St. Vincent Healthcare Grants Available

July 25, 2023

20 area programs received $57,750 in 2022
Grant applications are now available for the annual St. Vincent Community Healthcare Fund. Forms can be obtained by contacting Mary Whitney by email at [email protected] or by mailing to her attention at the Diocese of Worcester, 49 Elm Street, Worcester, MA 01609. Completed forms must be received by August 31 for consideration.
In October 2022, twenty programs received St. Vincent Healthcare Grants totaling $57,750. The Fund is under the oversight of the Diocese of Worcester. Since it began awarding grants in 1999, it has distributed nearly $1.4 million, averaging over $57,000 per year. According to Bishop Robert McManus, “The Diocese of Worcester is committed to continuing the mission of the St. Vincent Development Foundation which raised the initial funds to provide for medical and healthcare assistance in the community in keeping with the Catholic mission of the hospital’s founders, the Sisters of Providence.”
About the St. Vincent Healthcare Fund
The St. Vincent Healthcare Fund was announced in June 1998 and was started with $1.6 million which had been raised by the St. Vincent Development Foundation prior to the sale of the St. Vincent Hospital to OrNda Healthcorp in 1996. At that time the Foundation ceased its operation. During the oversight process by the Attorney General’s Office, it was determined that the funds that had been raised by the Foundation would be given to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester to support health care programs and services in the community which were in keeping with the moral teachings of the Catholic Church. Some of these funds were restricted to certain areas of use and, as such, grants are awarded in accordance with the original wishes of the donors and in accordance with the original mission of the Foundation. Their mission was to provide financial and other assistance to nonprofit health care organizations to promote the scientific, literary, educational, public health, public safety or civic purposes of such entities for the direct benefit of the residents of Worcester County; to work for the development of medical and health services by supporting and strengthening the services provided by nonprofit health care providers which provide services to Worcester County residents; to support nonprofit organizations which provide for the medical and other health care needs of residents of Worcester County; and to provide for the needs of Worcester County residents through the purchase of medical and other health care services or supplies.