Nonprofits

Even though the LGBTQ+ community represents a significant portion of the Central Massachusetts population, the number of owners who identify their businesses as such remains low.

The Worcester nonprofit Resources for Communities And People, known as RCAP Solutions, announced on Monday the expansion of its well assessment and water testing program to Bolton and Berlin.

Worcester-based nonprofit Massachusetts Education and Career Opportunities, which operates across the state and is more commonly referred to as MassEdCO, has been awarded $11.3 million in funding.

The nonprofit Community Harvest Project, based in Grafton, has named Vittoria Buerschaper as the organization's new executive director, making permanent a role Buerschaper held on an interim basis, according to a Friday announcement.

The Community Economic Development Assistance Corp., a public-private finance institution in Boston providing resources for nonprofits, approved almost $11.6 million in early stage financing to 16 Massachusetts nonprofits, according to a press release Monday. 

Low wages are just one of several compounding factors leading the human services industry into a staffing shortage crisis.

Living in Freedom Together Inc., a Worcester nonprofit, opened on Wednesday a new HARBOR location which will function as a 24/7 drop-in center and shelter for prostituted women seeking to exit the sex trade.

Twenty-one years after voters approved a tax deduction for charitable donations, the House on Wednesday voted to override Gov. Charlie Baker's veto and postpone for another year the tax break that non-profits said would help encourage residents to support an industry hurting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Wednesday, The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce announced 12 startup companies who have been selected to participate in the 2021-2022 StartUp Worcester cohort.

Worcester social services nonprofit Ascentria Care Alliance announced Wednesday acquisition of the Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center at 26 Harvard St. in Worcester, which included a $16.2-million land purchase of the property.