Catholic Health Foundation
Bettering health within the Archdiocese of Boston.
In 2013, the Catholic Community Fund was named the overseeing entity for the Catholic Health Foundation of Greater Boston, Inc. (Catholic Health Foundation, “CHF”). The Catholic Health Foundation exists to provide financial support to non-profit organizations that provide health care and healthcare services consistent with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church within the 144 cities and towns that comprise the Archdiocese of Boston.
Grant Making
Grants are annually distributed in the following categories:
- Bereavement
- Building/Equipment
- Cancer
- Education (medical or health)
- Employee assistance
- Health or medical services for residents of Middleborough
- Medical
- Social needs
- Unrestricted
No grants are made to individuals or government agencies, or for endowments or operating deficits. Since making our first grants in June 2014, the CHF has distributed 352 grants totaling nearly $3.9 million.
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. Applications for 2021 will open in early January 2021 and will be due by 5 p.m. on March 31, 2021 The online grant application can be accessed by clicking the button below.
Board of Trustees
Patricia Kelleher Bartram
Interim Secretary for Institutional Advancement
Archdiocese of Boston
President
John E. Straub
Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer
Archdiocese of Boston
Treasurer
Francis J. O’Connor, Esq.
General Counsel
Archdiocese of Boston
Secretary
Janice E. Healey, CDA
East Falmouth, MA
Patricia S. Jay, MD, NCMP
Dedham, MA
Rev. Arthur T. MacKay, OD
Catholic Chaplain
Lahey Hospital and Metrowest Medical Center
MC Sullivan, RN, MTS, JD
Chief Healthcare Ethicist and Director
Initiative on Palliative Care & Advanced Care Planning
Archdiocese of Boston
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Lisa Lipsett, Esq.
Executive Director
Online Grant Application
If you or your colleagues have any questions, please contact Lisa Lipsett at 617-746-5693 or use our contact form.
2020 Grant Recipients
| Organization Name | Location | Grant Purpose | Grant Amount |
| Cathedral of the Holy Cross | Boston | Cathedral Cares Clinic | $10,000 |
| Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston, Inc. | Boston | The Teen Center at St. Peter’s | $15,000 |
| The Home for Little Wanderers | Boston | In-home therapeutic services for low-income families | $15,000 |
| Archdiocese of Boston | Braintree | No-Touch thermometers for parishes and schools | $25,000 |
| Clergy Health & Retirement Trust | Braintree | CHRT Care Team | $15,000 |
| Franciscan Children’s | Brighton | Kids Healthy Minds Initiative | $25,000 |
| Father Bill’s & MainSpring | Brockton | Triage Outreach Project for Homeless | $15,000 |
| MAB Community Services | Brookline | Greater Boston Program for Older Adults with Vision Loss | $10,000 |
| Codman Square Health Center | Dorchester | General Operating Support for COVID-19 Response | $15,000 |
| Project Care and Concern* | Dorchester | Donor-Directed Grant | $309 |
| St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children | Dorchester | COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Mothers and Children | $50,000 |
| St. Francis of Assisi Parish | Dracut | Stephen Ministry Leadership Training and Initiation of Stephen Ministry at St Francis Parish in Dracut, MA | $3,200 |
| My Brother’s Keeper, Inc. | Easton | Food Assistance Program | $10,000 |
| Wounded Warrior Project* | Jacksonville, FL | Donor-directed grant | $308 |
| Community Servings | Jamaica Plain | Nutrition Program for Individuals & Families Affected by Critical Illness and Chronic Disease | $13,000 |
| Mary Immaculate Nursing and Restorative Center | Lawrence | Compassionate Connectivity for Residents | $11,600 |
| The Carroll Center for the Blind | Newton | Senior Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired | $7,500 |
| Maria Droste Counseling Services | Quincy | Substance Abuse Counseling | $10,000 |
| St. Monica Parish | South Boston | Good Samaritan Ministry | $15,000 |
| Regis College | Weston | CARE (Caring, Access, Rx, and Education) Initiative (school nurse for Trinity Catholic Academy/Lawrence Catholic Academy) | $10,000 |
| * – Donor Directed |
Past Grant Recipients
During the period from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019, 70 grants totaling $745,618 were made to the following organizations:
| Organization Name | Location | Grant Purpose | Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living Water Holy Family Star of the Sea Parish | Amesbury | AED Access and Training | $2,000 |
| Arlington Catholic High School | Arlington | Health and Wellness Programming | $11,000 |
| Archdiocesan Addiction Recovery Pastoral Support Services | Boston | Faith, Hope and Recovery for Families of Addicted | $25,000 |
| Care 2 Communities | Boston | Expanding Access to Primary Care in Haiti | $25,000 |
| Cathedral 7-12 High School* | Boston | Cathedral 7-12 School Student Health | $67,138 |
| Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston | Boston | Nurse Assistant and Home Health Aide training program | $20,000 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston | Improving Treatment Strategies for Breast Cancer Brain Metastases | $15,000 |
| Emmanuel College | Boston | Urban Food Project | $5,000 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center | Boston | Reducing Disparities in Cancer Care for Underserved Patients with Mental Illness | $25,000 |
| The Home for Little Wanderers | Boston | In-Home Therapeutic Services for Low-Income Families | $12,250 |
| Sacred Hearts School | Bradford | Student health program | $5,000 |
| Clergy Health & Retirement Trust | Braintree | Intentional Living Program | $30,000 |
| Saint John’s Seminary -Theological Institute | Braintree | Bereavement Workshop and Bioethics Series | $9,000 |
| Father Bill’s & MainSpring | Brockton | Triage Outreach Project | $20,000 |
| Signature Healthcare Corporation-Brockton Hospital | Brockton | Centering Prayer Training | $12,000 |
| Trinity Catholic Academy | Brockton | Student health program | $29,000 |
| St. Paul’s Choir School | Cambridge | Student health program | $14,800 |
| St. Peter School | Cambridge | School Counseling Program | $12,500 |
| St. John the Evangelist School | Canton | AED Replacement and Training | $2,710 |
| Mount Alvernia Academy | Chestnut Hill | Building Resiliency and Managing Anxiety Speaker Series | $3,000 |
| St. John’s Preparatory School | Danvers | Student Mental Well Being and Substance Use Prevention | $7,350 |
| St. Mary’s Annunciation School | Danvers | Student health program | $6,508 |
| Project Care and Concern* | Dorchester | Donor-directed grant | $355 |
| St. John Paul II Catholic Academy | Dorchester | Student health program | $10,000 |
| St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children | Dorchester | Supporting Young Children Toward Healthy Futures | $12,500 |
| Bethany Health Care Center | Framingham | Purchase of Urological Equipment | $10,150 |
| Carmel Terrace | Framingham | Handrail Scale | $1,675 |
| Wounded Warrior Project* | Jacksonville, FL | Donor-directed grant | $355 |
| Community Servings | Jamaica Plain | Nutrition Program for Individuals & Families Affected by Critical Illness and Chronic Disease | $10,000 |
| Sacred Heart School | Kingston | Adjustment Counselor | $23,193 |
| Blessed Stephen Bellesini OSA Academy | Lawrence | School Counseling Program | $10,000 |
| Mary Immaculate Nursing and Restorative Center | Lawrence | Management Training | $8,200 |
| Immaculate Conception School | Lowell | Student health program | $3,000 |
| Lowell Catholic School | Lowell | Student health program; AEDs, CPR/AED Staff Certification | $10,000 |
| The St. Louis School | Lowell | Student health program | $6,500 |
| Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless | Lynn | Teen Care Center | $10,000 |
| Housing Families | Malden | GREAT Youth and Families Program | $5,000 |
| St. Ann by the Sea Parish | Marshfield | Constanza Medical Mission Medical Professional Scholarship | $2,700 |
| St. Joseph School | Medford | Student health program | $10,000 |
| St. Raphael Parish School | Medford | Student health program | $1,200 |
| Presentation of Mary Academy | Methuen | School Nurse Certification | $2,252 |
| St. Ann’s Home | Methuen | Health and Medical Services & Equipment for Children ages 5-18 with Serious Mental Health Challenges | $7,500 |
| St. Monica School | Methuen | Social-Emotional Learning and Adjustment Counselor | $10,000 |
| Sacred Heart Parish | Middleborough | CPR/AED Training and Speaker Series | $12,000 |
| Laboure College | Milton | Catholic Health Foundation Scholarship | $10,000 |
| St. Agatha School | Milton | Guidance Counselor | $20,000 |
| The Carroll Center for the Blind | Newton | Services for Seniors Who are Blind and Visually Impaired | $10,000 |
| The Barton Center for Diabetes Education | North Oxford | Campership Program for Economically Disadvantaged Children | $5,000 |
| Church of St. Theresa | North Reading | AEDs and First Aid kits | $5,170 |
| St. Timothy Parish | Norwood | Health Ministry Program | $10,000 |
| St. John the Baptist School | Peabody | Student health program | $3,353 |
| Maria Droste Counseling Services | Quincy | Clinical programming and community projects for co-occurring substance abuse and mental illness | $10,000 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | Quincy | Bereavement Support Program | $5,808 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission Grammar | Roxbury | Sharp Objects Training | $5,000 |
| Sister Mary Hart Children’s Program @ St. Katherine Drexel Parish | Roxbury | Summer Camp Nurse & Health Care Consultant | $4,000 |
| St. Patrick School | Roxbury | Student health program | $20,000 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor of Greater Boston | Somerville | Virtual Dementia Tour Program | $2,995 |
| St. Catherine of Genoa School | Somerville | Student health program | $20,000 |
| St. Monica Parish | South Boston | Good Samaritan Ministry | $25,000 |
| Blessed Sacrament School | Walpole | Student health program | $2,549 |
