appropriate for older adult refugees and immigrant communities in Greater Portland. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Mental Health

2022|$40,000|Two years

Address gaps in culturally responsive immigrant mental health supports through peer-support programs, community outreach, transportation services and increased cross-cultural connection in Greater Portland.

Social and Racial Justice

2024|$90,000|Three years

Improve culturally responsive immigrant mental health services through peer-support initiatives and increased cross-cultural connection in Greater Portland.

Mental Health

2023|$25,000|One year

Funding for the Lewiston Auburn Area Response Fund to address current and emerging needs and support the process of healing. Donations will be distributed with deep community guidance, including from the statewide board, the Androscoggin County Committee and community steering committees.