"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...
The Worcester Together Fund was created in cooperation with the United Way of Central Massachusetts, Greater Worcester Community Foundation and the City of Worcester as a response to the urgent health needs resulting from the impact of COVID-19. Here are some of the most commonly...
Caring for the public in time of crisis requires partnership and collaboration to ensure the necessary resources and assistance is delivered to those in need, especially those in our most vulnerable populations. Below is a list of resources that has been compiled to best assist...
"The Worcester Together: Central Mass COVID-19 Fund announced today that it reached a new milestone of $5 million in donations raised. The fund, a joint effort between the Greater Worcester Community Foundation and the United Way of Central Massachusetts, in collaboration with the City of Worcester, is supporting...
