2022 Grants

We continue to support organizations increasing access to healthy foods, advancing healthy aging and promoting behavioral health—and to prioritize community-led solutions and work that addresses systemic inequities.

Point32Health Foundation supports nonprofit organizations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. 

Schedule time with us so we can learn more about your work and explore possibilities for moving forward together.

 

Connecticut

 

Alzheimer's Association of Connecticut (Southington)
Two-year grant for $40,000
Expand DEI steering committee and strengthen community partnerships. 

Black Infinity Collective (New Haven)
One-year general operating support grant for $50,000
A freedom fighting, movement-building organization dedicated to healing and liberation for all Black people (formerly known as CT Core-Organize Now!).

City Seed (New Haven)
Two-year general operating support grant for $50,000 
Engage the community in growing an equitable, local food system that promotes economic growth, community development and sustainable agriculture.​

Connecticut Area Agencies on Aging 
Three-year grant for $300,000
Support “Aging Answers," an initiative of the five Connecticut Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) to align and coordinate systems and services to create a statewide network that is more accessible to older residents and their families.

Connecticut Foodshare (Wallingford)
One-year general operating support grant for $100,000
Support general operations, the purchase of fresh and non-perishable food, fuel costs for distribution, and staff salaries. Funds also will go to advocacy efforts that promote system and policy changes addressing root causes of hunger and are aligned with the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.

Groundwork Bridgeport (Bridgeport)
One-year general operating support grant for $45,000
Build community leadership to improve the built environment in Bridgeport, Connecticut’s most diverse city. 

FEED Center (Bridgeport)
Three-year general operating support grant for $90,000
Increase access to fresh, local and healthy food for those experiencing economic uncertainty. This grant builds on earlier Foundation funding to support the FEED Mobile Marketplace.

Health Equity Solutions (Hartford)
One-year general operating support grant for $75,000
Promote policies and practices for equitable health care access, delivery and outcomes for all people in Connecticut.

Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven (New Haven)
One-year grant for $45,000
Support for food pantry, nutritional center and care navigators program. 

NAMI Connecticut (West Hartford)
Two-year general operating support grant for $200,000
Improve the quality of life for people with mental illness and their families through support, education and advocacy.

Urban Alliance (East Hartford)
One-year general operating support grant for $25,000
Create opportunities for people to achieve lasting change in their lives through the collaborative work of churches and organizations in the local community.

Wholesome Wave (Bridgeport)
Two-year grant for $95,000
Support "Wholesome Rx: Hartford" to increase access to healthy food for a cohort of pregnant women experiencing food insecurity.

Maine

 

Cumberland County Food Security Council (Yarmouth)
Two-year general operating support grant for $60,000
Facilitate collaborative effort toward a just, resilient and sustainable food system that ensures equitable access to healthy food for all people.

Eastern Woodlands Rematriation Collective (Wabanaki Territory)
Two-year general operating support grant for $80,000
Reclaim the right to food and relationship to the earth for indigenous peoples across tribal communities in the Northeast.

Foundation for a Strong Maine Economy (d/b/a FocusMaine) (Augusta)
One-year grant for $50,000
Promote diversity, equity and inclusion in FocusMaine’s talent development and food programs.

Full Plates Full Potential (Brunswick)
Three-year general operating support grant for $198,000 
Assist organization staff and coalition members in their advocacy for achieving goals included in the state plan, “Everyone at the Table: Maine’s Roadmap to End Hunger by 2030.”

Good Shepherd Food Bank (Auburn)
One-year general operating support grant for $100,000
Support general operations, the purchase of fresh and non-perishable food, fuel costs for distribution, and staff salaries. Funds also will go to advocacy efforts that promote system and policy changes addressing root causes of hunger and are aligned with the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.

Healthy Peninsula (Blue Hill)
One-year general operating support grant for $40,000
Improve the health and well-being of Blue Hill Peninsula, Deer Isle and Stonington residents. Healthy Peninsula will use resources to increase access to social supports and services for older adults experiencing isolation.

In Her Presence (Portland)
Two-year general operating support grant for $50,000
Build community and companionship by bringing together immigrant women across communities and generations. 

Locker Project (Portland)
One-year general operating support grant for $20,000
Support students and families experiencing food insecurity. 

Maine Association for New Americans (MANA) (Portland)
Two-year general operating support grant for $40,000
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.

Maine Council on Aging (Brunswick)
Three-year general operating support grant for $278,987
Increase capacity to lead a collaborative that convenes stakeholders and addresses community priorities.

​Maine Equal Justice (Augusta)
One-year general operating support grant for $25,000
Increasing economic security, opportunity and equity for people in Maine through legal aid and economic justice programs.

