United Way of Central Massachusetts announced philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott has donated $5 Million to support community-based work in health, financial stability and education. Scott announced the gift yesterday as the donation comes during critical time for UWCM. To read more directly from MacKenzie...
The United Way of Central Massachusetts and The Greater Worcester Community Foundation are glad to announce the third phase of the Worcester Together: Central Massachusetts COVID-19 Fund. In its final stage, the grant reviewers are seeking bold and innovative ideas to help Central Massachusetts organizations engage...
This year our Annual Day of Caring event looked pretty different, but despite the many changes made our amazing volunteers proceeded to do what they do best, by assisting our community! Below you can view our photo gallery from this year's 2020 Day of Caring...
"At the beginning of March, when people were clearing store shelves of food, cleaning supplies and toilet paper, Barbara Fields and Tim Garvin were already working on a way to address the great humanitarian crisis that was quickly brewing throughout Worcester County and beyond. Fields, president...
The Worcester Together: Central Mass COVID-19 Fund announced today that it has raised more than $10 million to support the community’s response to the pandemic. Created in March by combining the existing efforts of The Greater Worcester Community Foundation and the United Way of Central Massachusetts, the fund is focused on supporting...
The Worcester Together fund has announced that more than $2.3 million in recovery grants is being distributed to 54 nonprofits that offer support including food, housing, health services and childcare amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund, a joint effort between the Greater Worcester Community Foundation and...
"Last week, the Board of Directors of the United Way of Central Massachusetts voted to invest $500,000 in Worcester’s school-age children. The $500,000 will be drawn from the United Way reserves. Tim Garvin, president and CEO of United Way Central Massachusetts, said the decision was “both historic...
A JOINT STATEMENT FROM MEMBERS OF THE WORCESTER TOGETHER COALITION Together we rise, together we stand, and together we change. On behalf of the Worcester Together Coalition, comprising more than 100 individuals and organizations formed in response to the COVID-19 crisis, we rise and we stand...
Granting Focus: The goal of Phase Two: Recovery is to provide three-to-six months of unrestricted general operating support to nonprofit organizations that are actively delivering support and/or programming to our community in a high quality, responsive manner. Grants will be awarded to a select group of organizations that: Are current...
The Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) was appropriated supplemental funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in FY 2020 in the amount of $200 million. Besides the CARES funding to respond to the COVID-19 impact on communities, the program was...
