Nonprofits

Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging in Worcester looks to celebrate its 50th anniversary serving older adults in the region. 

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has partnered with the ​​Framingham nonprofit South Middlesex Opportunity Council to open in February a seven-bed pilot respite program.

Family Health Center of Worcester is one of 12 Massachusetts organizations receiving $360,000 in grants from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation in support of efforts to improve perinatal care for pregnant people of color. 

For the first time since its founding in 2011, Worcester nonprofit Main IDEA Youth & Arts in Worcester has named a new executive director.

Two Central Massachusetts nonprofits were among seven Massachusetts organizations to split $6.7 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to support their outreach and case-management services targeted at ending veteran homelessness.

UMass Memorial Health executives constitute six of the 18 highest-paid nonprofit chief executives in Central Massachusetts when ranked by total compensation for the most recent fiscal year available.

The Blackstone Valley Education Foundation in Whitinsville hired Erin Conley as executive director, as the organization restructures its curriculum to better meet the needs of the business community.

Sturbridge-based human services nonprofit Venture Community Services on Monday merged with Life-Skills, a Webster-based services provider for those with intellectual, physical, and emotional disabilities.

Two prominent Worcester organizations have joined forces to launch a $1-million low-interest line-of-credit fund to support affordable housing initiatives in Worcester County.

Framingham-based community support nonprofit United Way of Tri-County is one of five Massachusetts organizations set to split $8.3 million in state and federal grant funding to continue their participation in the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline network.