Nonprofits

Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health has awarded $1.2 million in grants to Central Massachusetts nonprofits focused on health outcomes. 

Gov. Maura Healey has declared a state of emergency around the situation in Massachusetts' shelter system, as a rapidly rising uptick of immigrants has strained state resources.

ONE Worcester, Organization for Nonprofit Excellence, has named Helen Segil its first full-time executive director. Segil was previously program director for the organization.

Girls Inc. of Worcester has reached a resolution in a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee in January 2022. 

A hotel property at 50 Oriol Drive in Worcester, which will be turned into a 90-unit permanent supportive housing development, was sold for $10.8 million.

Employees of Seven Hills Foundation, Central Massachusetts’ largest human services nonprofit organization, will be able to pursue a variety of degrees online through Nichols College in Dudley at a discounted rate.

Worcester Community Action Council is using $250,000 in funding to launch a pilot program providing basic income to 52 participating households.

A UMass Chan Medical School student group helping asylum seekers in Greater Worcester has become formally affiliated with the Worcester school and has now received nonprofit status, opening it up to more grant funding and participation in research.

People are on the move at Saint Vincent Hospital, Rockland Trust, and ERA Key Realty Services.

Despite progress in the lower rungs of higher education’s leadership ladder, women are not equally represented in the industry’s top executive spot.