The MASSDEVELOPMENTHEFA Trust focuses almost exclusively on strengthening Massachusetts community health centers and frontline primary care providers, funding facility upgrades, capital equipment, and construction projects that expand clinical, dental, and COVID-response capacity. Grants are targeted to safety-net clinics in urban, suburban, and rural communities across the state, emphasizing tangible infrastructure improvements rather than general operating support.
Massdevelopmenthefa Trust’s recent grants are shaped by a clear pattern: $50,000 capital awards used to improve the physical plant and clinical capacity of Massachusetts community health centers. The trust backs projects that change how clinics function day to day — new exam rooms, dental suites, radiology space, sterile processing areas, and building repairs that protect patient services. In 2023 and 2024, its awards supported both major construction and targeted equipment purchases, showing a preference for tangible infrastructure over general operating support. The trust’s largest recent grant went to Manet Community Health Center in North Quincy for construction, equipment, and furnishings for a radiology suite, along with a public bathroom for the clinic. Other grants show the same infrastructure-first approach: Fenway Health received support for a centralized sterile processing center, and Codman Square Health Center received funding to replace leaking roofs at a historic building used for public services in Dorchester. Across the portfolio, the trust funds safety-net providers serving urban neighborhoods, suburban sites, and rural or island communities within Massachusetts.
Massdevelopmenthefa Trust consistently funds capital and equipment needs tied to patient access and clinical readiness. In dental care, it gave $50,000 to Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center for dental equipment, and another $50,000 to North Shore Community Health for essential dental equipment. It also supported dental infrastructure at Island Health with a $50,000 grant for dental center construction. The trust also backs imaging and diagnostic capacity. Greater Lawrence Family Health Center received $50,000 for a Sonosite PX ultrasound system, Med Ed - Core II, and transducers for cardiac, obstetrics/gynecology, and general imaging. At Manet Community Health Center, funding supported a radiology suite in North Quincy. In addition, the trust has funded infection-control and patient-flow improvements. Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center received $45,000 for tempered glass screens at reception areas, and Holyoke Health Center received $27,966 for a new parking lot serving a downtown site with vision services and a COVID-19 walk-in center.
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$10.9M
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$250K
Most grants fall between $50K and $50K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$50K
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Distributed, mid-sized capital grants (predominantly ~$50,000) awarded to many distinct Massachusetts health centers in a single funding year; mostly one-off project-specific awards rather than large multi-year operating commitments or a small set of repeat core grantees.
Notable grantees: MANET Community Health Center, Fenway Health / Fenway Community Health Center, Dimock Community Health Center, Codman Square Health Center, Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center
Typical grants are tightly clustered at $50,000, with p25, median, and p75 all at $50,000. That suggests a highly standardized award pattern, with a small number of grants above or below the midpoint. The trust gave grants in both 2023 and 2024, but the recent list shows repeated one-time awards to a range of clinics rather than a single recipient appearing across multiple years. The organization is a trust, not a public grantmaker with an application portal described in the data, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
Grantmaking is entirely in Massachusetts, with 100% of recent grants going to recipients in the state. The strongest concentration is in Greater Boston and nearby communities, including Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury, Quincy, Brighton, and North Quincy. Other awards reached Worcester, Salem, Springfield, Holyoke, Methuen, Gardner, Greenfield, Great Barrington, Harwich Port, and Edgartown. The geographic pattern matches a local funder supporting community health centers across urban, suburban, and island settings.
The trust most often funds capital improvements and equipment for Massachusetts community health centers. Recent grants covered radiology-suite construction, dental equipment, roof repairs, sterile processing space, urgent care rooms, and infection-control upgrades such as reception screens and surveillance systems.
The distribution is very consistent: p25 is $50,000, median is $50,000, and p75 is $50,000. Most recent grants sit at that level, with a few exceptions above or below it.
Its recent grants are entirely local to Massachusetts. The recipient list includes Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury, Quincy, Brighton, North Quincy, Worcester, Holyoke, Salem, Springfield, Methuen, Gardner, Greenfield, Great Barrington, Harwich Port, and Edgartown.
