Funding Amount

Up to $10,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Momentum Fund Mini-Grants

Funder: Point32Health Foundation (Tufts Health Plan Foundation)

Focus: The Momentum Fund provides one-year mini-grants to advance age-friendly and dementia-friendly work, with emphasis on healthy aging initiatives.

Geographic Scope: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island

Award Amount: Up to $10,000 per grant

Program Details:

  • Established to foster promising ideas and support cities and towns in making communities better places to grow up and grow old

  • Community-led projects that address healthy aging and include older people in planning and implementation

  • Projects address social determinants of health including access to healthy food, affordable housing, dementia support, and healthy aging in multicultural communities

  • As of 2021, total pool of $500,000 awarded to 50 organizations across five states

  • As of 2019, nearly $400,000 supported 40 organizations

  • Grants are unrestricted, allowing organizations to address most urgent community needs
  • Eligibility:

  • 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations

  • Community-based organizations

  • Organizations serving low-income and vulnerable populations, especially older adults

  • Organizations serving disproportionately affected communities
  • What They Fund:

  • Nutrition security programs

  • Transportation equity initiatives

  • Social isolation and mental health programs

  • COVID-19 information and education

  • Caregiver support

  • Workforce solutions

  • Age-friendly and dementia-friendly initiatives

  • Food assistance programs

  • Housing support

  • Health services for marginalized communities
  • Contact Information:

  • Point32Health Foundation

  • 1 Wellness Way

  • Canton, MA 02021

  • Phone: 781-612-1000

  • Website: point32healthfoundation.org
  • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    seniorsmental-healthnutritionhousingcommunity-servicesnonprofitssmall-grants

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