| Community Day Center of Waltham | Waltham | Micro-Loan Project: Helping the Homeless Take the Next Step | $1,500 |
| Milagris de fe at St. Mary’s Parish | Waltham | Support for cancer patients | $5,000 |
| Neighbors Who Care | Waltham | Program Support | $10,000 |
| Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Parish | Waltham | Purchase of AED Equipment | $2,166 |
| Holy Name Parish School | West Roxbury | Student health program | $3,000 |
| St. John Chrysostom Parish Health Ministry | West Roxbury | Health equipment | $850 |
| Regis College | Weston | CARE (Caring, Access, Rx, and Education) Initiative (school Nurse for Trinity Catholic Academy/Brockton and Lawrence Catholic Academy) | $20,000 |
| Immaculate Conception | Weymouth | AED equipment | $3,391 |
| Sacred Heart School | Weymouth | Empowering All Students for Emotional and Academic Success in Life | $10,000 |
| Supportive Living | Woburn | Brain Injury Summer Community Program | $5,000 |
During the period from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, 60 grants totaling $643,129 were made to the following organizations:
Organization Name | Location | Grant Purpose | Grant Amount |
Bishop Fenwick High School, Inc | Peabody | Health services program | $7,156 |
Blessed Stephen Bellesini OSA Academy, Inc. | Lawrence | AED defibrillator, first aid kits and First Aid/CPR/AED training | $6,000 |
Cathedral 7-12 High School* | Boston | Student health programs | $69,530 |
Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston, Inc. | Boston | Nurse Assistants and Home Health Aide (NA/HHA) program | $13,500 |
Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston, Inc. | Boston | Teen Center at St. Peter’s | $10,000 |
Catholic Memorial School | West Roxbury | Health & wellness services | $5,000 |
Community Servings | Jamaica Plain | Nutrition program for individuals & families affected by critical illness and chronic disease | $12,500 |
Cristo Rey Boston High School | Boston | School Health Services and Electronic Health Record (EHR) System | $15,000 |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston | Prospective Registry of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Triple-Negative Breast Cancer | $25,000 |
Edwina Martin House | Brockton | Paul McDevitt House | $9,500 |
Father Bill’s & MainSpring | Brockton | Triage outreach project | $25,000 |
Holy Family Parish | Duxbury | Stephen Ministry outreach | $4,531 |
Holy Ghost Parish | Whitman | Health monitoring and life sustaining equipment | $5,363 |
Immaculate Conception School | Lowell | Student health programs | $3,000 |
Laboure College | Milton | Catholic Health Foundation scholarships | $10,000 |
Lawrence Catholic Academy of Lawrence, MA, Inc. | Lawrence | SNAP software | $3,710 |
Living Water Holy Family Star of the Sea | Amesbury | AED defibrillator | $3,388 |
MAB Community Services | Brookline | Program for Seniors with Vision Loss | $8,000 |
Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center | Waltham | Connecting residents to live televised daily Mass | $3,532 |
Mary Immaculate Nursing and Restorative Center | Lawrence | Palliative care program pilot | $3,500 |
Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless | Lynn | Teen care center | $10,000 |
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center | Boston | Decreasing disparities in access to cancer care for patients with mental illness | $25,000 |
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | Jamaica Plain | Kinnections | $5,000 |
Middleborough Services to the Elderly | Middleboro | Project Transport | $20,000 |
Mt. St. Mary’s Abbey | Wrentham | Infirmary staff support | $10,000 |
My Brother’s Keeper, Inc. | Easton | Food and furniture assistance programs | $10,000 |
Neighbors Who Care, Inc. | Waltham | Operating support | $10,000 |
Old Colony Y | Brockton | Diabetes prevention program | $10,000 |
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission Grammar School | Boston | AEDs and CPR Training | $5,000 |
Pope John XXIII High School | Everett | Portable AEDs and coaching staff training | $5,000 |
Presentation of Mary Academy | Methuen | AED defibrillator | $2,044 |
Project Care and Concern* | Dorchester | Organizational support | $367 |
RCAB | Braintree | Foundations of Faith Community Nursing | $2,000 |
RCAB – Office of Chaplains | Braintree | On call priest support | $40,000 |
Regis College | Weston | Caring, Access, Rx and Education (CARE) Initiative | $20,000 |
Sacred Heart School | Lynn | School nurse and supplies | $10,000 |
Sacred Heart School | Kingston | Adjustment counselor | $23,193 |
Saint Francis Xavier School | South Weymouth | AED for the church | $2,000 |
Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy | Dorchester | Health & wellness | $10,000 |
Saint John the Baptist School | Peabody | Emergency preparedness and response/nurse support | $6,808 |
Saint John’s Seminary-Theological Institute | Braintree | Health education programming | $10,500 |
Saint Mary’s Annunciation | Danvers | School nurse | $2,285 |
Saint Paul School | Hingham | CPR/AED/first aid training | $2,400 |
