RCAB Clergy Benefit Funding Trust
Healthier priests. Stronger communities.
Mission
Clergy Trust provides for the health, well-being and long term needs of all active and senior priests in good standing of the Archdiocese of Boston who have devoted their lives to the spiritual needs of others.
Founding Year
N/A
Executive Director
Mr. Michael Scannell
Main address
66 Brooks Dr
Braintree, MA 02184 USA
Formerly known as
RCAB Clergy Health & Retirement Trust
EIN
45-3995881
NTEE code
Roman Catholic (X22)
Unknown (Z99)
IRS filing requirement
This organization is not required to file an annual return with the IRS because it is a religious organization.
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Clergy Trust exists to have healthier priests. Healthier priests build stronger communities. Our priests spend every moment of every day thinking about and serving others. Because of this, they tend to neglect their own health and well-being. It is our goal to make them feel supported and give them easy access to resources that they need to stay on top of their physical and mental health. All priests, senior and active, are supported with various health and wellness benefits. Additionally, senior priests are also supported with a stipend and modest housing allowance. Our priests are being asked to do more now than ever before, and it is of paramount importance that they are cared for physically, mentally, and spiritually, so that they can continue serving others.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Caring for priests
Caring for our priests means more than covering their health and living expenses. It means:
•Making personal visits to all our senior priests and assessing their individual health profiles
•Helping active and senior priests navigate issues with their health, allaying medical concerns, and acting as an advocate for them
•Providing respite care for priests recovering from illness or surgery so that they can return to active ministry
•Paying stipends for priests on disability or health leave, and helping to secure safe and accessible housing when necessary
•Managing medical and dental programs, ensuring that all priests receive the benefits they are
entitled to
•Coordinating and administering a comprehensive Emotional Wellness Program tailored to the
specific needs of our priests
Most of all, caring for our priests means being available to them, just as they are available to others.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Men
Related Program
Caring for priests
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
2022 includes 314 Active Priests and 198 Senior priests.
Number of donations made by board members
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Catholics
Related Program
Caring for priests
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Clergy Trust has 100% donor participation from the Board of Trustees
Number of Priests enrolled in the Intentional Living Program
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Seniors, Men
Related Program
Caring for priests
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
As of December 2022 there are slightly over 200 Priests participating in the Intentional Living Program. The goal is to continually increase the number or priests in this program.
Number of older adults being supported to live at home through home care, assistive technology, and/or personal support plans
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Men
Related Program
Caring for priests
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
This represents the Senior Priests living on their own or at Parishes that are visited each year by a member of our Care Team, including a Social Worker/MA and a Wellness Coordinator/MA.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Clergy Trust is aiming to develop a population of active and senior priests who are living an intentional lifestyle. Studies show and data indicates that living an intentional lifestyle leads to a decrease in lifestyle related diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension.
Also as more active and senior priests engage in an intentional living lifestyle, and decrease lifestyle related illnesses, their related medical costs could ultimately decrease over their life. Clergy Trust is a self funded medical plan so any decrease in medical costs are savings for future medical costs.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Clergy Trust has introduced a specific program called Intentional Living which offers participating priests various tools from which to choose along with support and encouragement on a self guided journey of living with intention. The tools are intended to foster awareness of various aspects of lifestyle that impacts their health. The tools include a Fitbit, a Nokia electronic scale, a Joslin Diabetes program, Lifestyle Coaching, Wellness Coaching, and others in development.
Clergy Trust also has a Care Team to work with our priests. The Care Team includes a Registered Nurse and a Social Worker that are available to work with any of the priests that have presented medical issues. They also work with other priests as advocates where needed. The Care Team provides personal visits along with ongoing communication for both active and senior priests.
Regina Cleri residences, our senior priest facility in the West End of Boston is home to 54 senior priests.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The Clergy Trust organization provides dedicated personnel to support the active and senior priests with programs through newsletters with links to helpful information, seminars throughout the year, an annual retreat, and ongoing communication.
Much of the communication is targeted to specific lifestyle disease prevention.
The personal visits from the Care Team are intended to encourage and support the priests. The Executive Director visits each Vicariate annually getting to know most of the priests. He encourages them to help themselves and help their brother priests.
Clergy Trust also has a listing of mental health providers that are available to all priests on a confidential basis under the health care.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Each of the last three fiscal years has seen a decrease in the average risk index and the average care gap index.
The general population medical care rate increase is 7% whereas the the Clergy Trust current year medical claims are fairly constant to the prior year indicating Clergy Trust has a lower than area adjusted medical inflation rate.
Also there are currently over 10 senior priests over age 90 living at the Regina Cleri residences. This number has increased significantly as a majority of those priests remain active in their parish communities.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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RCAB Clergy Benefit Funding Trust
Board of directorsas of 04/18/2023
Mr. Mark Vachon
Very Reverend Richard Fitzgerald
Ann Carter
Charles Clough
C Michael Daley
Daniel Flatley
Very Rev. Brian Kiely
Kevin Phelan
Michael Shaughnessy
Very Rev. William Joy
Jean Tempel
Very Rev. Richard Fitzgerald
Rev. Gerard Petringa
Sharon McNally
David Hegarty
Very Rev. Linh Nguyen
Paul Currie
Maureen Joyce
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
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