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, 2022 to June 30, 2023, 101 grants totaling $731,710 were made in ten health-related categories:
| Organization Name | Project Name | Organization City |
|---|---|---|
| Academy of Notre Dame | Addressing Food Insecuity at the Academy | Tyngsboro |
| American Cancer Society - AstraZeneca Hope Lodge Boston | ACS Hope Lodge Boston | Boston |
| Angel Flight of New England | Changing Lives One Flight at a Time (Mission/Flight Coordination Program) | North Andover |
| Attleboro Area Interfaith Collaborative | FAITH ADVISORY COUNCIL | Attleboro |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | The Sanctuary Project | Boston |
| Bethany Health Care Center, Inc. | Bethany Health Care Center 2023 New EMR: Point Click Care, Requires Laptops and Monitors Purchase to Optimize Resident Point of Care Services | Framingham |
| Bishop Fenwick High School, Inc | Part-Time Adjustment Counselor (0.30 FTE) On Campus | Peabody |
| Blessed Sacrament School | School Counselor | Walpole |
| Blessed Stephen Bellesini OSA Academy, Inc | Expansion of School Counseling & Mental Health Program | Lawrence |
| Brazilian American Center Inc | lncreased Vulnerable lmmigrants Health Service to Accommodate Recent lmmigrants | Framingham |
| Breaktime | Liftoff Programmatic Support | Boston |
| Cardinal Spellman High School | Continued Support of Expansion and Growth of Student Support Services | Brockton |
| Care 2 Communities (C2C) | Continuing Access to High-Quality Healthcare in Haiti | Boston |
| Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston, Inc. | Healthcare Bridge ESOL Program | Boston |
| Cathedral High School | Donor directed | Boston |
| Catholic Memorial School | Student-Athlete Health, Safety & Wellness Initiative at Catholic Memorial | West Roxbury |
| Central Catholic High School | Salary Support for Enhanced Nursing Staff Services | Lawrence |
| Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County | Mental Health Services | Boston |
| Clergy Trust | Clergy Trust Wellness Team | Braintree |
| Community Servings | Nutrition Program for Individuals & Families Affected by Critical & Chronic Illnesses | Jamaica Plain |
| Cristo Rey Boston High School | School Nurse Salary Support and Nursing Office Supplies | Boston |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Analysis of circulating tumor DNA to tailor preoperative therapy for HER2-postive early breast cancer | Boston |
| D'Youville Life & Wellness Foundation Foundation | Music For Memories: Music Therapy To Enhance the Lives of Seniors in Traditional Care with Dementia and Other Age-Related Cognitive issues. | Lowell |
| East Boston Central Catholic | School Nurse/Health Services Program | East Boston |
| Eliot Community Human Services | Stocking Eliot's New Food Pantry to Feed Recently Housed Clients from Mass & Cass | Lexington |
| Empowered and Dedicated to Edify the Nation, Inc. | Intervention and Stabilization Program | Boston |
| Father Bill's & MainSpring | Triage Outreach Project | Brockton |
| Fontbonne Academy | Fontbonne Academy Adjustment Counselor | Milton |
| Franciscan Children's | Expanding school-based behavioral healthcare in St. Columbkille Partnership School and Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy through the Children’s Wellness Initiative | Brighton |
| FriendshipWorks | Increasing Access to Healthcare for Older Adults through Medical Escorts | Boston |
| Holy Name Parish School | School Counseling Program | West Roxbury |
| Housing Families, Inc | GREAT Youth & Families Program | Malden |
| Immaculate Conception Parish | 1) ROAD TO EMMAUS PROGRAM 2) THE HOSPITALITY and CORPORAL WORKS of MERCY PROGRAM 3) THE BROTHERS KEEPERS' PROGRAM | Marlborough |
| Immaculate Conception School | AED update | Lowell |
| Immaculate Conception School | School Nurse | Revere |
| Irish Pastoral Centre | Improving Mental Health Outcomes in the IPC community through expanded Chaplaincy outreach | Boston |
| Laboure College | Laboure College of Healthcare Fund a Future Nurse Scholarship Program | Milton |
| Lazarus House Ministries | Opening Doors Out of Poverty | Lawrence |
| Lowell Catholic | Nursing Supplies/Support for Medical Assistant | Lowell |
| Maria Droste Counseling Services | Kids Too | Quincy |
| Maristhill Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 02453 | Becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant Test Site | Waltham |
| Mary Immaculate Health Services | The Backbone, Heart and Soul of Long-term Care: Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Training Program | Lawrence |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center | The Engage Initiative: Ensuring Access to Cancer Care for Underserved Patients with Mental Illness | Boston |
| Mother Caroline Academy & Education Center | Wrap Around Support Services at MCAEC | Dorchester |