MaineHealth (Portland)
One-year grant for $25,000
Support Maine Medical Center’s community outreach—in collaboration with local community-based organizations—to inform how its hospital-based food pantry can address food insecurity and other social determinants of health, part of its Food as Medicine interventions for patients.

Maine Initiatives (Portland)
One-year general operating support grant for $75,000
Connect and engage people around racial, social, economic and environmental justice in Maine. 

Maine Seacoast Mission (Mount Desert)
Two-year general operating support grant for $80,000
Strengthen coastal and island communities by promoting good health among youth and families. 

Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program (Brunswick)
One-year general operating support grant for $20,000
Increase food security in mid-coast Maine.

NAMI Maine (Hallowell)
Two-year general operating support grant for $200,000
Building better lives for the one in four Mainers affected by mental illness through support, education, and advocacy.

Resources for Organizing and Social Change (Augusta)
One-year general operating support grant for $25,000
Build and support a movement for nonviolent social change that educates, activates and empowers people in Maine through grassroots community organizing.

Somali Bantu Community Association (Lewiston)
Two-year general operating support grant for $90,000
Provide food supports and other services that preserve the cultural identity of Maine’s refugee communities and promote economic well-being.

Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness (Bangor)
Two-year general operating grant for $50,000
Provide community-driven, culturally centered public health services to all Wabanaki communities while honoring our cultural knowledge, cultivating innovation and collaboration.

Massachusetts

 

About Fresh (Boston)
Two-year general operating support grant for $80,000
Increase access to affordable fresh produce in Greater Boston. 

AgeSpan (Lawrence)
Two-year grant for $200,000
Support for AgeSpan’s pilot of a team-based approach for assessing, counseling and referring to treatment older adults experiencing anxiety, depression and suicidal ideations.

Boston Public Library Fund (Boston)
Two-year grant for $90,000
Support the Boston Public Library's Nutrition Lab in Roxbury for people affected by diabetes.

Building Audacity (Lynn)
One-year grant for $5,000
Champion youth leadership development with a focus on social justice and racial equity. Grant awarded in collaboration with Point32Health’s Black Professionals Colleague Resource Group.
 
Carroll Center for the Blind (Newton)
One-year grant for $28,225
Planning grant to support research and plan strategies for systems change that improves programs and services for older adults experiencing vision loss.

Coastal Foodshed (New Bedford)
Three-year general operating support grant for $90,000
Increase access to fresh, local and healthy food for those experiencing economic uncertainty. This grant builds on earlier Foundation funding to support Coastal Foodshed's mobile market.

Community Servings (Jamaica Plain)
Two-year general operating support grant for $90,000
Provide medically tailored, nutritious meals to chronically and critically ill people and their families in Massachusetts.

Conservation Law Foundation (Boston)
One-year grant for $30,000
Complete Healthy Retail and Commerce Fund pilot addressing food access and other community needs.

Digger Foods (Brockton)
Two-year general operating support grant for $50,000
Make high quality fruits and vegetables accessible in the Brockton area.

Dismas House (Worcester) 
One-year general operating support grant for $15,000
Increase healthy food production as part of the Worcester Youth Hunger Initiative.   

Elder Health Care Disparities Coalition (Roxbury) 
One-year grant for $24,000
Support Elder Health Care Disparities Coalition’s "Getting Healthy with Technology"  program, which promotes the adoption and use of technology to increase social engagement and access to telehealth for older adults in Boston.

Food Bank of Western Massachusetts (Hatfield)
One-year general operating support grant for $100,000
Support general operations, the purchase of fresh and non-perishable food, fuel costs for distribution, and staff salaries. Funds also will go to advocacy efforts that promote system and policy changes addressing root causes of hunger and are aligned with the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.

FriendshipWorks (Boston)
Two-year general operating support grant for $175,000
Recruit and connect volunteers with older adults in neighborhoods across Greater Boston. Program staff will train volunteers to serve as Friendly Visitors, Friendly Helpers, and Medical Escorts.

Gardening the Community (Third Sector New England) (Springfield)
Three-year general operating support grant for $90,000
Advance food justice, positive youth development, urban agriculture and sustainable living in Springfield.

Greater Boston Food Bank (Boston)
One-year general operating support grant for $100,000
Support general operations, the purchase of fresh and non-perishable food, fuel costs for distribution, and staff salaries. Funds also will go to advocacy efforts that promote system and policy changes addressing root causes of hunger and are aligned with the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.

Growing Places (Leominster)
Three-year grant for $177,293
Support Local Food Works, a regional coalition convened by Growing Places that includes 80+ diverse food system stakeholders in North Central Massachusetts.

Harvard University Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) (Cambridge)
Two-year grant for $100,000
Support Food is Medicine Massachusetts Coalition's work to increase access to Food is Medicine interventions and increase the sustainability of those programs.

