Grant history

Community Building

2024|$150,000|Five years

Build and support a movement for nonviolent social change that educates and activates the power of people in Maine through grassroots community organizing.

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2021|$10,000|One year

Provides supportive service and perform critical repairs, modifications and rehabilitation on the homes of older adults, veterans and people with disabilities in Springfield, allowing people to age in community. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$20,000|One year

Momentum Fund support to address community needs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2018|$10,000|One year

Doorway to an Accessible, Safe & Healthy Home (DASHH): To reduce the risk of falls for older people through a comprehensive Healthy Homes approach and home modifications. A Momentum Fund grant for early-stage age-friendly and/or dementia-friendly work. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Systems Improvements

2023|$225,000|Three years

Collaborate with advocates, providers and faith-based organizations to advance solutions that prevent and end homelessness, including increased access to permanent supportive housing for older Rhode Islanders.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Systems Improvements

2016|$121,000|One year

Implementation of Aging in Community Report Recommendations: To support specific recommendations from the 2016 Aging in Community report that includes bolstering community-based services and making Rhode Island communities more age-friendly. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Collaboration and Community EngagementHealthy Aging

2017|$252,400|Two years

Building an Age-Friendly Rhode Island, 2018-2019: To build a powerful community coalition to advocate, design innovative solutions and develop programs/services for an Age-Friendly Rhode Island. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$80,000|One year

Tufts Health Plan Foundation made an additional $1 million available to nonprofit organizations to support community efforts addressing coronavirus in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Connecticut.

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 AgingHealthy Food AccessMomentum Fund

2019|$10,000|One year

Pilot Project: Increasing access to food for low-income seniors: To expand on-site food assistance program for older people, changing delivery mechanism to a market-type mobile pantry. A Momentum Fund grant for early-stage age-friendly and/or dementia-friendly work. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.