Overseen by the Catholic Community Fund, the Catholic Health Foundation (CHF) exists to provide financial support to non-profit organizations within the 144 cities and towns of the Archdiocese of Boston that provide health care and healthcare services consistent with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
Since it was formed as a result of the sale of Caritas hospitals in 2013, CHF has awarded 529 grants totaling nearly $6 million.
Applications are now being accepted and are due on or before April 28, 2023.
Grants are annually distributed in the following categories:
If you have any health-related initiatives in your parish or school, social service agency, or other nonprofit entity you may be involved in, we invite you to apply.
Chief Philanthropy Officer
Archdiocese of Boston
President
Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer
Archdiocese of Boston
Treasurer
General Counsel
Archdiocese of Boston
Secretary
East Falmouth, MA
Dedham, MA
Catholic Chaplain
Lahey Hospital and Metrowest Medical Center
Chief Healthcare Ethicist and Director
Initiative on Palliative Care & Advanced Care Planning
Archdiocese of Boston
Executive Director
Development Associate
During the period from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, 83 grants totaling $781,896 were made in ten health-related categories:
| Organization Name | Organization City | Project Name |
| Academy of Notre Dame | Tyngsboro | Addressing Food Insecurity at the Academy |
| Alliance at Marie Esther | Marlborough | Alliance Health at Marie Esther Nursing and Staff Training Equipment Purchase – 2022 |
| American Cancer Society - AstraZeneca Hope Lodge Boston | Boston | AstraZeneca Hope Lodge Boston |
| Angel Flight of New England | North Andover | Changing Lives One Flight at a Time (Mission/Flight Coordination Program) |
| Bethany Health Care Center, Inc. | Framingham | Bethany Health Care Center 2022 Durable Medical Equipment Purchase |
| Bishop Fenwick High School, Inc | Peabody | Behavioral Health Consultant -- Adjustment Counselor |
| Blessed Stephen Bellesini OSA Academy, Inc | Lawrence | School Counseling Program |
| Boston College High School | Boston | CPR Training |
| Breaktime | Boston | Double Impact Initiative |
| Cardinal Spellman High School | Brockton | Expansion of Student Mental Health Support Services |
| Care 2 Communities (C2C) | Boston | Ensuring Access to High Quality Primary, Pediatric, and Maternal Care in Haiti |
| Cathedral 7-12 High School | Boston | Donor directed funding |
| Catholic Memorial School | West Roxbury | School Adjustment Counselor Intern |
| Central Catholic High School | Lawrence | Support for Additional Part-Time School RN |
| Cheverus School | Malden | Medical supply and nurses salary |
| Codman Square Health Center | Dorchester | Codman Square Health Center Food Pantry |
| Cristo Rey Boston High School | Boston | Nurse salary/supplies/discretionary "needy” fund |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston | Determining anticancer drug response through a blood draw: Analysis of circulating tumor DNA to tailor preoperative therapy for HER2-postive early breast cancer |
| East Boston Central Catholic | East Boston | School Nurse / Health Services |
| Father Bill's & MainSpring | Brockton | Triage Outreach Project |
| Fontbonne Academy | Milton | Mental Health Counseling Program |
| Franciscan Children's | Brighton | Kids Healthy Minds Initiative (KHMI) |
| Good Shepherd Parish | Wayland | Parish Nurse Program and Mental Health, Wellness & Suicide Prevention |
| Housing Families, Inc | Malden | GREAT Youth & Families Program |
| Immaculate Conception School | Revere | Nurse -- 2022/2023 |
| Immaculate Conception School | Lowell | Healthy Students |
| Italian Home for Children | Jamaica Plain | Nursing Supplies for School and Residential Program |
| Laboure College | Milton | Laboure College of Healthcare Fund a Nurse Scholarship Fund |
| Lowell Catholic | Lowell | AED Maintenance/Mental Health Support |
| MAB Community Services | Brookline | Greater Boston Vision Rehabilitation Health Program for Older Adults Living with Blindness or Low Vision |
| Maristhill Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 02453 | Waltham | Monitoring the Heart: Finding Vital Time for Maristhill Residents and Staff |
| Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless | Lynn | Operation Casa Project Build Vaccination Confidence and Stop the Spread |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center | Boston | The Engage Initiative: Ensuring Access to Cancer Care for Underserved Patients with Mental Illness |
