Grant history

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2018|$130,000|Two years

Integrating an Age-Friendly Built Environment and Community Health: To continue advocacy on statewide policy initiatives addressing healthy housing and transportation. Efforts will include older adults and focus on improving the social determinants of health and health equity. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy Aging

2022|$270,000|Three years

Support growth and operations. Resources for staff conducting outreach and education in the community, organizing older adult activists and leaders, and coordinating strategic campaigns.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2017|$150,000|Two years

Seniors Power Up!: To organize and train diverse low-income older people in Massachusetts to use their collective voices to influence key public policy issues affecting their lives and their communities. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2019|$240,000|Three years

Senior Power Up for Health and Economic Security: To engage diverse older people with low incomes in community and policy processes that will result in active civic leaders. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2019|$37,000|One year

Great Neighborhoods Zoning Reform Implementation: To advance local and state zoning and housing law reforms to create more walkable and welcoming communities where families can age in place. Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association serves as the fiscal agent. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

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.

Social and Racial Justice

2024|$20,000|One year

Support coalition conducting grassroots organizing, voter education, engagement, and mobilization to grow voter participation in communities of color and amongst new citizens, youth, and people with low incomes.

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2021|$10,000|One year

Brings together residents and older adults to improve the food and physical activity environments in Mattapan. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Equity in Aging

2024|$100,000|Three years

Support older residents through the Edgewater Neighborhood Association to improve outdoor community space, increase social connections, access to healthy food and physical activity in Mattapan.

Special Programs

2024|$5,000|One year

Nominated by Abilities+ CRG, for supporting employment readiness, training, coaching and advancement opportunities to the autism community.