Grant history

Healthy Food Access

2016|$20,000|Two years

This intergenerational program will bring together older adults and middle/high school students to plan, plant, maintain, and harvest the newly renovated ‘Judy’s Garden’ to provide fresh produce for the Wellspring’s Food Pantry. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$7,500|One year

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

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2018|$10,000|One year

Protective Support Fund for Older People: To support a collaboration providing counseling, remediation and monitoring to older people diagnosed with hoarding behavior who are at risk physically, mentally or in danger of becoming homeless. Momentum Fund award supports clean-up supplies. A Momentum Fund grant for early-stage age-friendly and/or dementia-friendly work. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2021|$10,000|One year

Supports food access programs and older adult protective services. 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

2020|$10,000|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 AgingMomentum Fund

2019|$10,000|One year

CONNections to Live Well Together: To expand Live Well workshops to Naugatuck, Watertown, Thomaston, Torrington and Winsted. A Momentum Fund grant for early-stage age-friendly and/or dementia-friendly work. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingMomentum Fund

2019|$9,850|One year

Cuidadores Unidos (Caregivers United): To expand support to Cuidadores Unidos, a Spanish-speaking caregivers support group, on initiatives including a Spanish-speaking memory café and a series of lectures and trainings. A Momentum Fund grant for early-stage age-friendly and/or dementia-friendly work. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.