The Worcester Together fund, a joint effort between the Greater Worcester Community Foundation and the United Way of Central Massachusetts, in conjunction with the City of Worcester, has raised more than $5 million, the fund's organizers announced on Thursday.
The Worcester Together fund announced on Tuesday it had given $222,950 in grants, to be spread across 23 area nonprofits, as part of its third round of funding.
The former CEO of Hanover Insurance Group in Worcester and his wife, the former interim president of the EcoTarium in Worcester, said they will match donations in a drive to help the science and nature museum recover some of the anticipated $1.6 million in losses due to the coronavirus pandemic.
For the past 30 years, Richard Carr has helped his clients, many of whom are business owners, prepare for and weather financial storms. As the coronavirus pandemic upends the economy, Carr and his team at Carr Financial Group Corp. in Worcester are figuring out what the future will look like.
The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts will donate $371,00 to 27 nonprofits working on the coronavirus crisis in Central Mass., the organization announced in a press release on Tuesday.
Gov. Charlie Baker and Massachusetts First Lady Lauren Baker on Monday announced the start of the Massachusetts COVID-19 Relief Fund at Eastern Bank's headquarters in Boston.
The Worcester Together joint venture raised $1 million toward its Central Mass. COVID-19 fund over the weekend, the organization announced in a press release on Monday.