Nonprofits

Startup nonprofits are working to become thriving, sustainable contributors to the community.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts need proper institutional support before change agents can ultimately achieve success.

Clark University is the first institution of higher education to join PLACE, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit data trust improving mapping of urban areas around the world and makes the data open and accessible.

The City of Gardner received $1.65 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for projects and social service programs in the city.

The Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center at Worcester has officially reopened after closing in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The $21-million dollar center originally opened in 2018.

Vincent Strully Jr., founder of The New England Center for Children and CEO of the autism education organization for 48 years, has retired from the position and will step into an advisor role.

Greater Worcester Community Foundation has received a $4-million donation from the estate of the late matriarch of Worcester dessert manufacturer Table Talk Pies.

A number of local companies have announced new hires and promotions, including bankHometown in Oxford, SALMON Health and Retirement in Milford, NAI Glickman Kovago & Jacobs in Worcester, and Rollstone Bank & Trust in Fitchburg

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation will leave its office at 370 Main St. in Worcester for a new space at One Mercantile, Suite 010 – the formerly named Unum Building – according to a LinkedIn post by the nonprofit.

Yvonne Spicer, who was mayor of Framigham from 2018 to 2022, has been appointed as executive director of Life Science Cares Boston