Seventeen organizations received grants totaling nearly $200,000 from the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts.
Some of the grant recipients are: the Montachusett Opportunity Council received $20,000; Montachusett Interfaith Hospitality Network of Leominster received $17,000; United Neighbors of Fitchburg received $15,000 and others.
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Here are the star companies that have succeeded in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. The companies were gathered by Civic 50, a national initiative to survey and rank S&P 500 corporations on how they engage with the communities they serve and utilize best practices in their corporate cultures.