The recent list shows repeated support for the same general type of recipient — community health centers — but the named organizations appear as single recent awards rather than multi-year repeat grants in the provided data. The pattern is more about consistent project type than repeated grants to the same recipient.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREATER ROSLINDALE MEDICAL & DENTAL | ROSLINDALE, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | TO SUPPORT FACILITY UPGRADES, INCLUDING RENOVATIONS THAT WOULD YIELD FIVE NEW PATIENT CARE ROOMS AND A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM WORK ROOM. |
| NORTH END COMMUNITY HEALTH COMM | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2026 | FOR EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY THAT SUPPORTS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN IN-HOUSE 340B PHARMACY. |
| LOWELL COMMUNITY HEALTH CTR | LOWELL, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | PURCHASE OF FURNITURE FOR NEW SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER FACILITIES AT LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL AS PART OF THE COMPLETE RENOVATION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS SITE. |
| GREATER LAWRENCE FAMILY HEALTH CTR | METHUEN, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | PURCHASE OF A NEW, 2-EXAM ROOM, MOBILE HEALTH UNIT (MHU). |
| COMMUNITY HEALTHLINK INC | WORCESTER, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | RENOVATION INCLUDES NEW FLOORS, FRYER, ELECTRICAL UPGRADE, DELIVERY DOOR, FOOD STORAGE RACKS, AND OTHER FOOD PREP ITEMS. |
| HOLYOKE HEALTH CENTER INC | HOLYOKE, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | FUNDS ARE REQUESTED FOR A FACILITY UPGRADE TO THE MAIN BUILDING OF THE HOLYOKE HEALTH CENTER (HHC) CAMPUS. |
| DUFFY HEALTH CENTER INC | HYANNIS, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | INSTALLATION OF A PATIENT BATHROOM MONITORING SYSTEM (LINKED TO AN ALARM SYSTEM) THAT ALERTS STAFF IF BATHROOM OCCUPANTS ARE MOTIONLESS. |
| BROCKTON NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CTR | BROCKTON, MA | $49,878 | 2025 | EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE FOR 17 NEW EXAM ROOMS, INCLUDING 16 EXAMINATION TABLES, 1 EXAM TABLE WITH A POWER BASE, DOCTOR STOOLS, 12 INTEGRATED WALL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS, AND EXAM TABLE COVERINGS. |
| LYNN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | LYNN, MA | $49,336 | 2025 | AV TECHNOLOGY PROJECT. |
| DIMOCK COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC | ROXBURY, MA | $50,000 | 2024 | PROJECT RECOVER - MODIFYING AND EXPANDING DIMOCK'S HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE (PROJECT RECOVER), THE HEALTH CENTER IS SEEKING TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIC "MOVES" WITHIN THE RICHARDS BUILDING AND EYE SERVICES AT DIMOCK. |
| FENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2024 | FUNDS ARE REQUESTED TO PURCHASE A 3D PRINTER FOR ITS DENTAL DEPARTMENT. |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD INC | MASHPEE, MA | $50,000 | 2024 | PURCHASE, UPGRADE AND INSTALL OUR IDENTIFICATION BADGE AND CAMERA SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AT OUR SATELLITE LOCATIONS IN CENTERVILLE, SANDWICH, FALMOUTH, AND BOURNE. |
| MANET COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | NORTH QUINCY, MA | $81,191 | 2023 | $50,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION, EQUIP AND FURNISH A RADIOLOGY SUITE AT MANET'S NORTH QUINCY LOCATION. $31,191 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC BATHROOM FOR THE CLINIC. |