Saint Timothy Parish | Norwood | Health ministry program | $10,000 |
Salesian Boys & Girls Club | East Boston | Pediatric first aid & CPR training | $1,700 |
Scholar Athletes | Roxbury | 2018 Playbook & We Are Fit expansion | $25,000 |
St Patricks Manor | Framingham | Hospice care center update | $2,418 |
St. Ann’s Home, Inc. | Methuen | Summer experience on Cape Cod for residents with serious mental, emotional and behavioral illness | $12,500 |
St. Augustine School | Andover | Health and wellness improvement project | $6,500 |
St. John’s Preparatory School | Danvers | Freedom from chemical dependency and nutrition initiatives | $5,000 |
St. Joseph Manor Health Care, Inc. | Brockton | Staff empowerment program – phase IV | $10,147 |
St. Joseph Parish Schools | Needham | Health office needs | $2,789 |
St. Katharine Drexel Parish | Roxbury | Improvement for family social health and well being | $1,900 |
St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children | Dorchester | Supporting young children into healthy futures | $12,500 |
St. Monica Parish | South Boston | The Good Samaritan ministry | $25,000 |
St. Patrick School | Roxbury | School nurse | $20,000 |
Supportive Living, Inc. | Woburn | Brain Injury Summer Camp Community Inclusion and Wellness | $5,000 |
The Irish Pastoral Centre | Dorchester | Community-based nurse practitioner | $10,000 |
The Italian Home for Children | Boston | Nursing supplies | $7,500 |
Wounded Warrior Project* | Jacksonville, FL | Organizational support | $368 |
* – Donor directed
During the period from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, 59 grants totaling $635,511 were made to the following organizations:
ORGANIZATION | LOCATION | GRANT PURPOSE | GRANT AMOUNT |
Barton Center for Diabetes Education | North Oxford | Campership Support for Economically Disadvantaged Children in the Archdiocese of Boston | $5,000 |
Blessed Sacrament School | Walpole | Health Office Furnishings and Equipment | $5,000 |
Cathedral High School* | Boston | Health Programs at Cathedral High School | $65,560 |
Cathedral of the Holy Cross – Cathedral Cares Clinic | Boston | Cathedral Cares Clinic | $15,000 |
Catholic Charities of Boston – Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide Training | Boston/South Boston | Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide training program | $10,000 |
Catholic Charities of Boston – Teen Center at St. Peter’s | Dorchester | Social Worker at Teen Center at St. Peter’s | $10,000 |
Clergy Health & Retirement Trust | Braintree | Healthcare and Wellness Programs for Clergy | $20,000 |
Dana Farber Cancer Center | Boston | Triple Negative Breast Cancer Research | $28,965 |
Grassroots Diabetes | Boston | On the Road Program for Haitian and Cape Verdean communities | $7,500 |
Holy Name Parish School | West Roxbury | Bereavement Program | $1,364 |
Immaculate Conception School | Lowell | Health Office Medical Supplies/Equipment | $3,000 |
Lawrence Catholic Academy | Lawrence | Health Office Equipment | $8,913 |
Lowell Catholic | Lowell | Health Office Equipment/Health Instructor | $5,000 |
MA Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired | Brookline | Vision Rehabilitation for Older Adults | $8,000 |
MA Coalition for the Homeless | Lynn | Under One Roof Recuperative Care Center | $10,000 |
MA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | Jamaica Plain | KINnections Program | $10,000 |
Maria Droste Counseling Services | Quincy | Mental Health Counseling for Low Income Persons with Substance Abuse | $10,000 |
Marian High School | Framingham | School Nurse Support | $10,000 |
Marian Manor | South Boston | Equipment to Monitor Patient Vitals | $10,000 |
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center | Boston | Psychiatric Oncology Services | $28,965 |
My Brother’s Keeper | Easton | Food and Furniture Assistance Programs | $8,533 |
Our Lady’s Academy | Waltham | School Nurse Support | $5,000 |
Project Care and Concern* | Dorchester | Health-related needs of the individuals and families served | $347 |
RCAB – Addiction Recovery Pastoral Support Services | Boston | Addiction education, service referral and spiritual support | $25,000 |
RCAB – Catholic Schools Office | Braintree | School Nurse Professional Development | $4,000 |
RCAB – Office of Canonical Affairs | Braintree | Healing and Deliverance Ministry | $9,660 |
RCAB – Office of the Deaf Apostolate | Braintree | Healthcare Ministry of the Deaf Apostolate | $20,000 |
RCAB – ProLife Office/Pregnancy Help | Braintree | Purchase of Ultrasound Machine for Brockton Pregnancy Help Office | $10,000 |
Regis College | Weston | Healthcare/Health Education at Trinity Catholic Academy and Lawrence Catholic Academy | $20,000 |
Sacred Heart Parish | Middleborough | Parish Health and Wellness Programs | $25,000 |
Sacred Heart School System, Inc. | Kingston | Adjustment Counselor | $20,000 |
Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy | Dorchester | School Nurse Support | $10,000 |
Salesian Boys & Girls Club of East Boston | Winthrop | Medical Supplies | $750 |
