Nonprofits

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation awarded 19 community development block grants totaling more than $1.6 million for food security funding as part of its first round of funding for a program from the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development. 

On Sunday, 3,000 people took part in the 24th annual UMass Cancer Walk and Run, raising $700,000 for cancer trials at UMass Chan Medical School, according to a Tuesday press release.

Jersey Mike’s Subs, an American submarine sandwich franchise headquartered in New Jersey, is opening a new location at 3-8 Digital Way in Maynard.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has received what it describes as an unexpected $4-million unrestricted gift from Vaughn Kaprelian of Westborough, who passed away in April 2021.

Lane Harrison, associate professor in the computer science department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has been awarded $747,283 by the National Science Foundation for his work evaluating the effectiveness of data visualizations.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation on Wednesday named Tim Johnstone as its interim president and CEO while the GWCF board of directors continues its search to find a full-time CEO following Jim Ayers resignation from the $200-million foundation after five months on the job.

Worcester-based nonprofit Easterseals Massachusetts has acquired The Bridge Center in Bridgewater.

Youth mental health was a burgeoning crisis even before COVID-19 closed schools and put a pause on social events. 

Reproductive rights advocates in Massachusetts were devastated, but not surprised, when the U.S. Supreme Court officially overturned Roe v. Wade in June. 

In both of his roles, Fred Taylor seeks to improve the lives of people in Worcester.