PPLT Receives $160,000 from the Philanthropic Arm of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, Point32Health Foundation

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Cranston, RI – The Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust, an organization that supports indigenous communities throughout the Northeast, received a $160,000 general operating grant from Point32Health Foundation. The funds support coalitions and organizations that advance community-led initiatives to drive civic engagement and improve health outcomes.

“I want to thank Point32Health Foundation for their belief in our abilities to provide services to our indigenous communities and others,” said Sequan Pijaki-Qusamequin, Executive Director of the Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust and Chairman of the Pocasset Tribe of the Pokanoket Nation. “This grant gives us an opportunity to bring generations together to create healthy medicine through food and foster healthier care of our minds, bodies and spirits.”

This grant is one of 24 new investments totaling $1.8 million from the philanthropic arm of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, Point32Health Foundation.

“These investments strengthen organizations that lead with community voices and priorities,” said Kristin Lewis, president of the Point32Health Foundation and executive vice president of Point32Health. “By investing in their missions, we can help create lasting, transformative change across the communities we serve.”

About Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust

The Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust (PPLT) is a tribally-led non-profit dedicated to reconnecting communities of American Indian tribes, clans, Urban Indians, and indigenous people across the Northeast. As mindful caretakers of the land for all future generations, they teach their descendants to honor the connection to Earth, Sky, and to the Creator.

About Point32Health

Point32Health, the parent company of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, is a leading not-for-profit health and well-being organization dedicated to delivering high-quality, affordable health care. Serving nearly 2 million members, our purpose is to guide and empower healthier lives.

About Point32Health Foundation

Building on values of service and giving, Point32Health Foundation works with communities to support, advocate and advance healthier lives. Point32Health Foundation is the result of the combination of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Tufts Health Plan Foundation and supports communities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

Nonprofits Receive Nearly $7 Million in Grants in Alignment with the Priorities of the Foundation’s Five-Year Action Plan

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Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust is one of dozens of nonprofits across the state that will share nearly $7 million in grants from two new grant programs launched last year as part of the Rhode Island Foundation’s new Five-Year Action Plan.

“We are focused on crucial community priorities like civic and cultural life, housing and economic mobility, healthy and strong communities, sustainability, and education and student success,” said David N. Cicilline, the Foundation’s president and CEO.

“These grants deliver on the more than one year of community outreach and research that went into developing a blueprint to address the varied and complex challenges the state faces,” said Cicilline.

The Foundation awarded more than $6.5 million from its new Community Priority Grants program, which, provides programmatic and general operating support to organizations and programs that respond to one or more of the Foundation’s community priorities and related focus areas.

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Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust Receives Grant From Schmidt Family Foundation

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The Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust (PPLT) has received a grant from the Schmidt Family Foundation to support its Indigenous Food Sovereignty Program, which serves communities in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. This award will strengthen regenerative farming skill development among tribal participants, advancing self-sufficiency while deepening cultural knowledge and awareness.

Through this funding, Narragansett Clan Chief Musquant Nompashim Netas will provide leadership for PPLT’s Indigenous Food Sovereignty Program, mentoring Bow Johnson of the Narragansetts, Chief Three Bears of the Métis and Alicia Mitchell of the Pocassets. Together, they aim to support fifty families by the end of the year through hands-on learning, cultural exchange, and regenerative food practices.