| HARVARD STREET NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER | DORCHESTER, MA | $50,000 | 2023 | DENTAL EQUIPMENT PURCHASE. |
| GREATER LAWRENCE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER | METHUEN, MA | $50,000 | 2023 | PURCHASE OF A SONOSITE PX ULTRASOUND SYSTEM, MED ED - CORE II AND TRANSDUCERS FOR CARDIAC, OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY, AND GENERAL IMAGING FOR POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUNDS. |
| OUTER CAPE HEALTH SERVICES INC | HARWICH PORT, MA | $50,000 | 2023 | FUNDS ARE REQUESTED FOR A FACILITY UPGRADE (RENOVATION) OF THE PROVINCETOWN HEALTH CENTER TO MOVE AND EXPAND THE 340B PHARMACY. |
| NORTH END COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMITTEE INC | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2023 | REPAIRING OUR ROOF IN OUR NORTH END LOCATION. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OVER OUR DENTAL CHAIRS. |
| UPHAM'S CORNER HEALTH COMMITTEE INC | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2023 | UPDATE OUR PRIMARY CARE EXAM ROOMS WITH NEW EXAM TABLES AND OTHER VITAL EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS AT OUR 415 COLUMBIA ROAD PRIMARY CARE SITE. WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING PATIENT SERVICES ALONG WITH SUPPORTING THE OVERALL NEED TO CONTINUE ADHERING TO COVID PROTOCOLS, WE ARE REQUESTING FUNDING TO UPGRADE AND REPLACE (1) ALL WALL-MOUNTED OTOSCOPE/OPHTHALMOSCOPE/BLOOD PRESSURE DIAGNOSTIC UNITS; (2) EXAM ROOM DESKS AND STOOLS; (3) AN ACCESSIBILITY EXAM TABLE; AND (4) A PEDIATRIC EXAM TABLE. AS WE CONTINUE TO SAFELY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF IN-PERSON MEDICAL VISITS, REPLACING SUCH EQUIPMENT IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE ASSOCIATED INCREASED VOLUME. |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTIONS INC | FITCHBURG, MA | $50,000 | 2023 | COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDOUT OF TWO (2) URGENT CARE ROOMS WITHIN OUR NEW 20,000 SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER BEING BUILT AT 529 TIMPANY BOULEVARD IN GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS. |
| NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY HEALTH | SALEM, MA | $50,000 | 2023 | PURCHASE OF ESSENTIAL DENTAL EQUIPMENT. |
| CODMAN SQUARE HEALTH CENTER | DORCHESTER, MA | $50,000 | 2023 | REPLACE THE LEAKING RUBBER MEMBRANE ROOFS OF THE GREAT HALL, A HISTORIC BUILDING THAT SERVES AS A MAJOR SITE OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND PROGRAMS BENEFITTING DORCHESTER'S CODMAN SQUARE AND BEYOND. |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS | GREAT BARRINGTON, MA | $50,000 | 2023 | FACILITY UPGRADES: DENTAL EQUIPMENT FOR NORTH ADAMS PRACTICE. |
| COMMUNITY HEALTHLINK INC | WORCESTER, MA | $50,000 | 2023 | DEMOLISH AND REBUILD THE BATHROOM, INCLUDING SHOWER, TOILET, AND SINK AT 162 CHANDLER STREET. |
| FENWAY HEALTH | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2023 | FENWAY HEALTH REQUESTS $50,000 TO SUPPORT THE RENOVATION OF SPACE IN ITS PRIMARY BUILDING TO CREATE A CENTRALIZED STERILE PROCESSING CENTER. |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY INC | GREENFIELD, MA | $50,000 | 2023 | FUNDS WILL BE USED TO RENOVATE OUR PROPERTY IN ORANGE, MA TO EXPAND THE HEALTH CENTER INTO CURRENTLY VACANT AREAS OF THE BUILDING. |
| CHARLES RIVER COMMUNITY HEALTH INC | BRIGHTON, MA | $50,000 | 2023 | REPLACE DENTAL EQUIPMENT IN 11 EXAM BAYS IN OUR BRIGHTON AND WALTHAM CLINICS. |