| Mount Alvernia Academy | Preschool AED & CPR Training | Chestnut Hill |
| Mt. St. Mary's Abbey | RW - partial air conditioning | Wrentham |
| My Brother's Keeper, Inc. | Food Assistance Program | Easton |
| Oak Square YMCA | LiveSTRONG at the YMCA - Health & Wellness Program for Adults Living with Cancer | Brighton |
| Office of the Deaf Apostolate | RCAB Senior Deaf Wellness Program | Braintree |
| Old Colony YMCA | Feeding Our Families | Brockton |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission Grammar | Wellness Room | Roxbury |
| Our Lady of the Assumption School | All Eyes and Ears - helping the OLA School Nurse | Lynnfield |
| Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary | Seminarian wellness | Weston |
| Pregnancy Care Center of the Merrimack Valley | PCC’s Unplanned Pregnancy Support Program | Lowell |
| Project Care and Concern | Donor directed | Dorchester |
| RCAB Health Benefit Trust | Omada | Braintree |
| Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Church | AED Project | Hingham |
| Sacred Heart School | Adjustment Counselor .6 FTE | Kingston |
| Sacred Hearts School | Support for Full Time School Nurse, Equipment and Supplies | Bradford |
| Saint Agnes Parish | Outreach Ministry | Arlington |
| Saint Agnes School/Arlington Catholic HS | 2024 Health and Wellness Day | Arlington |
| Saint Brendan School | Saint Brendan School Nurse's Office | Dorchester Center |
| Saint Bridget School | School Nurse | Framingham |
| Saint Catherine of Siena School | Saint Catherine of Siena School's 2023-2024 Licensed Mental Health Clinician .8 fte | Norwood |
| Saint Florence Parish | Building a Center for Healing & Deliverance | WAKEFIELD |
| Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy | Supporting Real-World Skills through Social-Emotional Learning | Milton |
| Saint John the Evangelist School | CPR Training for staff/Portable AED for Health Office | Canton |
| Saint John's Seminary | Seminarian Health Insurance | Brighton |
| Saint Mary's Annunciation | Social-Emotional Mental Health Program & Wellness Updates | Danvers |
| Saint Michael parish | Bereavement Ministry | Bedford |
| Saint Paul Parish | AED | Hingham |
| Saint Rock Haiti Foundation | Expanding laboratory services at the SRHF Macaco Health Center in Western Haiti | Milton |
| Signature Healthcare Corporation | The Resilient Church 2023 -2024 | Brockton |
| South Boston Catholic Academy | Nurse's Office Medical Equipment and Supplies | South Boston |
| St. Agnes & St. Rose | St. Rose - AED Defibrillators | Topsfield |
| St. Agnes & St. Rose | St. Agnes - AED Defibrillators | Topsfield |
| St. Ann's Home, Inc. | Building After School and Summer Day Camp Programming for Children and Youth with Serious Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Health Challenges | Methuen |
| St. Anthony School - Everett | Funding of School Nurse | Everett |
| St. Anthony Shrine | Women's Medical Clinic at St. Anthony Shrine | Boston |
| St. Augustine School | Health Office Updates and Nurse Support | Andover |
| St. Charles School | School Nurse Needs | Woburn |
| St. Joseph School Medford | Teaching Students How to Self Regulate Their Personal Health and Wellness | Medford |
| St. Jude Parish | i THIRST Ministry | Norfolk |
| St. Julie Billiart Residential Care Center | The Learning Center Relocation Project | Ipswich |
| St. Mary of the Hills School | Social Emotional Learning Program | Milton |
| St. Mary's Center for Women and Children | Trauma-Informed Behavioral Health Services for All Residents | Dorchester |
| St. Mary's Lynn | Health Awareness Project | Lynn |
| St. Monica School | Wellness Initiative -- Living Well | Methuen |
| St. Paul's Choir School | Support for Student Mental Health | Cambridge |
| St. Theresa of the Child Jesus School | School Nurse | Somerville |
| Strongwater Farm Therapeutic Equestrian Center | Programs for Children and Youth | TEWKSBURY |
| Supportive Living, Inc. | Neuro-Fit as Lifestyle Medicine 2023 | Woburn |
| The Barton Center for Diabetes Education, Inc. | Campership Program for Economically Disadvantaged Youth with Type 1 Diabetes | North Oxford |
| The Carroll Center for the Blind | Comprehensive Vision Services for Seniors with Low Vision or Blindness | Newton |
| The Holy Rood Collaborative (St. John the Evangelist, St. Mary, St. Margaret of Scotland) | The Holy Rood Collaborative Health, Safety and Wellness Project | North Chelmsford |
| The Home for Little Wanderers | In-home therapeutic services for low-income families | Boston |
| Three Sisters Garden Project, Inc. | Feeding Our Neighbors | Ipswich |
| Trinity Boston Connects | Trinity@McCormack program | Boston |
| Trinity Catholic Academy | Early Childhood Motor Room and Calming Center | Brockton |
| Ursuline Academy | Health and Wellness Initiatives | Dedham |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Donor directed | Florida |
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