Scholar Athletes | Roxbury | Playbook Health and Wellness Program | $10,000 |
Signature Healthcare/Brockton Hospital | Brockton | Emotional and Spiritual Support for Patients at Brockton Hospital Cancer Center | $25,000 |
St. Catherine of Genoa School | Somerville | School Nurse Support | $10,000 |
St. Charles School | Woburn | School Nurse Support | $10,000 |
St. Jerome School | Weymouth | School Nurse Support | $5,000 |
St. John School | Boston/North End | School Nurse Support | $20,000 |
St. John School | Canton | CPR/AED First Aid Training for Faculty/Staff | $2,000 |
St. John the Baptist School | Peabody | Vision and Hearing Screening Equipment | $3,000 |
St. Joseph Manor Health Care | Brockton | Staff Empowerment Program | $9,567 |
St. Joseph Parish | Lynn | AED defibrillators | $2,600 |
St. Joseph Parish Schools | Needham | School Nurse Support and Health Office Equipment | $5,000 |
St. Louis School | Lowell | School Nurse Support | $5,000 |
St. Margaret of Scotland Parish | Lowell | Pastoral Care Ministry | $5,000 |
St. Mary of the Assumption School | Brookline | School Nurse Support | $10,000 |
St. Mary’s Center for Women & Children | Dorchester | Supporting Young Families and Children into Healthy Futures program | $25,000 |
St. Mary’s High School | Lynn | School Nurse Support | $5,000 |
St. Patrick School | Roxbury | School Nurse Support | $20,000 |
St. Patrick’s Manor | Framingham | Furniture Replacement for Hospice Center | $2,280 |
St. Peter School | Cambridge | School Nurse Support | $5,760 |
St. Raphael School | West Medford | Audiometer for Hearing Screenings | $1,800 |
St. Rose School | Chelsea | School Nurse Support | $10,000 |
St. Theresa of Avila School | West Roxbury | Health Office Equipment | $5,000 |
Supportive Living, Inc. | Woburn | Total Health Summer Camp for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury | $5,000 |
Trinity Catholic Academy | Brockton | AED Equipment | $2,600 |
Wounded Warrior Project* | Cambridge | Health-related needs of wounded veterans in Greater Boston | $347 |
* – Donor Directed
During the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, 58 health-related grants totaling $528,507 were made to the following organizations:
Organization | Location | Grant Purpose | Grant Amount |
Archbishop Williams High School | Braintree | Improvement to student health services | $5,250 |
Barton Center for Diabetes Education, Inc. | North Oxford | Campership support for youths with Type 1 diabetes | $5,000 |
Bishop Fenwick High School | Peabody | SNAP software for student medical record keeping, medical equipment/supplies | $5,250 |
Blessed Sacrament School | Walpole | Medical equipment for school health office | $5,500 |
Blessed Stephen Bellesini Academy | Lawrence | Health education and wellness services | $10,000 |
Carmel Terrace, Inc. | Framingham | Emergency pendants for residents | $5,500 |
Cathedral of the Holy Cross | Boston | Cathedral Cares Clinic – serving health care needs of low income residents of Boston’s South End | $15,000 |
Catholic Charities of Boston | Brockton & South Boston | Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide Program | $10,000 |
Catholic Charities of Boston | Dorchester | Social services for the mental and emotional health of youths at Catholic Charities’ Teen Center at St. Peter | $10,000 |
Catholic Charities of Boston | Boston | Health care/medical services for refugee families resettling in Greater Boston | $30,000 |
Clergy Benefit Funding Trust | Braintree | Support of health care and wellness programming for clergy | $40,000 |
Crossroads Family Shelter | East Boston | Family health and safety project | $15,000 |
Emmaus Ministry for Grieving Parents | Waltham | Retreats for grieving parents | $1,300 |
Father Bill’s & MainSpring | Quincy | Outreach connecting homeless men and women with health services | $10,000 |
Housing Families, Inc. | Malden | Mental health and trauma services for homeless children | $10,000 |
Josh Anderson Foundation | Vienna, VA | Suicide prevention programming aimed at vulnerable 9th/10th graders in Catholic schools in RCAB | $5,000 |
Holy Name Parish School | West Roxbury | Employee health initiatives | $2,500 |
Immaculate Conception School | Lowell | Nursing costs and medical supplies | $3,000 |
Labouré College | Milton | Nursing education scholarships | $8,000 |
Lawrence Catholic Academy | Lawrence | Medical equipment | $9,330 |
Lowell Catholic High School | Lowell | Medical infrastructure and equipment for new PreK-12 model | $20,000 |
Maria Droste Counseling Services | Quincy | Mental health and substance abuse counseling for persons with low income | $10,000 |
MA Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Brookline | Vision rehabilitation program for older adults | $7,000 |
MA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | Boston | KINnections Program – support for grandparents caring for grandchildren | $10,000 |
My Brother’s Keeper | Easton | Food and furniture assistance programs (serving Brockton) | $10,000 |
Pope Saint John XXIII National Seminary | Weston | Exercise facility for seminarians | $15,000 |
