Community Healthcare

Grants Awarded to Massachusetts Community Health Centers

Caring Health Center located at 473 Sumner Ave. in Springfield / Photo courtesy of Caring Health Center

Boston – MassDevelopment has awarded grants totaling $1,056,010 to 22 community health centers across Massachusetts through its Community Health Center Grant Program. The program offers grants of up to $50,000 each to fund capital improvement projects including construction, renovation, equipment, furniture, technology-related projects, as well as facility needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Community Health Center Grant Program is funded by the MassDevelopment/Massachusetts Health Educational Facilities Authority (HEFA) charitable trust. MassDevelopment offers other financing options to community health centers, including tax-exempt bond financing and TechDollars, a loan program to help nonprofits buy and install technology equipment.

The following organizations received Community Health Center Grant Program awards:

  • Manet Community Health Center, Attleboro – $31,191
  • Charles River Community Health, Inc., Boston & Waltham – $50,000
  • Codman Square Health Center, Boston – $50,000
  • Dimock Community Health Center, Inc., Boston – $50,000
  • Fenway Health, Boston – $50,000
  • Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, Boston – $50,000
  • North End Community Health Committee, Inc., Boston – $50,000
  • South Cove Community Health Center, Boston – $32,094
  • Upham’s Corner Health Center, Boston – $50,000
  • Community Health Center of Cape Cod, Inc., Cape Cod – $50,000
  • Island Health Care, Inc., Edgartown – $50,000
  • Community Health Connections, Inc., Gardner – $50,000
  • North Shore Community Health, Gloucester, Peabody & Salem – $50,000
  • Holyoke Health Center, Inc., Holyoke – $50,000
  • Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Lawrence – $50,000
  • Community Health Programs, North Adams – $50,000
  • Community Health Centers of Franklin County, Inc., Orange – $50,000
  • Outer Cape Health Services, Inc., Provincetown – $50,000
  • Manet Community Health Center, Quincy- $50,000
  • Caring Health Center, Springfield – $47,725
  • Community Healthlink, Inc., Worcester – $50,000
  • Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, Inc., Worcester – $45,000