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Nonprofits

  • Central Mass. charities benefit from controversial Bolton golf tournament

    Timothy Doyle September 6, 2022

    On Friday, LIV Golf, headquartered in Palm Beach, Florida, announced which nonprofits would receive funding from the company as part of its inaugural tournament in Massachusetts at the International Golf Club in Bolton.

    Timothy Doyle September 6, 2022
  • Following its largest-ever donation, African Community Education is growing into its new headquarters

    Laura Finaldi Updated: September 5, 2022

    ACE purchased the 51 Gage St. building – a former charter school – earlier this year for $1.8 million.

    Laura Finaldi Updated: September 5, 2022
  • Boylston nonprofit receives $70K for outreach and tree planting in Worcester

    Timothy Doyle September 1, 2022

    New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston received a $70,559 grant from Massachusetts’ Greening the Gateway Cities Program to plant 100 trees in Worcester and conduct outreach to residents, businesses, and non-profit organizations in the

    Timothy Doyle September 1, 2022
  • Sprinkler Factory owner seeks special district to allow for redevelopment of former arts gallery site

    Timothy Doyle August 22, 2022

    New Street Realty Corp. of Worcester is requesting the City of Worcester establish an adaptive reuse overlay district for two Sprinkler Factory properties, which served as the former home of a nonprofits arts gallery.

    Timothy Doyle August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Masielle “Massy” Paulino

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022

    Paulino provides community leadership, preservation of Latino culture, and mental health care, all through one medium: dance.

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Taylor Lacroix

    Timothy Doyle Updated: August 22, 2022

    While many people see the problem of homelessness abstractly as a quality of life issue in Worcester, Lacroix has devoted herself tirelessly to helping the people who are experiencing homelessness, substance use, and mental health.

    Timothy Doyle Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Hana Lasell

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022

    Lasell is one of the powerful figures in Central Mass. blazing a trail for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and she’s doing so with a uniquely artistic flair.

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022
  • WBJ announces the 40 Under Forty, Class of 2022

    Brad Kane Updated: August 22, 2022

    Central Massachusetts is brimming with young talent, as scores of people have achieved much in a relatively short period of time, while scores more have the potential to do great things.

    Brad Kane Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Dave Ortendahl

    Timothy Doyle Updated: August 22, 2022

    Each of the 40 Under Forty winners are rising stars, but the Network of Academic Corporate Relations Officers made it official for Ortendahl in 2019, giving him its Rising Star Award.

    Timothy Doyle Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Marissa Gallant

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022

    With a name change and a $15-million expansion completed in the last year, the team at Tower Hill is investing heavily in expanding its audience in both size and demographics. At the heart of that strategy is a focus on children, and at the heart of

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Boa Newgate

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022

    Throughout his 14 years at SEACMA, Newgate has been a beacon for Central Mass. youth.

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Leah Motsis

    Laura Finaldi Updated: August 22, 2022

    Motsis is dedicated to her hometown. She’s worked at the DCU Center, where she developed the first-ever group sales guide, secured a long-term contract with a major coffee and donut retail company, and raised $100,000 in annual sales.

    Laura Finaldi Updated: August 22, 2022
  • The formerly named POW! WOW! Worcester is skipping its 2022 street art festival, as its volunteers regroup and eye a smaller future

    Sadie Leite Updated: August 22, 2022

    Since 2016, POW! WOW! Worcester has put up murals around the city for the public to interact with. After five August festivals, including a 2021 return after a 2020 break with the coronavirus pandemic, the community organization is looking to its

    Sadie Leite Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Katia Norford

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022

    Besides being a successful business owner, Norford has become a key leader in the Main South business community, playing an important role in the Worcester neighborhood’s significant development over the past five years.

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Ashling Rowen

    Laura Finaldi Updated: August 22, 2022

    Four days after she opened Infinity Events, her full-service event planning company, Rowen was faced with the overwhelming challenge of COVID-19.

    Laura Finaldi Updated: August 22, 2022
  • 40 Under Forty 2022: Timothy Johnson

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022

    Like most of the country, Central Mass. has struggled with a worsening human service worker shortage over the past two years.

    Katherine Hamilton Updated: August 22, 2022

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While shifting cultural norms in the business community have found hiring managers outwardly working toward hiring a more diverse staff, studies in the last few years by organizations like McKinsey & Co. and Regent University found women and people of color are promoted less frequently than their white male counterparts. This produces a dynamic where company leadership at many organizations remains dominated by white males even as the company's employees become more diversified.