Pregnancy Care Center of the Merrimack Valley | Haverhill | College outreach program | $10,000 |
Presentation of Mary Academy | Methuen | SNAP software for student medical record keeping | $2,780 |
Project Care and Concern* | Dorchester | Toward health-related needs of the individuals and families served | $331 |
Quincy Catholic Academy | Quincy | Improvements to school health office | $7,000 |
Regis College | Weston | Nurse practitioners at Trinity Catholic Academy (Brockton) and Lawrence Catholic Academy | $20,000 |
RCAB/Catholic Schools Office | Braintree | Professional development programs for Catholic school nurses | $4,000 |
RCAB/Office of Canonical Affairs | Braintree | Healing and Deliverance Ministry | $8,000 |
Sacred Heart Parish | Middleborough | Parish nursing program | $41,731 |
Sacred Heart School | Roslindale | Nursing software and medical equipment | $3,500 |
Sacred Heart School | Weymouth | Child protection curriculum and SNAP software for student medical record keeping | $2,000 |
Sacred Heart School System | Kingston | SNAP software for student medical record keeping and vision/hearing screening equipment | $16,748 |
Saint Agatha School | Milton | Hearing assessment equipment | $1,500 |
Saint Bridget School | Framingham | Physical education equipment for preschool grades | $2,000 |
Saint Catherine of Genoa School | Somerville | Nursing care of students | $15,000 |
Saint Catherine of Siena | Norwood | Medical equipment | $5,000 |
Saint Charles School | Woburn | Medical equipment | $2,600 |
Saint Eulalia Parish | Winchester | Bereavement workshops | $5,000 |
Saint Francis Xavier School | Weymouth | Medical and health education supplies | $3,500 |
Saint John School | Wellesley | Nursing care of students | $15,000 |
Saint Joseph Manor Health Care | Brockton | Professional development for staff | $6,000 |
Saint Joseph School | Medford | SNAP software for student medical record keeping | $2,500 |
Saint Mary of the Annunciation School | Danvers | SNAP software for student medical record keeping and medical equipment | $4,000 |
Saint Paul School | Hingham | Health, nutrition, and fitness education | $5,000 |
Saint Patrick’s Manor | Framingham | Renovations to palliative care/hospice unit | $22,444 |
Saint Peter School | Cambridge | SNAP software for student medical record keeping, medical equipment, and health education | $5,000 |
Saint Raphael School | West Medford | Health screening for preschool students | $1,000 |
Saint Rose School | Chelsea | Student health services | $8,500 |
Ste. Jeanne d’Arc School | Lowell | Medical equipment | $3,913 |
Salesian Boys & Girls Club of East Boston | Winthrop | Medical equipment | $2,000 |
Scholar Athletes | Roxbury | Health and wellness programming for vulnerable 9th/10th graders | $20,000 |
The Saints Academy | Beverly | Vision screening and nursing software | $4,500 |
Wounded Warrior Project* | Cambridge | Health-related needs of wounded veterans in Greater Boston | $330 |
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| GRAND TOTAL | $528,507 |
During the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, 60 health-related grants totaling $709,003 were made in the following categories: Bereavement, Building/Equipment, Cancer, Education (medical or health), Employee Assistance, Medical, Social Needs, and Unrestricted. This year we also had opportunities for funding restricted to health/medical services for residents of Middleborough, MA.
Organization | Location | Grant Purpose | Grant Amount |
Archbishop Williams High School | Braintree | Student health education workshops/seminars | $3,000 |
Arlington Catholic High School | Arlington | Wellness Coordinator/Strategic Wellness Program | $10,000 |
Barton Center for Diabetes Education, Inc. | North Oxford | Camperships support for youths with Type 1 diabetes who reside in the Archdiocese of Boston | $5,000 |
Bethany Health Care Center | Framingham | Facility renovations benefitting cancer patients | $30,500 |
Bishop Fenwick High School | Peabody | Toward purchase of medical equipment (AED) | $1,300 |
Care2Communities | Newton | Primary health care in Haiti | $25,000 |
Cathedral High School* | Boston | Wellness programming | $65,380 |
Cathedral of the Holy Cross | Boston | Cathedral Cares Clinic | $7,680 |
Catholic Charities of Boston | Brockton and South Boston | Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide Training Program | $20,000 |
Catholic Charities of Boston | Hull | Health services at Sunset Point Camp | $10,000 |
Catholic Charities of Boston | Boston | Refugee and Immigration Services health services | $20,000 |
Cheverus School of Sacred Hearts Parish | Malden | School nurse health-related software (SNAP) | $2,500 |
Crossroads Family Shelter | East Boston | Family health and safety project | $15,000 |
Daughters of Saint Paul | Jamaica Plain | Staffing and medical expenses of the Daughters of Saint Paul Infirmary | $20,000 |
Emmanuel College | Boston | Urban Food Project at Notre Dame Campus | $2,500 |
Franciscan Hospital for Children | Brighton | Kids Fund Program | $25,000 |
Holy Name Parish School | West Roxbury | Employee health initiatives | $2,500 |
