Nonprofits

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has opened applications into the two grant programs designed last year to be responsive to the needs exposed by the coronavirus pandemic and the reckoning in racial justice, but this year with a focus on nonprofit support and effectiveness, the organization announced on Thursday.

The relatively new Worcester nonprofit Legendary Legacies announced Friday it received a $1.3-million grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Bureau of Substance Abuse, in a major expansion of its programing.

Rick Porter, president of Worcester tech support service Cinch I.T., is organizing a 100-mile challenge to support...

Mental health nonprofit Genesis Club, founded in Worcester, on Tuesday announced the launch of an online community hub to support mental health.

Online retail giant Amazon donated $100,000 to community nonprofit United Way of Central Massachusetts, which was announced at an event at YWCA Central Massachusetts in Worcester on Tuesday morning.

Worcester science museum The EcoTarium announced on Thursday its workers have voted to join the union AFSCME Council 93, over the objections of the museum board.

Worcester nonprofit Ascentria Care Alliance announced on Wednesday it has hired Aimee Mitchell as its new chief community services officer.

Worcester human services nonprofit Open Sky Community Services received a $116,000 grant from the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health to train police on de-escalation tactics to divert distressed individuals away from the criminal justice system and emergency rooms.

Jon Kerr, executive director of the Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce in Acton, will step down from his position later this month, after four years of leading the organization, MWCOC announced on Wednesday.

Less than two months after announcing the departure of former president and CEO Lucy Hale, the EcoTarium science museum in Worcester has named a second temporary president and CEO, Michael Halperson