Nonprofits

United Way of Central Massachusetts will take $500,000 from its reserve funds to help cover a projected $1-million deficit across Worcester summer youth programs, board chair Aivi Nguyen said on Wednesday. 

The Council of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester has selected University of Maryland Dean Scott Casper to be its next president, after longtime president Ellen Dunlap retires in the fall.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has reopened applications for its Economic Injury Disaster Loans for entities impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, the administration announced on Monday.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has launched Action for Racial Equity Grants, a funding program intended to help support nonprofits and other groups who engage in anti-racism work to facilitate their programming.

Area business and organization leaders are stepping into the public forum to denounce systemic racism and racial violence perpetrated against black communities.

CEO Grace Elton talked with WBJ in advance of Tower Hill Botanic Garden's June 8 reopening.

Companies making hires and promotions include Milford Regional Medical Center, UMass Medical School and Assumption College.

Eve Lindquist, longtime executive director of Visitation House, Inc., will retire effective Aug. 31, the Worcester nonprofit helping women manage unplanned pregnancies announced on Sunday.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston will reopen its outdoor gardens on June 8, CEO Grace Elton announced on Friday.

John C. "Jack" Roche has been named to the WBJ Power 50, an annual listing of the most influential people in the Central Mass. economy. He joins the WBJ Podcast to discuss operating globally while focusing locally.