2024 Giving Guide
Regional Philanthropic Opportunities
The importance of giving to those in need — and to the organizations who help others secure their basic needs — doesn’t take a holiday, and there’s no season of the year when their work is not critical, especially at a time when an uncertain economy continues to pose challenges to so many individuals and nonprofits.
Still, there’s no doubt that people think about giving more around the year-end holidays, and that’s why BusinessWest and the Healthcare News publishes its annual Giving Guide around this time: to shine a spotlight on specific community needs and show you not only how to support them, but exactly what your money and time can accomplish.
These 25 profiles of area nonprofit organizations are just a sampling of the region’s thousands of nonprofits. These profiles are intended to educate readers about what these groups are doing to improve quality of life for the people living and working in the 413, but also to inspire them to provide the critical support (which comes in many different forms) that these organizations and so many others desperately need.
These profiles within the Giving Guide list not only giving opportunities — everything from online donations to corporate sponsorships — but also volunteer opportunities. And it is through volunteering, as much as with a cash donation, that individuals can help a nonprofit carry out its important mission within our community.
BusinessWest and HCN launched the Giving Guide to 2011 to harness this region’s incredibly strong track record of philanthropy and support of the organizations dedicated to helping those in need. This special section is designed to inform, but also to encourage individuals and organizations to find new and imaginative ways to give back. We are confident it will succeed with both of those assignments
Joseph Bednar, Editor
John Gormally, Publisher
Kate Campiti, Associate Publisher
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Behavioral Health Network
A Better Life HomeCare
BFAIR
Glenmeadow
Community Health Center of Franklin County
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture
Home City Development
Jeffrey Speller Foundation
JGS Lifecare
Mental Health Association (MHA)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Services
Mercy Medical Center
The Miracle League of Western Massachusetts
Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts
Rachel’s Table of Western Massachusetts
Square One
STCC Foundation
Tom Cosenzi Driving for the Cure Charity Golf Tournament
UCP of Western Massachusetts
United Way of Pioneer Valley
Way Finders
Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts
YMCA of Greater Springfield
The Zoo in Forest Park & Education Center
YWCA of Western Massachusetts
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