| Montrose School | Medfield | A Crisis of Dignity & Flourishing: A new approach to tackling the Teen Girl Mental Health Epidemic |
| Mother Caroline Academy & Education Center | Dorchester | Wrap Around Support Services at MCAEC |
| Mount Alvernia High School | Newton | Returning from Covid: Mental Health student Needs |
| My Brother's Keeper, Inc. | Easton | Food Assistance Program |
| Oak Square YMCA | Brighton | YMCA "Pedaling for Parkinson's" Wellness Program |
| Old Colony YMCA | Brockton | Old Colony YMCA Community Market and Summer Food Program |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission Grammar | Roxbury | School Nursing Support |
| Our Lady of the Assumption School | Lynnfield | "Guiding Our Scholars" - Expand and Upgrade the School Counseling Dept. at Our Lady of the Assumption School |
| Our Lady's Academy | Waltham | School Nurse Medical Supplies Updates and Additional Nurse Personnel |
| Project Care and Concern | Dorchester | Donor directed funding |
| RCAB Health Benefit Trust | Braintree | Learn to Live |
| Regis College | Weston | CARE (Caring, Access, Rx, and Education) Initiative (school Nurse for Trinity Catholic Academy/Lawrence Catholic Academy) |
| Sacred Heart Parish Health Ministry | Boston | Sacred Heart Parish Health Ministry 2022-2023 |
| Sacred Heart School | Kingston | Adjustment Counselor .6FTE |
| Sacred Heart School | Roslindale | Health Center Update |
| Sacred Hearts School | Bradford | Full-time School Nurse |
| Saint Agnes Parish | Arlington | Purchase of 3 (Adult and Pediatric) Automated External Defribillator equipment, and training of 25 parishioners/volunteers. |
| Saint Agnes School/Arlington Catholic HS | Arlington | Health and Wellness Day and Wellness Programming and Curriculum |
| Saint Brendan School | Dorchester Center | Nursing supplies and programs |
| Saint Bridget School | Framingham | School Nurse |
| Saint Florence Parish | WAKEFIELD | The Center For Healing - Healing and Deliverance |
| Saint John the Evangelist School | Canton | Health Office Upgrades |
| Saint John's Seminary | Brighton | Archdiocese of Boston Seminarian Healthcare |
| Saint Joseph Prep | Boston | Director of Health Services (School Nurse) |
| Saint Patrick Parish | Stoneham | Bereavement Ministry |
| Saint Paul School | Hingham | Red Cross CPR Training for Students and Staff & Babysitting Course |
| Saint Rock Haiti Foundation | Milton | Expanding prenatal care access in Western Haiti |
| Salesian Boys & Girls Club | East Boston | CPR & Pediatric First Aid Training |
| Signature Healthcare Corporation | Brockton | Cultural Understanding and Influence on Youth Behavior: The Role of the Local Church |
| St John the Baptist Parish | Quincy | Mary Untier of Knots Bereavement Group (of St. John the Baptist - St. Joseph Collaborative) |
| St. Ann's Home, Inc. | Methuen | Outpatient Services and Family Engagement : Expanding Tools for Youth and Family Success |
| St. Charles School | Woburn | School Nurse salary support |
| St. Edward the Confessor Parish | Medfield | Bereavement Ministry |
| St. John's Preparatory School | Danvers | Post COVID Mental Health Care and Community Re-Engagement |
| St. Jude Parish | Norfolk | iTHIRST Ministry |
| St. Margaret Parish | Lowell | Safety/FCN/Pastoral Care Project |
| St. Mary of the Hills School | Milton | School Mental Health Professional / Adjustment Counselor |
| St. Mary's Center for Women and Children | Dorchester | Trauma and Behavioral Health Services |
| St. Mary's Lynn | Lynn | Parish Nurse Ministry |
| St. Patrick School | Stoneham | Hearing, Vision, and CPR at St. Patrick School |
| St. Paul's Choir School | Cambridge | Saint Paul's Choir School Health Office |
| St. Theresa of the Child Jesus School | Somerville | School Nurse |
| Strongwater Farm Therapeutic Equestrian Center | TEWKSBURY | Programs for Children and Youth |
| Supportive Living, Inc. | Woburn | Neuro-Fit 2022 |
| The Barton Center for Diabetes Education, Inc. | North Oxford | Type 1 Diabetes Campership and Medical Support |
| The Home for Little Wanderers | Boston | In-home therapeutic services for low-income families |
| Trinity Boston Connects | Boston | [email protected] program |
| Ursuline Academy | Dedham | Health and Wellness Programming |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Florida | Donor directed funding |
| Xaverian Missionaries | Holiston | Fitness Room equipment |
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