| ISLAND HEALTH INC | EDGARTOWN, MA | $50,000 | 2023 | DENTAL CENTER CONSTRUCTION. |
| CARING HEALTH CENTER | SPRINGFIELD, MA | $47,725 | 2023 | PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR ITS PROPOSED CHIROPRACTIC AND PHYSICAL THERAPY PROGRAM. |
| EDWARD M KENNEDY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC | WORCESTER, MA | $45,000 | 2023 | INSTALLATION OF TEMPERED GLASS SCREENS AT THREE RECEPTION AREAS TO PROTECT STAFF AND PATIENTS FROM THE SPREAD OF COVID-19. |
| SOUTH COVE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | BOSTON, MA | $32,094 | 2023 | THIS GRANT WILL GO TOWARDS UPGRADING EQUIPMENT DIRECTLY RELATED TO VACCINE CAPACITY AND BLOOD BORNE INFECTION CONTROL. |
| HOLYOKE HEALTH CENTER INC | HOLYOKE, MA | $27,966 | 2023 | NEW PARKING LOT PROVIDING FREE PATIENT PARKING, ACCESSIBLE TO HOLYOKE HEALTH CENTER AND ITS NEW BUILDING HOUSING VISION SERVICES AND A COVID-19 WALK-IN CENTER IN DOWNTOWN HOLYOKE. |
TO SUPPORT FACILITY UPGRADES, INCLUDING RENOVATIONS THAT WOULD YIELD FIVE NEW PATIENT CARE ROOMS AND A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM WORK ROOM.
FOR EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY THAT SUPPORTS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN IN-HOUSE 340B PHARMACY.
PURCHASE OF FURNITURE FOR NEW SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER FACILITIES AT LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL AS PART OF THE COMPLETE RENOVATION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS SITE.
GREATER LAWRENCE FAMILY HEALTH CTR
$50,000PURCHASE OF A NEW, 2-EXAM ROOM, MOBILE HEALTH UNIT (MHU).
RENOVATION INCLUDES NEW FLOORS, FRYER, ELECTRICAL UPGRADE, DELIVERY DOOR, FOOD STORAGE RACKS, AND OTHER FOOD PREP ITEMS.
HOLYOKE HEALTH CENTER INC
$50,000FUNDS ARE REQUESTED FOR A FACILITY UPGRADE TO THE MAIN BUILDING OF THE HOLYOKE HEALTH CENTER (HHC) CAMPUS.
DUFFY HEALTH CENTER INC
$50,000INSTALLATION OF A PATIENT BATHROOM MONITORING SYSTEM (LINKED TO AN ALARM SYSTEM) THAT ALERTS STAFF IF BATHROOM OCCUPANTS ARE MOTIONLESS.
EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE FOR 17 NEW EXAM ROOMS, INCLUDING 16 EXAMINATION TABLES, 1 EXAM TABLE WITH A POWER BASE, DOCTOR STOOLS, 12 INTEGRATED WALL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS, AND EXAM TABLE COVERINGS.
PROJECT RECOVER - MODIFYING AND EXPANDING DIMOCK'S HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE (PROJECT RECOVER), THE HEALTH CENTER IS SEEKING TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIC "MOVES" WITHIN THE RICHARDS BUILDING AND EYE SERVICES AT DIMOCK.
FUNDS ARE REQUESTED TO PURCHASE A 3D PRINTER FOR ITS DENTAL DEPARTMENT.
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD INC
$50,000PURCHASE, UPGRADE AND INSTALL OUR IDENTIFICATION BADGE AND CAMERA SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS AT OUR SATELLITE LOCATIONS IN CENTERVILLE, SANDWICH, FALMOUTH, AND BOURNE.
$50,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION, EQUIP AND FURNISH A RADIOLOGY SUITE AT MANET'S NORTH QUINCY LOCATION. $31,191 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC BATHROOM FOR THE CLINIC.
HARVARD STREET NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER
$50,000DENTAL EQUIPMENT PURCHASE.
PURCHASE OF A SONOSITE PX ULTRASOUND SYSTEM, MED ED - CORE II AND TRANSDUCERS FOR CARDIAC, OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY, AND GENERAL IMAGING FOR POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUNDS.
