The Cambridge Community Foundation



The Cambridge Community Foundation is the local giving platform built, funded, and guided by residents since 1916. The foundation is a convener and catalyst for transformative community change.

As a civic leader it offers an independent voice, convenes individuals and organizations, and commissions research to help identify priorities.

The foundation helps set shared goals, spark innovative and effective solutions, and organize collaborations to pursue them.



Web Address

www.cambridgecf.org

Social Media Links

Twitter - @Cambridge_CF

Facebook - www.facebook.com/CambridgeCCF/

Instagram - www.instagram.com/cambridge_cf/


Assets and Giving for Cambridge Community Foundation

Assets

2020 - 45,615,345
2019 - 44,503,901
2018 - 41,053,574
2017 - 38,084,483
Domestic Grants

2020 - 3,184,654
2019 - 1,867,845
2018 - 1,367,374


    

Recent News from Cambridge Community Foundation


Holidays arrive with $356500 in funding for arts, other giving, including a secret Santa for seniors
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation

Though some Cambridge arts organizations enter the holidays with $15 ... “Maintaining the arts ecosystem – large and small organizations, creative ... to beheard.world; the Boston Music Chamber...more

Cambridge Community Foundation awards $40K to food pantries and programs as first in a series
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation

The Cambridge Community Foundation has awarded $40,000 in surprise, need-inspired grants to 11 neighborhood food pantries and...more

Cambridge Community Foundation awards $40K to food pantries, programs
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation

The Cambridge Community Foundation is continuing to support residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic by awarding a total of $40,000...more

Cambridge Community Foundation - Why I Donate
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation

This year has been tremendously challenging for so many members of our community. We're so grateful to everyone who has donated to help...more

Grants to arts nonprofits flowing, but amounts aren't enough to save ImprovBoston's theater
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation

The city and Cambridge Community Foundation have delivered on long-awaited help for arts nonprofits battered by coronavirus closings, but the...more

CCF, Cambridge create Cultural Capital Fund
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation

The Cambridge Community Foundation and the city of Cambridge have joined forces to launch a new Cultural Capital Fund with grant funding of...more

Foundation's Imagined in Cambridge awards rove from backyard lessons to back in history
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation

The Cambridge Community Foundation gave out its second annual Imagined in Cambridge Social Innovation Awards on Thursday, recognizing...more

Cambridge Community Foundation Recognizes Five Groups with Second Annual Imagined in ...
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation

The Cambridge Community Foundation created the Imagined in Cambridge Social Innovation Award in 2019 to uncover these upcoming...more

Our community response to COVID-19
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation

As we faced the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cambridge Community Foundation needed to act swiftly to address urgent needs in our...more

2020 Social Innovation Award Application
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation

Help us find people working on innovative ideas in Cambridge. Cambridge Community Foundation is excited to announce our second Social...more



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