Ways to Give
Ease the burden for patients and their caregivers when it really counts
We provide medical housing in the Boston area by matching out-of-town patients with host homes and donated apartments.
There are so many behind-the-scenes costs that make this work possible.
Your donations are necessary to help us:
- Do the work it takes to match guests with host homes and apartments.
- Vet all hosts and guests to ensure everyone’s safety and comfort.
- Manage all of the logistics to provide patients and their caregivers with a place to call home during treatment.
In normal times, we match the vast majority of our guests with volunteer host homes, at no cost to our guests, and with no direct costs for the housing, thanks to our hosts’ generosity. However, since the pandemic began, only 5% of our host homes meet our strict protocols for COVID-19 safety. That means we have no choice but to pay for most of our guests’ stays in apartments and hotels – otherwise we would be forced to turn away nearly every patient in need.
Ways to Give
Make a one-time donation
or set up a recurring gift.
Remember us in bequests and planned giving, or donate through a stock transfer, securities or charitable gift fund.
Give through the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, the United Way (charity code 103393), and other charitable gift programs.
Give through work.
Join your employer’s matching gift program to amplify your impact. Nominate our non-profit to receive a direct gift from your company or ask your company to sponsor one of our events.
Call us at (888) 595-4678 to donate by phone or send your gift by mail to:
P.O. Box 15265
Boston, MA 02215
Our Impact
In 2022, Hospitality Homes provided
Percentage of total applications received by hospital 2022
- BCH
- MGB/ DFCI
- BILH
- DFCI
- MGB
- BCH/DFCI
- BCH/MGB
- Others
- BCH
- MGB/ DFCI
- BILH
- DFCI
- MGB
- BCH/DFCI
- BCH/MGB
- Others
Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH)
Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)
Massachusetts General Brigham (MGB)
Origin of Hospitality Homes applicants 2022
- NY
- ME
- MA
- VT
- FL
- Other States
- NY
- ME
- MA
- VT
- FL
- Other States
Nights of housing provided
- Each month, Hospitality Homes is able to replace an average retail value of $175K /month worth of housing and support that families could not otherwise afford.
- Traditional housing costs $250 or more/night — that’s an average of $3,500 per visit.
- $2,000 enables us to recruit and evaluate the homes of 10 potential hosts
- $1,500 provides application review, detailed evaluation, and the full process of making the right match for 8 patients and their caregivers
Our Stories
Hosting families
Camacho Family, Florida
Martin has congenital heart disease and has had three open heart surgeries at Boston Children’s Hospital. They’ve stayed with Hospitality Homes six times with three different hosts.
“Thank you for helping us to stay in a warm bed with our family to endure hard times like this. We will forever remember this time and our friends in Boston,” Martin’s mother Gaby says.
People travel from all over the world to receive cutting-edge treatment at Boston’s medical centers. Many of these families have already organized fundraisers to pay for travel, lost wages, and all the expenses that come with a medical emergency.
Finding a place to stay in Boston can be a challenge – one that often comes with real sticker shock.
Your gift can help eliminate that final obstacle to care, giving hope to patients who might not otherwise be able to make that life-saving trip.
Thank you.
P.O. Box 15265
Boston, MA 02215
Call: (888) 595-4678
Tax Id Number – 04-3204112
United Way Number – 103393