Irish Pastoral Centre | Dorchester | Senior Citizen Outreach Program | $5,000 |
Little Sisters of the Poor | Somerville | Health-related equipment for low income seniors in assisted living | $20,000 |
Lowell Catholic High School | Lowell | School nurse health-related software (SNAP) | $2,500 |
Malden Catholic High School | Malden | Health education programming | $2,000 |
Maria Droste Counseling Services | Quincy | Mental health counseling for low income persons | $10,000 |
Our Lady of Perpetual Help-Mission Grammar School | Roxbury | School health services | $10,000 |
Our Lady of the Assumption School | Lynnfield | Student eye exams and renovation of Nurse’s Station | $5,000 |
Our Lady’s Academy | Waltham | Holistic wellness programming | $5,500 |
Pope Saint John XXIII National Seminary | Weston | Exercise facility for seminarians | $9,750 |
Presentation of Mary Academy | Methuen | Concussion awareness baseline testing | $2,500 |
Project Care and Concern* | Dorchester | Health-related needs of individuals and families served | $355 |
RCAB/Catholic Schools Office | Braintree | School Nurse Professional Development | $4,790 |
RCAB/Clergy Benefit Funding Trust | Braintree | Support of health care and wellness programming for clergy | $40,000 |
RCAB/Office for Persons with Disabilities | Braintree | Develop pilot program to better serve faith formation of children on the autism spectrum | $10,000 |
RCAB/Office of Chaplaincies | Braintree | Train/certify one hospital chaplain in Catholic health care ethics | $5,350 |
RCAB/Office of Chaplaincies | Braintree | Faith Community Nursing Program | $36,300 |
RCAB/Office of Chaplaincies | Braintree | Bereavement-grief-loss workshops for parishes | $2,668 |
Sacred Heart Parish of the Cranberry Catholic Collaborative | Middleborough | Parish Nursing Program | $50,000 |
Saint Agatha School | Milton | Toward purchase of medical equipment (Optec 5000 Vision Screener) | $2,030 |
Saint Ann’s Home | Methuen | Outfit Community Based Acute Treatment Unit | $15,000 |
Saint Blaise Parish | Bellingham | Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry | $1,000 |
Saint Bridget School | Framingham | Toward purchase of medical equipment (AED) | $1,300 |
Saint Brigid-Gate of Heaven Parish Collaborative | South Boston | Toward purchase of medical equipment (AEDs) | $2,600 |
Saint Catherine of Genoa School | Somerville | School health services | $8,500 |
Saint Catherine of Siena School | Norwood | School nurse health-related software (SNAP) | $2,500 |
Saint Columbkille Partnership School | Brighton | Student health and wellness services | $3,500 |
Saint Eulalia Parish | Winchester | Support and expand parish bereavement program | $5,000 |
Saint James Parish of the Salem Catholic Collaborative | Salem | Health-related infrastructure for parish | $15,000 |
Ste. Jeanne d’Arc School | Lowell | Toward purchase of medical equipment (Digital Scale) | $1,011 |
Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy | Dorchester and Mattapan | Health education curriculum and school health services for summer program | $25,000 |
Saint Mary’s Center for Women and Children | Dorchester | Supporting Young Families Into Health Futures Initiative | $25,000 |
Saint Mary Parish of the Quincy Catholic Collaborative | Quincy | Health-related infrastructure for religious education programming | $20,000 |
Saint Monica School | Methuen | School nurse health-related software (SNAP) | $2,500 |
Saint Monica-Saint Augustine Parish Collaborative | South Boston | Toward purchase of medical equipment (AEDs) | $2,600 |
Saint Patrick School | Roxbury | School health services and related software (SNAP) | $10,735 |
Saint Patrick Parish | Stoneham | Toward purchase of medical equipment (AED) | $1,300 |
Saint Peter Parish | Dorchester | Catholic Anti-Violence Initiative | $16,000 |
Saint Rock Haiti Foundation | Milton | Centre de Sante, Haiti, patient transport vehicle | $15,000 |
Saint Theresa of Avila School | West Roxbury | Student vision and hearing screening | $3,000 |
Signature Healthcare/Brockton Hospital | Brockton | Pastoral Care Program | $35,000 |
South Boston Catholic Academy | South Boston | School health services | $5,000 |
Trinity Catholic Academy | Brockton | Student health & safety program | $3,000 |
Wounded Warrior Project* | Cambridge | Health-related needs of wounded veterans in Greater Boston | $354 |
*donor-directed |
| TOTAL: | $709,003 |
The Board of Directors of the Catholic Health Foundation of Greater Boston, Inc. (“Catholic Health Foundation”) was pleased to make its first grants in June 2014:
Organization Name | Location | Grant Purpose | Grant Amount |
Barton Center for Diabetes Education, Inc. | North Oxford, MA | Toward camper scholarships for financially needy children with Type 1 diabetes who reside in the Archdiocese of Boston | $7,500 |
Bethany Health Care Center | Framingham, MA | Toward facility renovations benefitting cancer patients | $30,000 |
Blessed Sacrament School | Walpole, MA | Support for school library materials to serve students and families dealing with grief and loss | $600 |
