Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds is sponsored by Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) / Health Resources in Action (HRiA). This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds - HRiA Submissions due March 31, 2026 5:00 pm, EDT Estimated grant start date July 1, 2026 12:00 am, EDT Contact The Funds are an opportunity to disrupt barriers to health in communities across Massachusetts.

They represent both a grantmaking and capacity-building resource to invest in organizations and communities addressing the root causes of health inequities through upstream policy, systems, and environmental change approaches. In January 2017, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) completed a landmark revision of the Determination of Need (DoN) regulation.

The revised regulation authorized the creation of the Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds. The Funds focuses on investing in communities that have not historically and routinely benefitted from DoN funding. The Funds invest significant resources in Massachusetts communities to improve population health outcomes through innovative and sustainable approaches that bring together a variety of people and partners.

Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Approaches Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP) Processes Eligible applicants include Massachusetts-based non-profit 501(c)3 organizations or groups with a 501(c)3 fiscal sponsor, quasi-governmental organizations, and municipalities. For-profit businesses, hospitals, and colleges/universities are not eligible to apply as lead applicants.

Please visit our website for more details, including technical assistance resources. The vision of the Funds is that, through contributions to equitable systems across sectors and the explicit prioritization of people of color and older adults, Massachusetts communities are transformed so that all residents have an equitable opportunity to have the highest quality of life possible. Interested in joining the Funds Review Committee?

We are seeking MA-based Review Committee members with diverse lived experience and/or subject matter expertise in a variety of Social Determinants of Health-related topics. Learn About Review Committee Alberte Altiné-Gibson , MPA Managing Director, Racial Equity Grantmaking Senior Program Officer, Grantmaking Join our mailing list to stay up to date on the work we’re doing.

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