OUTER CAPE HEALTH SERVICES INC
$50,000FUNDS ARE REQUESTED FOR A FACILITY UPGRADE (RENOVATION) OF THE PROVINCETOWN HEALTH CENTER TO MOVE AND EXPAND THE 340B PHARMACY.
REPAIRING OUR ROOF IN OUR NORTH END LOCATION. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OVER OUR DENTAL CHAIRS.
UPDATE OUR PRIMARY CARE EXAM ROOMS WITH NEW EXAM TABLES AND OTHER VITAL EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS AT OUR 415 COLUMBIA ROAD PRIMARY CARE SITE. WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING PATIENT SERVICES ALONG WITH SUPPORTING THE OVERALL NEED TO CONTINUE ADHERING TO COVID PROTOCOLS, WE ARE REQUESTING FUNDING TO UPGRADE AND REPLACE (1) ALL WALL-MOUNTED OTOSCOPE/OPHTHALMOSCOPE/BLOOD PRESSURE DIAGNOSTIC UNITS; (2) EXAM ROOM DESKS AND STOOLS; (3) AN ACCESSIBILITY EXAM TABLE; AND (4) A PEDIATRIC EXAM TABLE. AS WE CONTINUE TO SAFELY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF IN-PERSON MEDICAL VISITS, REPLACING SUCH EQUIPMENT IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE ASSOCIATED INCREASED VOLUME.
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDOUT OF TWO (2) URGENT CARE ROOMS WITHIN OUR NEW 20,000 SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER BEING BUILT AT 529 TIMPANY BOULEVARD IN GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS.
NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY HEALTH
$50,000PURCHASE OF ESSENTIAL DENTAL EQUIPMENT.
REPLACE THE LEAKING RUBBER MEMBRANE ROOFS OF THE GREAT HALL, A HISTORIC BUILDING THAT SERVES AS A MAJOR SITE OF PUBLIC SERVICES AND PROGRAMS BENEFITTING DORCHESTER'S CODMAN SQUARE AND BEYOND.
COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS
$50,000FACILITY UPGRADES: DENTAL EQUIPMENT FOR NORTH ADAMS PRACTICE.
COMMUNITY HEALTHLINK INC
$50,000DEMOLISH AND REBUILD THE BATHROOM, INCLUDING SHOWER, TOILET, AND SINK AT 162 CHANDLER STREET.
FENWAY HEALTH REQUESTS $50,000 TO SUPPORT THE RENOVATION OF SPACE IN ITS PRIMARY BUILDING TO CREATE A CENTRALIZED STERILE PROCESSING CENTER.
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY INC
$50,000FUNDS WILL BE USED TO RENOVATE OUR PROPERTY IN ORANGE, MA TO EXPAND THE HEALTH CENTER INTO CURRENTLY VACANT AREAS OF THE BUILDING.
REPLACE DENTAL EQUIPMENT IN 11 EXAM BAYS IN OUR BRIGHTON AND WALTHAM CLINICS.
ISLAND HEALTH INC
$50,000DENTAL CENTER CONSTRUCTION.
CARING HEALTH CENTER
$47,725PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR ITS PROPOSED CHIROPRACTIC AND PHYSICAL THERAPY PROGRAM.
EDWARD M KENNEDY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
$45,000INSTALLATION OF TEMPERED GLASS SCREENS AT THREE RECEPTION AREAS TO PROTECT STAFF AND PATIENTS FROM THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.
SOUTH COVE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
$32,094THIS GRANT WILL GO TOWARDS UPGRADING EQUIPMENT DIRECTLY RELATED TO VACCINE CAPACITY AND BLOOD BORNE INFECTION CONTROL.
HOLYOKE HEALTH CENTER INC
$27,966NEW PARKING LOT PROVIDING FREE PATIENT PARKING, ACCESSIBLE TO HOLYOKE HEALTH CENTER AND ITS NEW BUILDING HOUSING VISION SERVICES AND A COVID-19 WALK-IN CENTER IN DOWNTOWN HOLYOKE.