Care2Communities | Newton, MA | Support toward outfitting a container health clinic in Haiti | $100,000 |
Cathedral High School* | Boston, MA | Support for school Nursing Office & student health programming | $65,734 |
Cathedral of the Holy Cross | Boston, MA | Support for parish nursing program, Cathedral Cares Clinic | $6,907 |
Catholic Charities of Boston | Dorchester, MA | Support for staffing & for training staff in health-related data collection at St. Peter Teen Center | $25,313 |
Catholic Charities of Boston | Brockton, MA and South Boston, MA | Support for expansion of Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide training programs in Brockton and South Boston | $25,000 |
Catholic Charities of Boston | Hull, MA | Support for nursing staff & camper care at Sunset Point Camp | $20,000 |
Elizabeth Seton Academy | Dorchester, MA | Support toward school nurse | $7,500 |
Fontbonne Academy | Milton, MA | Improvements to health & wellness programming for students | $7,000 |
Immaculate Conception School | Lowell, MA | Toward purchase of school medical equipment | $3,000 |
Little Sisters of the Poor of Greater Boston, Inc. | Somerville, MA | Support for patient equipment for St. Joseph Unit, benefitting cancer patients | $40,000 |
Matignon High School | Cambridge, MA | Support toward a mental health professional to work with students | $9,500 |
Mount Alvernia High School | Newton, MA | Toward purchase of school medical equipment | $2,000 |
Nativity Prep School | Jamaica Plain, MA | Toward purchase of school medical equipment | $4,040 |
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission Grammar School | Roxbury, MA | Support toward full-time school nurse | $10,000 |
Our Lady’s Academy | Waltham, MA | Support toward increased hours for school nurse | $5,000 |
Presentation of Mary Academy | Methuen, MA | Toward purchase of school medical equipment | $2,000 |
Project Care and Concern* | Dorchester, MA | Toward health-related needs of the individuals and families served | $361 |
RCAB, Catholic Schools Office | Braintree, MA | Professional development for Catholic school nurses | $10,000 |
RCAB, Office of Chaplaincies | Braintree, MA | Bereavement-Grief-Loss Workshop for parishes | $4,000 |
RCAB Office of Chaplaincies | Braintree, MA | Train/certify three hospital chaplains in Catholic health care ethics | $16,050 |
RCAB, Office of Chaplaincies | Braintree, MA | Toward new Faith Community Nursing Program | $50,000 |
Saint Agatha Parish & Saint Agatha School | Milton, MA | Toward purchase of medical equipment | $3,000 |
Saint Bridget School | Abington, MA | Toward purchase of School Nurse Assistance Program (SNAP) software and medical equipment | $7,150 |
Saint Bridget School | Framingham, MA | Purchase of medical equipment | $3,319 |
Saint Catherine of Genoa School | Somerville, MA | Support toward part-time school nurse | $7,668 |
Saint Clement School | Medford, MA | Support toward full-time school nurse | $7,668 |
Saint Columbkille Partnership School | Brighton, MA | Support toward increased hours for school nurse | $7,000 |
Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy | Dorchester and Mattapan, MA | Support toward school nursing program & purchase of School Nurse Assistance Program (SNAP) software | $25,000 |
Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy | Dorchester and Mattapan, MA | Support toward school nursing in Summer Program | $10,000 |
Saint John Preparatory School | Danvers, MA | For student meditative prayer and exercise programs in school’s Mindfulness Initiative | $10,000 |
Saint Joseph Manor Health Care, Inc. | Brockton, MA | Continuing education in nursing for staff pursuing RN licensure | $23,962 |
Saint Joseph Preparatory High School | Brighton, MA | Toward relocation and outfitting of school’s student fitness center | $19,312 |
Saint Mary’s Center for Women and Children | Dorchester, MA | Support for Young Families Into Healthy Futures initiative | $25,000 |
Saint Michael School | Lowell, MA | Support for Student Health Office toward medical supplies, emergency equipment & health education programming | $8,000 |
Saint Patrick School | Stoneham, MA | Toward increased hours for school nurse | $5,000 |
Saint Raphael School | Medford, MA | Toward purchase of school medical equipment | $2,000 |
Ste. Jeanne d’Arc School | Lowell, MA | Support toward increased hours for school nurse & student health tracking software | $16,576 |
Signature Healthcare/Brockton Hospital | Brockton, MA | Toward funding a part-time hospital chaplain, one fluent in Haitian Creole or Cape Verdean Creole, supporting cancer and other patients | $20,000 |
South Boston Catholic Academy | South Boston, MA | Support toward increasing school nurse’s hours, health texts & teacher resources for enhanced nutrition curriculum | $15,000 |
Trinity Catholic Academy | Brockton, MA | Toward new initiatives for health & fitness programming | $15,000 |
Wounded Warrior Project* | Cambridge, MA | For health-related needs of wounded veterans in Greater Boston | $361 |
TOTAL GRANTS: | $684,521 | ||
*Denotes a grant award from a donor-designated fund
