Deadlines for the AARP Community Challenge Grant and the Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts’ Activation Grant are days away! Learn more below:

• Activation Grant, Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts – concept papers due March 1.

The Health Foundation announces the opening of the 2026 Activation Fund grant opportunity, which provides capacity-building support for organizations working to address community-identified health needs of Central Massachusetts residents and workers.

The Activation Fund supports discrete, one-year projects in Central Massachusetts (targeting between $50,000 and $125,000) aimed at helping an organization move to its next level of capacity and effectiveness that can be sustained over time. In general, grants support projects that will not require ongoing fundraising beyond the end of the grant period. The Health Foundation does not name specific health issues or priority areas, instead looking to community-based organizations to identify health issues and potential solutions.

Funding guidelines and answers to frequently asked questions may be found on the Foundation’s website. The deadline for submission of a brief concept paper is March 1, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.

• AARP Community Challenge (application due March 4)

Since its inception in 2017, the AARP Community Challenge has awarded 2,100 grants totaling $24.3 million to projects that benefit residents — especially those age 50 and older — and accelerate community change.

Details on grant categories and supporting information are available here.