Healthcare Grant Application Process Announced

July 13, 2026, Worcester, Mass.— The St. Vincent Healthcare Online Grant applications process has opened for 2026. Visit https://worcesterdiocese.org/st-vincent-healthcare-grants-2026 Completed applications must be received by September 4, 2026 for consideration. Only online applications will be accepted.
            In November 2025, 29 programs received St. Vincent Healthcare Grants totaling $104,459. The Fund is under the oversight of the Diocese of Worcester. Since it began awarding grants in 1999, it has distributed over $1.52 million, averaging over $58,000 per year. According to Bishop Robert McManus, “The Diocese of Worcester is committed to continuing the mission of the St. Vincent Development Foundation which raised the initial funds to provide for medical and healthcare assistance in the community in keeping with the Catholic mission of the hospital’s founders, the Sisters of Providence.”
About the St. Vincent Healthcare Fund
            The St. Vincent Healthcare Fund was announced in June 1998 and was started with $1.6 million which had been raised by the St. Vincent Development Foundation prior to the sale of the St. Vincent Hospital to OrNda Healthcorp in 1996. At that time the Foundation ceased its operation. During the oversight process by the Attorney General’s Office, it was determined that the funds that had been raised by the Foundation would be given to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester to support health care programs and services in the community which were in keeping with the moral teachings of the Catholic Church. Some of these funds were restricted to certain areas of use and, as such, grants are awarded in accordance with the original wishes of the donors and in accordance with the original mission of the Foundation. Their mission was to provide financial and other assistance to nonprofit health care organizations to promote the scientific, literary, educational, public health, public safety or civic purposes of such entities for the direct benefit of the residents of Worcester County; to  work for the development of medical and health services by supporting and strengthening the services provided by nonprofit health care providers which provide services to Worcester County residents; to support nonprofit organizations which provide for the medical and other health care needs of residents of Worcester County; and to provide for the needs of Worcester County residents through the purchase of medical and other health care services or supplies.
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