Health Care For All (Boston)
One-year grant for $40,000
Identify the significant barriers facing older immigrants when accessing health care and potential solutions.

Healthy Aging Martha’s Vineyard (Vineyard Haven)
One-year grant for $30,010
Support a pilot initiative to address transportation priorities with solutions that are responsive to older adults and their preferences and create efficiencies for service agencies across the island’s six towns.

Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion, Inc. (Boston)
One-year grant for $50,000
Support Hurricane Fiona relief efforts.

Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (MABVI) (Brookline)
Two-year grant for $99,000
Continue collaboration with members of the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative, Dementia Friendly Mass and other communities working to be inclusive.

​Massachusetts Food System Collaborative (Third Sector New England)
One-year general operating support grant for $70,000
Promote collective action and advocacy toward an equitable, sustainable, resilient and connected local food system in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (Boston)
One-year general operating support grant for $100,000
Support ongoing SNAP advocacy, especially access improvements benefiting older adults. Mass. Law Reform's leadership and collaboration make them well positioned to continue engaging older adults with low incomes.

​Massachusetts Senior Action Council (Quincy)
Three-year general operating support grant for $270,000
Support growth and operations. Resources for staff conducting outreach and education in the community, organizing older adult activists and leaders, and coordinating strategic campaigns.

Mill City Grows (Lowell)
Two-year general operating support grant for $75,000
Foster food justice that improves physical health, economic independence and environmental sustainability in Lowell.

More than Words (Waltham)
One-year grant for $5,000
Empower youth that are court-involved, in the foster care system, out-of-school or experiencing homelessness to take charge of their lives through job training and engaging in business. Grant awarded in collaboration with Point32Health’s Young Professionals Network Colleague Resource Group.

NAMI Massachusetts (Boston)
Two-year general operating support grant for $200,000
Improve the quality of life for people living with mental health conditions, their families and their caregivers.

ONE Holyoke Community Development Corporation (Holyoke)
Two-year general operating support grant for $30,000
Support resident engagement in strategic planning and as community leaders.

Pinnacle Partnerships (Brockton)
Two-year general operating support grant for $50,000
Innovate within children's mental health systems, on behalf of and in collaboration with, youth, families and their communities.
 
Project Bread – The Walk for Hunger (East Boston)
Two-year general operating support grant for $90,000
Connect people and communities in Massachusetts to reliable sources of food while advocating for policies that make food more accessible.

Quincy Asian Resources, Inc. (QARI) (Quincy)
One-year grant for $5,000
Improve the social, cultural, economic and civic lives of immigrants and older people in Quincy and neighboring communities. Grant awarded in collaboration with Point32Health’s Mosaic Colleague Resource Group.

Ready Inspire Act (RIA) (Framingham)
One-year grant for $5,000
Support a range of community-based services for women and others who experienced exploitation, trafficking and prostitution as part of the commercial sex trade. Grant awarded in collaboration with Point32Health’s Women and Allies Network Colleague Resource Group.

Roots Rising (Pittsfield)
Two-year general operating support grant for $50,000
Increase capacity as a model employer of youth involved in food production and distribution, and build community in Pittsfield, Mass.

Roxbury Presbyterian Church Social Impact Center (Roxbury) 
Two-year grant for $140,000
Support development of a community engagement strategy in Lowell, Lynn and Greater Boston for "Can We Talk…Community Conversations on Trauma and Healing," a model supporting community members to safely share stories of pain, grief, loss and healing from gun violence, abuse, addictions and historic and systemic racism.

The Boston Foundation (Boston)
One-year general operating support grant for $500,000
​Four equity funds at The Boston Foundation each received $125,000. The Asian Community Fund, the Equality Fund, the Latino Equity Fund and the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund are led by and support priorities identified with the communities served.

Three Sisters Garden Project, Inc. (Ipswich)
Two-year general operating support grant for $40,000
Increase access to local, healthy food in Essex County.

Thrive Support and Advocacy (Marlborough)
One-year grant for $15,000
Develop a specialized food pantry designed to address dietary needs of people with developmental or intellectual disabilities and their families in the Worcester area.

Urban Farming Institute (Mattapan)
Two-year general operating support grant for $75,000
Promote urban farming in communities of color and engage community residents in growing food and building a healthy community.

Women’s Lunch Place (Boston)
Two-year grant for $100,000
Support the expansion of Women’s Lunch Place’s comprehensive wellness programming.

Worcester County Food Bank (Worcester)
One-year general operating support grant for $100,000
Support general operations, the purchase of fresh and non-perishable food, fuel costs for distribution, and staff salaries. Funds also will go to advocacy efforts that promote system and policy changes addressing root causes of hunger and are aligned with the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.

New Hampshire

Farmsteads New England (Hillsborough)
Two-year general operating support grant for $50,000
Invest in inclusive farm communities serving adults with autism and other developmental disabilities in Hillsboro and Epping, N. H.
 
