WORCESTER, Mass. - Over 100 Central Massachusetts organizations are benefiting from grants totaling $1.9 million from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation.
The Main South Community Development Corporation received a $50,000 grant from GWCF, one of the largest grants in the organization’s history.
Main South CDC Executive Director Steven Teasdale says the money will go towards helping the group continue its COVID-19 recovery and relief efforts.
In the past year, the organization has helped tenants apply for rent assistance and has helped small businesses get PPE loans.
“In a strange way, this COVID pandemic has sort of validated the role of community organizations,” Teasdale said. “It’s been a tough time, but it has validated the work we do. The ability to engage directly with the community to have access into it.”
The grant will also help a new affordable housing development in the Worcester’s Main South area and allow the organization to continue delivering meals to residents in quarantine.