Grant history

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

2020|$30,000|One year

Healthy Food Fund – mobile market grant. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Healthy Food Access

2016|$180,000|Three years

Mobile Farmer’s Market support. This includes: increase to 10 weekly stops by 2017; provide education opportunities for residence and market goers to increase new clients using SNAP/WIC incentive dollars; and  develop a year round market presence. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Healthy Food Access

2022|$75,000|Two years

Foster food justice that improves physical health, economic independence and environmental sustainability in Lowell.

Equity in Aging

2024|$90,000|Three years

Create a more equitable regional food system through community-led advocacy to improve access to culturally connected foods; push food distributors and access sites to accept food benefits; and provide matching resources through Healthy Incentives Program.

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2017|$15,000|One year

Increasing Older Residents’ Access to Healthy Foods: To pilot and expand mobile market stops to include older adults who have not been able to access fresh food markets. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Changing Inequitable SystemsHealthy Aging

2018|$20,000|One year

Marketing to Older Adults to Increase Healthy Food Access: To increase older people’s access to fresh, local foods in Lowell through marketing, incentives, conveniently placed mobile market locations and a tailored product line. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

Momentum Fund support to address community needs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

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