Grant history

Equity in Aging

2024|$285,000|Three years

Through the Chestnut Community Alliance and Flexing Civic Muscle Program, advance older adult resident-led advocacy and community organizing focused on digital equity, housing justice and other community priorities in Springfield and Holyoke. Activities offered in English and Spanish.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2018|$140,000|Two years

Flexing Civic Muscle for Equitable Infrastructure and Improved Public Safety: To increase the capacity of local older adult advocates working on policy and system changes in Springfield. The older adult advocates are residents of a low-income neighborhood and lead efforts targeting the built community environment and community safety. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2020|$195,000|Three years

Support older adult community advocates working to advance age-friendly policies and initiatives in disinvested neighborhoods in Springfield. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2020|$10,000|One year

Grant Program for Agencies Serving Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation grant.

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 AgingMomentum Fund

2021|$10,000|One year

Provides healthy food throughout Rhode Island and operate the ‘Hope Market’, a budget-friendly marketplace for older adult. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

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 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.