The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation concentrates its giving on Greater Boston organizations that address poverty, homelessness, and youth opportunity, with a noticeable affinity for Catholic-affiliated and neighborhood-serving institutions. Grants are typically unrestricted/general operating support and flow to front-line service providers — shelters, homeless prevention programs, community pediatrics, youth development and family support groups. The foundation favors a local, pragmatic approach: large gifts to a handful of core nonprofits that serve children, families, and people experiencing housing instability in Boston.
A cluster of $200,000 general-use grants anchors The Eileen Patricia Sullivan Roche Foundation’s recent giving, with the largest awards going to Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston and the Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester. The pattern is clear: this is a Boston-area funder that backs organizations working on poverty, homelessness, youth opportunity, and family stability, usually through unrestricted support. Its grants regularly reach front-line service providers rather than intermediary organizations, and the recipients include shelters, youth development groups, community health providers, and faith-affiliated social service institutions. In 2025, the foundation also issued several $100,000 grants to groups such as Nativity Boston, Boston Community Pediatrics, Horizons for Homeless Children, Family Promise, Homestart, and My Brothers Keeper, showing consistent support across both housing-related and youth-serving work. The foundation’s recent activity suggests a preference for organizations embedded in neighborhoods and serving children, families, and people experiencing housing instability in Greater Boston.
In homelessness and housing stability, the foundation gave $100,000 to Horizons for Homeless Children for general use and $50,000 to Pine Street Inn for general use. Family stabilization also appears in a $100,000 grant to Family Promise for general use and a $100,000 grant to Homestart for general use. Youth development is another visible theme: Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester received $200,000 for general use, while My Brothers Keeper received $100,000 for general use. The foundation also supports community health through a $100,000 grant to Boston Community Pediatrics for general use. Faith-affiliated social service work is represented by Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston and Nativity Boston, both funded for general use.
Typical grants are tightly clustered at $20,000, with the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile all at $20,000. The recent record also shows a smaller set of larger awards at $50,000, $100,000, and $200,000, indicating a mix of standard grants and larger core-support gifts. The grants listed span 2023 through 2025, and Homestart appears more than once across that period, which suggests some repeat support rather than strictly one-time funding. The foundation is classified as a regular funder, makes no program-related investments, and does not fund individuals. The grants shown are all marked general use, pointing to flexible operating support rather than project-specific awards.
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Most grants fall between $20K and $20K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$20K
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Concentrated, Boston-focused giving with several large unrestricted grants ($50k–$200k) to core front-line nonprofits; the foundation prefers general operating support over project-specific funding and shows repeat/continued support to neighborhood and faith-based service providers rather than distributing many small exploratory grants.
Notable grantees: Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester, Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston, Pine Street Inn, Horizons for Homeless Children, Boston Community Pediatrics
Grantmaking is entirely local and stays within Massachusetts: 100% of the listed grants go to recipients in the foundation’s top giving state. The recent grantees are concentrated in Greater Boston and nearby communities, including Dorchester, Boston, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, Beverly, and Easton. Dorchester alone appears on multiple awards, including Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston and Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester. Boston recipients also recur, alongside organizations in Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. No non-U.S. recipient countries appear in the grant data.
The foundation supports nonprofit organizations working in homelessness and housing stability, youth development, family support, community health, and faith-affiliated social services. Recent grants include Boston Community Pediatrics for general use, Family Promise for general use, and Catholic Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston for general use.
The typical grant size is $20,000. The 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are all $20,000, which shows a very tight cluster around that amount, even though the foundation also makes larger awards of $50,000, $100,000, and $200,000.
The record shows repeat support. Homestart appears in both 2023 and 2025, with grants for general use in each year. That suggests at least some recipients receive support across multiple years rather than only once.
The grants are entirely local and all listed awards go to Massachusetts recipients. The main cities and towns in the recent data include Boston, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, Beverly, and Easton.
The listed awards are all marked general use, which indicates flexible support. The foundation is a regular funder, does not make program-related investments, and does not fund individuals.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIDELITY CHARITABLE | CINCINATTI, OH | $2,339,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| FIDELITY CHARITABLE | CINCINATTI, OH | $600,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS | BOSTON, MA | $200,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| SACRED HEART STEM SCHOOL | BOSTON, MA | $200,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| TRINITY CATHOLIC ACADEMY | SOUTHBRIDGE, MA | $160,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| MOTHER CAROLINE ACADEMY | DORCHESTER, MA | $150,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| STEPPING STONE | BOSTON, MA | $150,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| HIGHER GROUND | ROXBURY, MA | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN | ROXBURY, MA | $10,000 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| FIDELITY CHARITABLE | CINCINATTI, OH | $8,748 | 2026 | GENERAL USE |
| CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC | DORCHESTER, MA | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF DORCHESTER | DORCHESTER, MA | $200,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN | ROXBURY, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| FAMILY PROMISE | BEVERLY, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| BOSTON COMMUNITY PEDIATRICS | BOSTON, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| HOMESTART | BOSTON, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| MY BROTHERS KEEPER | EASTON, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| NATIVITY BOSTON INC | JAMAICA PLAIN, MA | $100,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| HALEY HOUSE | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| PINE STREET INN | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| WOMENS LUNCH PLACE | BOSTON, MA | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| MASSACHUSETTS WONDERFUND | BOSTON, MA | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL USE |
| BRIDGE OVER TURNED WATERS | BOSTON, MA | $20,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| WONDERFUND | BOSTON, MA | $20,000 | 2024 | GENERAL USE |
| HOMESTART INC | BOSTON, MA | $20,000 | 2023 | GENERAL USE |
FIDELITY CHARITABLE
$600,000GENERAL USE
SACRED HEART STEM SCHOOL
$200,000GENERAL USE
TRINITY CATHOLIC ACADEMY
$160,000GENERAL USE
GENERAL USE
STEPPING STONE
$150,000GENERAL USE
HIGHER GROUND
$100,000GENERAL USE
FIDELITY CHARITABLE
$8,748GENERAL USE
CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC
$200,000GENERAL USE
FAMILY PROMISE
$100,000GENERAL USE
NATIVITY BOSTON INC
$100,000GENERAL USE
HALEY HOUSE
$50,000GENERAL USE
BRIDGE OVER TURNED WATERS
$20,000GENERAL USE
WONDERFUND
$20,000GENERAL USE