Community Benefit

Healing Ministries in the Community

Trinity Health Of New England is committed to being a transforming, healing presence within the communities it serves. Guided by our charitable mission and core values—reverence, commitment to those experiencing poverty, safety, justice, stewardship, and integrity—our work extends far beyond hospital or clinic walls. We continually invest resources into our communities to meet the health needs of underserved and vulnerable community members, bringing them healing, comfort, and hope. Through our community benefit initiatives, we help to make our communities healthier places to live.

What is Community Benefit?

A community benefit is a program, activity, or service that promotes health and healing and responds to identified community needs. Community benefit activities focus on:

Improving access to healthcare services
Enhancing the health of the community
Advancing medical and healthcare knowledge
Helping to relieve the burden on government programs to improve health

How We Identify Need and Plan Community Health Programs

To determine areas of greatest need, Trinity Health Of New England hospitals perform a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) every three years. Based on health data, surveys, focus groups, and interviews with community members, the CHNA provides in-depth information about the health status and needs of our community. This information is used to create a Community Health Needs Assessment Implementation Strategy, which outlines programs and services to provide, and specific health improvement goals to meet.

See our reports:

Johnson Memorial Hospital

Mercy Medical Center

Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital

Saint Francis Hospital

Saint Mary's Hospital

Trinity Health Of New England

We're Not Just Talking the Talk

Trinity Health Of New England is part of Trinity Health, one of the largest Catholic health systems in the nation. Trinity Health is actively investing in ways to reduce unfair, avoidable differences arising from discriminatory policies, historic disinvestment in communities of color, and cultural exclusion.

In Fiscal Year 2022, Trinity Health invested $1.4 billion in Community Benefit initiatives, supporting those experiencing poverty and other vulnerabilities, helping to manage chronic conditions like diabetes, providing health education, and working to advance policy, system, and environmental change.

Community Benefit Reporting and Community Health Needs Assessment

Every three years, Trinity Health hospitals conduct a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) with community partners to evaluate community health and well-being. This assessment leads to the development of a strategy to address the identified needs in collaboration with community partners.

We hold ourselves accountable by reporting on our community benefit activities in detail on Schedule H of the IRS Form 990. Links to each Trinity Health member hospital can be found here.

Community Health Institute

In 2008, we established the Trinity Health Community Health Institute, which annually commits grant funding support to community-based organizations and accelerates community health improvements.

Transforming Communities Initiative (TCI)

The second round of TCI launched in January 2022, advancing health and racial equity in communities where 40% or more of the population is Black or Latinx and experiencing high poverty. Each community implements evidence-based strategies based on the hospital’s Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) Implementation Plan. For more information on TCI, click here.

Community Investing Program

Trinity Health’s Community Investing Program makes low-interest loans to community partners to positively impact social influencers that drive health outcomes. In Fiscal Year 2023, the loan portfolio included $2.9 million in loans.

In 2022, the Healthcare Anchor Network published a case study on Trinity Health Investing, detailing projects that reduce social and economic disparities.

Shareholder Advocacy

Through partnerships with groups like the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and Investors for Opioid and Pharmaceutical Accountability (IOPA), Trinity Health influences corporate policies to address environmental and social concerns that affect community health.

Form 990 Schedule H

Trinity Health Of New England is a not-for-profit entity that reinvests profits into community health initiatives. We provide comprehensive community benefits, including:

Charity care (financial assistance)
Community building activities
Medicare, bad debt, and collection practices
Management companies and joint ventures
Facility improvements

These reports ensure transparency and highlight our commitment to community health.