Nonprofits

American Red Cross of Central and Western Mass. has named Springfield nonprofit leader Nia Rennix as its new executive director, the organization announced on Thursday.

Worcester and Gardner nonprofit RCAP Solutions is launching a program designed to address drinking water issues in North Worcester County, the organization announced on Thursday.

Linda Cavaioli, the longtime YWCA Central Massachusetts executive director, will retire at the end of June, she confirmed Thursday morning.

United Way of Tri-County in Framingham has received grants totaling $499,983 to upgrade parts of its food delivery programs, according to an announcement Tuesday from the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration.

This year’s 40 Under Forty class is certainly like no other. Although full of the archetypal up-and-coming leaders of Central Massachusetts business organizations, each member of the Class of 2020 has found a way to thrive in the midst of an international crisis.

Boston preservation group The Trustees has acquired the 296-acre Jewell Hill Farm, which spans Ashby, Ashburnham and Fitchburg to protect the drinking water supply, the organization announced on Wednesday.

Stephen Murphy, the director of training at Worcester human services nonprofit Open Sky Community Services, retired after 38 years on June 30, the Worcester organization announced on Tuesday.

The Worcester Together Fund has raised more than $10 million toward its Central Mass COVID-19 relief efforts, the funds’ organizers announced on Monday.

Since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day and the ensuing Black Lives Matter protests throughout the world, YWCA Central Massachusetts has seen increased interest in its Racial Equity Education workshops.

The arts and culture sector, a major piece of the Massachusetts economy, will need hundreds of millions of dollars and multiple years to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, according to testimony delivered to state senators on Wednesday.