Synergy Initiative Grants

Since 2000, The Health Foundation has provided nearly $39 million in funding for 25 Synergy Initiative projects.

Synergy Initiative Grants (2000-2024)
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Round 6 (projects launched in 2024)

Family Childcare Success Project (2024- Total Granted to Date: $254,908)
Food is Medicine for Central MA (2024- Total Granted to Date: $250,000)
The North Central Massachusetts Employer-Supported Childcare Project (2024- Total Granted to Date: $255,773)
Southbridge CARES (2024- Total Granted to Date: $249,994)


Round 5 (projects launched in 2020)

Encompass (2020- Total Granted to Date: $2,108,674)
Private Well Program to Protect Public Health (2020- Total Granted to Date: $1,779,150)
Quaboag Connector (2020- Total Granted to Date: $1,903,763)
READYGO (2020-2023, Total Granted: $1,033,200)


Round 4 (projects launched in 2015)

Partnership for Refugee Wellness (2015-2017, Total Granted: $667,417)
ReImagine North of Main (2015-2020, Total Granted: $2,130,328)
Worcester HEARS (2015-2020, Total Granted: $1,875,480)
Worcester Regional Food Hub (2015-2023, Total Granted: $2,857,478)


Round 3 (projects launched in 2011)

A Better Life (ABL) (2011-2017, Total Granted: $3,113,628)
The Compass Project (2011-2013, Total Granted: $967,595)
Improving Access to Health (2011-2015, Total Granted: $947,195)
Worcester Initiative for Supported Reentry (WISR) (2011-2017, Total Granted: $2,322,347)


Round 2 (projects launched in 2007)

Choices: Youth at Risk in Webster/Dudley (2007-2011, Total Granted: $734,898)
Home Again (2007-2013, Total Granted: $2,205,837)
Hunger-Free & Healthy (2007-2012, Total Granted: $1,557,443)
The Winchendon Project (2007-2012, Total Granted: $1,486,932)

Women’s HIV/Domestic Violence Initiative (2007-2009, Total Granted: $620,089)


Round 1 (projects launched in 2000)

Central Massachusetts Oral Health Initiative (CMOHI) (2000-2011, Total Granted: $3,643,840)
Child Abuse Prevention and Protection Collaborative (2001-2007, Total Granted: $1,961,778)
Oral Health Initiative of N. Central Mass (OHINCM) (2001-2008, Total Granted: $2,253,672)
Together for Kids (TFK) (2001-2009, Total Granted: $1,779,018)