Grant history

Equity in Aging

2024|$50,000|Two years

Support strategic planning for statewide backbone organization to consider and align with age and dementia friendly efforts across the state.

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2016|$250,000|Three years

Building Capacity of the Massachusetts Health Aging Collaborative to Drive Change: To provide initial support for staffing to advance the collaborative’s work, connect and align the age-friendly system, and build community capacity. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Collaboration and Community EngagementHealthy Aging

2021|$175,000|Two years

Continue the state’s leadership in the age- and dementia-friendly movements through collective action, convening, and community engagement. Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley and North Shore is the fiscal sponsor. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy Aging

2023|$6,000|One year

Host and convene community leaders for a conversation with global expert on aging, Dr. Alexandre Kalache.

Healthy Aging

2023|$210,000|Two years

Convene and coordinate a statewide network of partners and support locally driven age- and dementia-friendly efforts.

Collaboration and Community EngagementHealthy Aging

2019|$175,000|Two years

Advancing Age-Friendly: To support MHAC in advancing and increasing the number of age- and dementia-friendly communities. Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley, Inc. serves as the fiscal agent for MHAC. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2021|$45,000|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.

Special Programs

2019|$25,000|One year

One-time grants distributed in honor of Tufts Health Plan’s 40th anniversary and its longstanding tradition of giving back to community, supporting nonprofit organizations focused on health equity and the social determinants of health.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2020|$60,000|One year

Continue work on SNAP policy change, including securing consumer-friendly practices; work with the state on additional federal flexibilities. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2021|$65,000|One year

Focus on retaining positive changes that build on SNAP policy adopted during the pandemic, increasing federal and state funding, and boosting enrollment and retention of older adults. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.