Grant history

Healthy Food Access

2016|$4,000|One year

Support for healthy eating program. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2019|$10,000|One year

Klaatch Model: To engage a training and support model called Klaatch to reduce loneliness in low-income and minority older adult communities. A Momentum Fund grant for early-stage age-friendly and/or dementia-friendly work. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2020|$130,000|Three years

Ensure the voices of diverse older people are included in the planning and design of a new park in the Grove Hall neighborhood of Boston. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy Food Access

2022|$120,000|Two years

Support a model to address the needs of college students experiencing food insecurity at the University of Rhode Island and other state colleges.

Healthy Food Access

2020|$1,000|One year

To support the Urban Farming Institute book talk. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Healthy Food Access

2019|$75,000|Three years

Growing, planting, and harvesting food with youth to distribute a portion to seniors and families in need. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

Healthy Food Fund – COVID-19 relief grant. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

Healthy Aging

2022|$80,000|Two years

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.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

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

Healthy Food Access

2024|$30,000|One year

Increase access to healthy, culturally relevant food for people with lower incomes in Essex County, to include distribution of free and sliding scale Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares and promotion of Healthy Incentive Program (HIP).