Synergy Initiative Grants

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

Round Six Projects

Family Childcare Success Project – January 2024 – Total Granted: $254,908
Food is Medicine for Central MA – January 2024 – Total Granted: $250,000
North Central MA Coalition for Employer-Supported Childcare – January 2024 – Total Granted: $255,773
Southbridge Cares – January 2024 – Total Granted: $249,994


Round Five Projects

EncompassJanuary 2020 to Present – Total Granted to Date: $2,108,674
Private Well Program to Protect Public HealthJanuary 2020 to Present – Total Granted to Date: $1,779,150
Quaboag ConnectorJanuary 2020 to Present – Total Granted to Date: $1,903,763
READYGOJanuary 2020 to March 2023 – Total Granted: $1,033,200

Round Four Projects

Partnership for Refugee WellnessJanuary 2015 to March 2017 – Total Granted: $667,417
ReImagine North of MainJanuary 2015 to December 2020 – Total Granted: $2,130,328
Worcester HEARSJanuary 2015 to July 2020 – Total Granted: $1,875,480
Worcester Regional Food HubJanuary 2015 to December 2023 – Total Granted: $2,857,478

Round Three Projects

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

Round Two Projects

Choices: Youth at Risk in Webster/DudleyJanuary 2007 to December 2011 – Total Granted: $734,898
Home Again January 2007 to June 2013 – Total Granted: $2,205,837
Hunger-Free & HealthyJanuary 2007 to December 2012 – Total Granted: $1,557,443
The Winchendon ProjectJanuary 2007 to December 2012 – Total Granted: $1,486,932

Women’s HIV/Domestic Violence InitiativeJanuary 2007 to December 2009 – Total Granted: $620,089

Round One Projects

Central Massachusetts Oral Health Initiative (CMOHI)November 2000 to June 2011 – Total Granted: $3,643,840
Child Abuse Prevention and Protection Collaborative January 2001 to November 2007 – Total Granted: $1,961,778
Oral Health Initiative of North Central Massachusetts (OHINCM)January 2001 to June 2008 – Total Granted: $2,253,672
Together for Kids (TFK)May 2001 to June 2009 – Total Granted: $1,779,018