GWCF grants $64K for health, arts, justice
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Jim Ayres, former president and CEO of Greater Worcester Community Foundation, who left after five months
The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has distributed more than $64,000 in grants to various local organizations, the nonprofit announced Tuesday.
“One of the foundation’s priorities is, and will continue to be, creating long-term partnerships within Worcester County’s creative ecosystem,” said Jim Ayres, GWCF president and CEO, in a statement. “We know that both arts programming and community needs are so often overlooked and underfunded. By fostering innovative collaboration between artists, arts organizations, and the non-arts sector, we not only recognize the contributions of the arts societally, but also create new ways of exchanging ideas and solving community problems."
The grants are to support community needs such as health, culture, justice, and arts.
The $64,000 was provided through GWCF’s grant program Creative Intersections, and through a partnership with the Boston-based Barr Foundation as part of the Creative Worcester Initiative.
The following organizations were awarded a grant:
- Push Worcester
- WriteBoston
- Worcester Chamber Music Society
- Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester
- City of Worcester Dept. of Public Health and Human Services
- Boys & Girls Club of Worcester
- Living in Freedom Together, Inc.
- Worcester Hip Hop Congress
All of these organizations, with the exception of Roxbury’s WriteBoston, are based in Worcester.
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