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Nonprofits

  • Kathleen Jordan to take over leadership of Seven Hills

    January 6, 2023

    Worcester-based Seven Hills Foundation on Friday announced Kathleen Jordan, executive vice president and CEO of the organization, would take on leadership of the organization following President David Jordan’s retirement on July 1.

    January 6, 2023
  • LIFT, Open Sky, SMOC receive funding to build at-risk housing

    Timothy Doyle January 4, 2023

    Three Central Massachusetts organizations were among six statewide to be awarded $9 million total by the state Executive Office of Health and Human Services.

    Timothy Doyle January 4, 2023
  • Jane Fund, Planned Parenthood awarded state grants to improve abortion access

    Isabel Tehan December 28, 2022

    The Jane Fund of Central Massachusetts, a Holden-based abortion fund, is among 11 community-based organizations across the commonwealth selected to split $4.1 million in state funding to improve reproductive healthcare, including access to abortion. 

    Isabel Tehan December 28, 2022
  • New federal budget doles out millions for Central Mass. nonprofit projects

    Timothy Doyle December 27, 2022

    Central Massachusetts nonprofits will receive millions of dollars in federal funding in fiscal 2023 as part of the $1.7-trillion omnibus spending bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on Friday.

    Timothy Doyle December 27, 2022
  • David Jordan to retire as president of Seven Hills

    December 19, 2022

    David Jordan will step down as president of Seven Hills Foundation of Worcester on June 30 after 28 years leading the organization.

    December 19, 2022
  • MWCC granted $179K in ARPA funds to support food security

    Kevin Koczwara December 19, 2022

    Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner received $178,535 from the Massachusetts Campus Hunger-Free grant program to support the school’s effort to minimize food insecurity among its students.

    Kevin Koczwara December 19, 2022
  • Movers & Shakers for Dec. 12, 2022

    Updated: December 12, 2022

    People are on the move at MutualOne Bank, Friendly House, and more.

    Updated: December 12, 2022
  • Worcester has a rent problem

    Timothy Doyle Updated: December 12, 2022

    As the cost of leased housing has risen and wages have stayed relatively stagnant, the portion of Worcester renters who are overburdened by the cost of their homes has risen to 51%.

    Timothy Doyle Updated: December 12, 2022
  • The next president: Grace Wang has spent a career focused on innovation, academics, and impact

    Timothy Doyle Updated: November 28, 2022

    “Grace” Jinliu Wang, who on Nov. 7 was selected by WPI to be its 17th president, believes in and embodies this concept of combining theory and practice to fuel innovation and to apply that innovation to have maximum impact on the world.

    Timothy Doyle Updated: November 28, 2022
  • Movers & Shakers for Nov. 28, 2022

    Updated: November 28, 2022

    Herlihy Insurance Group, Workers Credit Union, Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts, and UMass Memorial Health are among the Central Mass. organizations with recent hires and promotions.

    Updated: November 28, 2022
  • Devens community center to be used as temporary shelter for unhoused people

    November 23, 2022

    The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency will use the Bob Eisengrein Community Center in Devens as a temporary intake center for up to 60 unhoused families beginning in early December.

    November 23, 2022
  • Seven Hills to acquire N.H. autism school

    Timothy Doyle November 22, 2022

    Worcester human services nonprofit Seven Hills Foundation has agreed to purchase Crotched Mountain School in Greenfield, New Hampshire from Legacy by Gersh, a program of Huntington, New York-based Gersh Autism.

    Timothy Doyle November 22, 2022
  • FEMA awards UMass Memorial Health $23M for COVID costs

    Timothy Doyle November 21, 2022

    FEMA has awarded UMass Memorial Health three grants totalling almost $23 million to reimburse the organization for costs incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Timothy Doyle November 21, 2022
  • CDC seeks to convert Worcester hotel into 90-unit supportive housing project

    Timothy Doyle November 17, 2022

    Worcester Community Housing Resources, a community development corporation, is proposing to convert a Quality Inn and Suites at 50 Oriol Drive into 90 units of permanent supportive housing for those in need.

    Timothy Doyle November 17, 2022
  • The Worcester Housing Authority’s next chapter: How a housing crisis awoke a sleeping giant

    Timothy Doyle Updated: November 14, 2022

    Worcester’s largest landlord is stepping up its fight to increase housing stock for not only the city residents most in need, but for all residents who find themselves stretched thin by the region's rising housing costs.

    Timothy Doyle Updated: November 14, 2022
  • North Central community foundation grants $154K to 25 nonprofits

    Timothy Doyle November 11, 2022

    The Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts distributed $154,000 among 25 area nonprofits for community enrichment projects and operational effectiveness.

    Timothy Doyle November 11, 2022

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