Gather (Portsmouth)
Two-year general operating support grant for $70,000
Expand fresh food distribution and reduce hunger in the Greater Seacoast Region of New Hampshire.

Mount Washington Valley Adult Day Center (Center Conway)
One-year general operating support grant for $40,000
Address growing dementia care and caregiver respite needs in the region. 

NAMI New Hampshire (Concord)
Two-year general operating support grant for $200,000
Improve the lives of all people affected by mental illness and suicide through support, education and advocacy.

New England Grassroots Environmental Fund (Newmarket)
Two-year general operating support grant for $90,000
Promote local initiatives that create and maintain healthy, just, environmentally sustainable communities.

New Hampshire Alliance for Healthy Aging (University System of New Hampshire) (Durham)
Three-year general operating support grant for $300,000
Invest in the capacity of the organization to lead a collaborative that convenes stakeholders and addresses community priorities.

New Hampshire Hunger Solutions (Concord)
Two-year general operating support grant for $80,000
Advance system changes that improve access to nutritious food and address root causes of hunger in New Hampshire.

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation (Concord)
One-year general operating support grant for $75,000
Help seed newly established Racial Justice Fund, a community-advised fund to advance racial justice in New Hampshire. 

New Hampshire Food Bank (Manchester)
One-year general operating support grant for $100,000
Support general operations, the purchase of fresh and non-perishable food, fuel costs for distribution, and staff salaries. Funds also will go to advocacy efforts that promote system and policy changes addressing root causes of hunger and are aligned with the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.

Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success (Manchester)
Three-year general operating support grant for $90,000
Support mobile market and improve access to fresh, local and healthy food for those experiencing economic uncertainty.

Victory Women of Vision (Manchester)
One-year general operating support grant for $25,000
Encourage, empower and nurture immigrant and refugee families to thrive by embracing their cultural heritage as they build new lives.

YWCA New Hampshire (Manchester)
One-year general operating support grant for $25,000
Eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.  

Rhode Island

 

Age Friendly Rhode Island (Rhode Island College Foundation) (Providence)
Three-year general operating support grant for $330,000
Invest in the capacity of the organization to lead a collaborative that convenes stakeholders and addresses community priorities.

AMOR Coalition (Pawtucket)
One-year general operating support grant for $25,000
An alliance of grassroots organizations, providing community support in Rhode Island and southern New England for victims of hate crimes and state-sponsored violence.

Center for Southeast Asians (Providence)
One-year general operating support grant for $25,000
Promote the prosperity, heritage and leadership of Southeast Asians in Rhode Island.

Crossroads Rhode Island (Providence)
One-year general operating support grant for $65,000
Expand access to adult and family services, the domestic violence program, and the rapid re-housing and housing-first programs.

NAMI Rhode Island (Providence)
Two-year general operating support grant for $200,000
Educate the public about mental illness, offer resources and support to all whose lives are touched by mental illness, advocate at every level to ensure the rights and dignity of those with mental illness, and promote research in the science and treatment of mental illness.

ONE Neighborhood Builders (Providence)
Three-year grant for $250,000
Support the development of affordable housing with supportive services necessary to maintain good health.

Project Weber/Renew (Providence)
One-year general operating support grant for $50,000
Advance peer-led behavioral health outreach.

Rhode Island Community Food Bank (Providence)
One-year general operating support grant for $100,000
Support general operations, the purchase of fresh and non-perishable food, fuel costs for distribution, and staff salaries. Funds also will go to advocacy efforts that promote system and policy changes addressing root causes of hunger and are aligned with the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.

Rhode Island Elder Info (North Scituate)
One-year general operating support grant for $40,000
Expand and update online resources for older adults, caregivers and the professionals who serve them.

Rhode Island Food Policy Council (Providence)
Two-year grant for $80,000
Support Rhode Island Food Policy Council’s coordination of the state’s produce prescription pilot programs to ensure collaboration and exchange of lessons learned to increase success.

RIALA Senior Living Institute (East Providence)
One-year grant for $10,000
Make Rhode Island’s assisted living facilities more welcoming and supportive, especially for older LGBTQIA+ adults.

SISTA Fire (Providence)
One-year general operating support grant for $75,000
Co-create a network of women and non-binary people of color to build collective power for social, economic and political transformation. 

The University of Rhode Island Feinstein Center for a Hunger-Free America (Kingston)
Two-year grant for $120,000
Support a model to address the needs of college students experiencing food insecurity at the University of Rhode Island and other state colleges.

The Village Common of Rhode Island (Providence)
Two-year grant for $80,000
Expand the Village Common’s statewide reach by increasing volunteer coordination, strengthening the network and increasing the number of older adults with access to a “village” for support.