Activation Fund
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
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Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Geographic Scope: Central Massachusetts region
Focus Areas: Health and health equity; responsive to changing health needs as identified by local communities. The Foundation uses "health" in its broadest sense and is dedicated to eliminating inequities within all aspects of health and addressing social determinants, including underlying racial, social, and economic factors that influence health status.
Funding Philosophy: The Foundation does not identify specific health issues as funding priorities. Instead, grantmaking programs are designed to be responsive to the changing health needs of the region as identified by local communities.
Note: For specific eligibility criteria, guidelines, and detailed information, applicants should refer to the Foundation's grant opportunities page.
What The Health Foundation of Central Massach actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 23
- Total given
- $2.8M
- Median grant
- $109K
- Range
- $10K–$375K
- By dollars: Massachusetts 100%. Top recipient cities: Worcester, MA; Southbridge, MA; Ware, MA.
- 4% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 78% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Quaboag Valley Community Development Corporation · Ware, MA
Quaboag connector: developing a model for rural transportation
$375K
Rcap Solutions · Worcester, MA
Private well program to protect public health
$300K
Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts · Fitchburg, MA
North central ma coalition for employer-supported childcare
$256K
Family Services of Central Massachusetts · Worcester, MA
Family childcare success project
$255K
Community Servings · Jamaica Plain, MA
Food is medicine for central ma
$250K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Healthcare
- Health disparities
- Community health
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