About Church Home Society
The Church Home Society Inc. concentrates on underserved youth ages 9–25, with grants that support leadership training, educational and vocational training, service-oriented community-building projects, and programs promoting healthy living in body, mind, and spirit. Its recent awards show a pattern of direct program support to nonprofits and churches, with repeated funding to the Barbara C Harris Camp & Conference Center in Greenfield, NH across 2023, 2024, and 2025. Elevate New England in Lowell, MA also appears in consecutive years, pointing to sustained support for youth programming rather than isolated one-time awards.
The foundation’s grantmaking is tied to youth empowerment and skills development, and its portfolio includes churches, camp programs, education-oriented nonprofits, and community-based youth organizations. Among the larger recent grants, St Peter's Episcopal Church in South Dartmouth, MA received support for a youth program, and St Stephen's Youth Program in Boston, MA also appears in the recent grants list. These awards fit the Society’s stated emphasis on programs that build leadership, provide training, and support healthy development for young people. The result is a grantmaker focused on relatively modest program grants with a clear youth-serving mission and a consistent link to faith-based and community-based delivery partners.
What Church Home Society Funds
In youth leadership and skills-building, the Society funded 826 Boston in Roxbury, MA with $20,000 for a youth program, and Straight Ahead Ministries in Worcester, MA with $15,000 for a youth program. Both fit the funder’s emphasis on underserved young people and direct program support.
Educational and vocational training is another clear priority. The Boston Higher Education Resources Center in Boston, MA received $15,000, while Public Higher Education Network of Mass Inc in Worcester, MA also received $15,000. These grants align with the Society’s stated support for educational and vocational pathways for ages 9–25.
The foundation also supports service-oriented and community-building work. Cape Ann Art Haven in Gloucester, MA received $15,000, and Three Sisters Garden Project Inc in Ipswich, MA received $15,000, both under youth-program purposes that connect young people with structured, community-based activity.
How Church Home Society Gives
Typical awards cluster tightly around a small program-grant range: the p25 is $10,000, the median is $15,000, and the p75 is $15,000. That pattern suggests many grants are set at a standard level, with fewer larger awards at the top end. The recent grants also show repeat support across multiple years for some recipients, including Barbara C Harris Camp & Conference Center and Elevate New England, which indicates ongoing relationships rather than one-time awards. The Society operates as a grant-making foundation and makes competitive grants; it also accepts unsolicited proposals through its general grant program. Program funding is directed to nonprofits and churches.
