For nonprofits preparing to reopen in-person operations as the coronavirus pandemic recedes, successful workplace strategies, which may include continued virtual work arrangements or flexible scheduling, will benefit from feedback from the people who will be most impacted. MORE
Returning to the office will look different to different nonprofits, and creating a level playing field for everyone—people working onsite and for those continuing to work remotely—will require careful planning. MORE
April 13, 2021 —The Boston Foundation last week announced it awarded $770,000 in grants to nine nonprofit organizations and collaboratives that are providing aid to meet critical needs of residents in 11 Greater Boston communities in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. MORE
April 10, 2021 — The Union of Concerned Scientists, a Cambridge-based nonprofit that advocates for solutions to pressing environmental and social problems, this week announced that it named Johanna Chao Kreilick as its next president. MORE
April 8, 2021 — Mass Humanities, a Northampton nonprofit that conducts and supports programs that use history, literature, philosophy, and the other humanities disciplines to improve civic life, today announced that it awarded $251,499 to 59 nonprofit organizations across Massachusetts. MORE
April 5, 2021 — The Orion Society, a nonprofit based in Great Barrington that publishes Orion,
a bimonthly publication focused on nature and culture, recently announced that it has appointed Amy Brady as its executive director. MORE
April 11, 2021 — The Greater Boston Food Bank last week announced it granted $500,000 to 39 eastern Massachusetts nonprofits responding to a surge in food insecurity brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, which is also reflected in the recent land purchase by the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts in preparation to relocating to a larger site. MORE
April 9, 2021 — Six Massachusetts nonprofits recently were awarded $13.7 million in state funding to support development of supportive housing in Amherst, Boston, Brockton, Quincy, Salem, and Worcester. MORE
April 8, 2021 — Even as the coronavirus pandemic seems to be receding, many nonprofits will continue to face higher demand and less revenue, requiring board members to support their executive directors, perhaps more than ever before, and do whatever it takes to attract and retain staff, Massachusetts nonprofit leaders were told Wednesday. MORE
April 6, 2021 — NeedyMeds ranked among best nonprofits to work for in the U.S. Wellspring House launches free, online community resource. City of Boston inviting nonprofits to apply for digital equity grants. MORE
April 13, 2021 — Eight honored for nonprofit work in western Massachusetts. Nonprofit professionals named Boston Neighborhood Fellows. Trustees of Reservations renames two western Massachusetts sites. MORE
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