Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds is sponsored by Massachusetts Department of Public Health (Mass. DPH). This program supports age-friendly efforts and advances the objectives in "ReiMAgine Aging 2030: The Massachusetts Plan" by funding Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) changes, Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP), and Healthy Aging strategies. It aims to disrupt root causes of inequitable health outcomes.

The Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds 2026 is a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Health Resources in Action that funds organizations addressing health disparities and age-friendly community development across the Commonwealth. The program supports Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) changes that tackle root causes of inequitable health outcomes including structural racism, poverty, and power imbalances. Three funding streams are available: PSE Change, Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP), and Healthy Aging, which aligns with Massachusetts' ReiMAgine Aging 2030 plan. Eligible applicants include Massachusetts-based nonprofit organizations, municipalities, quasi-governmental groups, and coalitions. Award amounts vary between planning and full implementation grants. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2026.

Massachusetts Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) FFY 2026 is a federal grant administered by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, providing HUD funds on a competitive basis to municipalities with populations under 50,000 that are not designated as HUD entitlement areas. Single municipalities may receive up to $950,000, while regional collaborations may receive up to $1,350,000. Applications are due April 21, 2026. Eligible projects include rehabilitation of housing stock, infrastructure improvements, and other community development activities under the Community Development Fund or Mini-Entitlement Program components.

Massachusetts Food System Collaborative Community Grants is a grant program from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources that funds community-led food system projects to enhance local food access and security across Massachusetts. Grants support implementation of goals from the Massachusetts Local Food Action Plan, including community gardens, food access initiatives, and capacity-building projects within the local food system. Awards range from $2,000 to $15,000. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, schools, and community organizations in Massachusetts. The program requires collaboration across public, nonprofit, and private sectors to advance food system equity and sustainability.

Massachusetts Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program is a grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Development that funds regional consortia to strengthen the national security defense manufacturing industrial ecosystem. Authorized under the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (Section 846), the program designates communities as Defense Manufacturing Communities to support long-term investments in national security innovation. Lead applicants must be established entities—state, local or tribal governments, public or private nonprofit consortia of defense industries, or institutions of higher education—representing regional manufacturing consortia. Consortium members may include academia, defense industry, federal laboratories, commercial industry, and state and local governments demonstrating regional collaboration and critical national security supply chains.

Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities Grant (Massachusetts) is sponsored by Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP). This program provides grant funds to assist small and/or disadvantaged communities in Massachusetts to improve their drinking water by carrying out projects and activities to address emerging contaminants, including PFAS and manganese.