About Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts
To improve the health of those who live or work in Central Massachusetts, with particular emphasis on vulnerable populations and unmet needs.
Focus Areas
health equitysocial determinants of healthcommunity healthtransportationsafe drinking wateraccess to healthcarefood insecurityeconomic mobilitycriminal justicehomelessness
Who They Fund
foster families and children in foster careyoung children and early childhood educators/child care providersrural and small-town residents of Central/Northern Worcester County
About Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts
A one-year $1,011,264 grant to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for Encompass: Enhanced Foster Parent Supports in Central Massachusetts shows the foundation’s preference for large, targeted investments tied to specific community needs. The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts Inc. funds health-related work across Central Massachusetts, with a consistent emphasis on vulnerable populations and unmet needs. Its recent grants connect public health, behavioral health, housing stability, food access, transportation, child care, and environmental health to broader health outcomes. The foundation also backs capacity and infrastructure work rather than only direct service. Recent examples include support for private well protection, a food aggregation hub, shelter renovation, and transportation planning. Several grants are framed as projects, pilots, or improvements, which suggests a practical approach focused on strengthening organizations and systems. Recurring themes in the grant record include foster family supports, early childhood and child care access, food security, rural transportation, and services for people experiencing homelessness or substance use disorder. The grant list also includes work for refugees and immigrants, oral health resources, and clinician training related to buprenorphine prescribing. Taken together, the pattern points to a regional funder using health as an organizing lens for a wide set of social conditions.
What Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts Funds
In foster care, the foundation gave $1,011,264 to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for Encompass: Enhanced Foster Parent Supports in Central Massachusetts, and also $439,676 to the same grantee for Encompass: Community and Collaboration for Foster Families. That repeated investment points to sustained attention to foster parent and child supports. For environmental health, it awarded $850,000 to Rcap Solutions for the Private Well Program to Protect Public Health, followed by a $300,000 grant for the same program in 2025. The grant record also includes $124,254 to Quinsigamond Community College for Providing Oral Health Resources for Worcester County Residents. Child care and early childhood work appears in a $500,141 grant to Massachusetts Association for Community Action for Readying Educators and Developing Young Children for Great Outcomes (READYGO), plus $255,773 to Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts for the North Central MA Coalition for Employer-Supported Childcare. Food access shows up in grants to Community Servings, Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts, World Farmers, and Growing Places.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.8M
Total Assets
$90M
Total Revenue
$7M
Total Expenses
$4.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $57K and $120K, with a median of $100K.
25th Percentile
$57K
Median
$100K
75th Percentile
$120K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
AMIE SHEI PHD
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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