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www.wbjournal.com Worcester Business Journal Giving Guide 2024 3 Contents Worcester Business Journal (ISSN#1063-6595) is published bi-weekly, 24x per year, including 4 special issues in May, September, October, and December by New England Business Media. 172 Shrewsbury St., Worcester, MA 01604. Periodicals postage paid at Worcester, MA. Copyright 2024. All rights reserved. Postmaster: Please send address changes to: Worcester Business Journal, PO Box 330, Congers, NY 10920-9894. Subscriptions: Annual subscriptions are available for $84.00. For more information, please email circulation@wbjournal.com or contact our circulation department at 845-267-3008. Advertising: For advertising information, please call Mark Murray at 508-755-8004 ext. 227. Fax: 508-755-8860. Worcester Business Journal accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or materials and in general does not return them to the sender. Worcester Business Journal 172 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester, MA 01604 508-755-8004 tel. • 508-755-8860 fax www.wbjournal.com A division of: Giving Guide Editor, Emily Micucci, emilymicucci@gmail.com Giving Guide Contributing Editor, Mark Jeanneret, jeanneret.mark@gmail.com Editor, Brad Kane, bkane@wbjournal.com Staff Writers Eric Casey, ecasey@wbjournal.com (real estate, manufacturing) Mica Kanner-Mascolo, mkannermascolo@ wbjournal.com (health care, diversity & inclusion) Editorial Intern, Sara Bedigian, sbedigian@wbjournal.com Photographer, Matt Wright Research Director, Stephanie Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com Research Assistant, Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Production Director, Kira Beaudoin, kbeaudoin@wbjournal.com Art Director, Mitchell Hayes, mhayes@wbjournal.com General Manager Kris Prosser, kprosser@wbjournal.com Senior Accounts Manager Christine Juetten, cjuetten@wbjournal.com Accounts Manager Timothy Doyle tdoyle@wbjournal.com Special Projects Accounts Manager Julie Shorten jshorten@wbjournal.com Human Resources Manager, Tracy Rodwill, trodwill@nebusinessmedia.com Director of Finance, Sara Ward, sward@nebusinessmedia.com Accounting Clerk, Rae Rogers, rrogers@nebusinessmedia.com Event Coordinator, Patty Harris, pattyh@wbjournal.com Director of Audience Development and Operations, Leah Allen, lallen@nebusinessmedia.com Business Office Assistant, Nicole Dunn, ndunn@nebusinessmedia.com Publisher, CEO, Peter Stanton pstanton@nebusinessmedia.com Associate Publisher, Mark Murray mmurray@wbjournal.com President, Tom Curtin tcurtin@hartfordbusinessjournal.com Worcester Business Journal WBJ GUIDE Giving 2024 Sponsored by From the Sponsors ........................................................................................... 4 Corporate Giving .............................................................................................. 6 Advocates ...................................................................................................... 10 African Community Education ........................................................................ 12 Ascentria Care Alliance .................................................................................. 14 Be Like Brit Foundation, Inc. ........................................................................... 16 Big Brothers, Big Sisters Central MA/MetroWest ............................................. 18 Boys & Girls Club of Worcester ....................................................................... 20 CASA Project Worcester County ..................................................................... 22 Catholic Charities Worcester County ............................................................... 24 Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance Inc. .................................................. 26 Colony Retirement Homes .............................................................................. 28 Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts ................................. 30 Easterseals Massachusetts ............................................................................ 32 Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center Inc. ........................................ 34 Family Health Center of Worcester Inc. ........................................................... 36 Greater Worcester Community Foundation ..................................................... 38 Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester ....................................... 40 JOYGURU HUMANITARIAN SERVICES, INC. ...................................................... 42 Mass Audubon ............................................................................................... 44 Open Sky Community Services Inc. ................................................................ 46 Pathways for Change, Inc. .............................................................................. 48 Rainbow Child Development Center ............................................................... 50 RCAP Solutions Inc. ........................................................................................ 52 Reliant Foundation Inc. ................................................................................... 54 Safe Exit Initiative .......................................................................................... 56 Seven Hills Foundation ................................................................................... 58 The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts ...................... 60 The Learning Center for the Deaf ................................................................... 62 United Way of Central Massachusetts ............................................................ 64 United Way of North Central Massachusetts ................................................... 66 Venture Community Services ......................................................................... 68 Veterans Inc. .................................................................................................. 70 Worcester Community Action Council, Inc....................................................... 72 YMCA of Central Massachusetts .................................................................... 74 YWCA Central Massachusetts ........................................................................ 76 Largest Charitable Foundations ...................................................................... 78 Central Mass. nonprofits, by name ................................................................. 81 The 100 largest Central Mass. nonprofits ....................................................... 86 Abobe Stock: Illustration by melita