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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/
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
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
2020 - 3,184,654
2019 - 1,867,845
2018 - 1,367,374
Recent News from Cambridge Community Foundation
With Spare Change News closed, a local fund awards one SCN vendor-writer a way to pay rent
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
I read on the Cambridge Community Foundation web site that they launched two emergency relief funds coinciding with their mission of protecting...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
I read on the Cambridge Community Foundation web site that they launched two emergency relief funds coinciding with their mission of protecting...more
Cambridge Artist Relief Fund aids cultural nonprofits and performers
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
... performers without a source of income, the Cambridge Community Foundation and the city of Cambridge have partnered to establish the...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
... performers without a source of income, the Cambridge Community Foundation and the city of Cambridge have partnered to establish the...more
Cambridge to honor 20 Cultural Visionaries
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Nationally known as a world-class center for innovation and education and a hub for arts and creativity, ... At present there is no large-scale arts fund supporting creative initiatives in Cambridge....more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Nationally known as a world-class center for innovation and education and a hub for arts and creativity, ... At present there is no large-scale arts fund supporting creative initiatives in Cambridge....more
Community Foundation Update (12/14/19)
Foundation: Akron Community Foundation, Permian Basin Area Foundation, Cambridge Community Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Pittsburgh Foundation, San Diego Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Vermont Community Foundation, Triangle Community Foundation, Pottawattamie County Community Foundation
The Pottawattamie County Community Foundation in Council Bluffs has received its largest gift ever, a $5 million bequest earmarked for...more
Foundation: Akron Community Foundation, Permian Basin Area Foundation, Cambridge Community Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Pittsburgh Foundation, San Diego Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Vermont Community Foundation, Triangle Community Foundation, Pottawattamie County Community Foundation
The Pottawattamie County Community Foundation in Council Bluffs has received its largest gift ever, a $5 million bequest earmarked for...more
Cambridge community block party set for Nov. 15
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Cambridge Redevelopment Authority, the Central Square Business Improvement District, and the Cambridge Community Foundation, with...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Cambridge Redevelopment Authority, the Central Square Business Improvement District, and the Cambridge Community Foundation, with...more
Head of the Charles Regatta Brings Tens of Thousands of Spectators to Cambridge
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
The Amigos School held a bake sale, while staffers from the Cambridge Community Foundation talked to attendees and handed out flyers....more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
The Amigos School held a bake sale, while staffers from the Cambridge Community Foundation talked to attendees and handed out flyers....more
Community Foundation Update (09/28/19)
Foundation: Central Indiana Community Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas, Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Orange County Community Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation, Cambridge Community Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Indianapolis Foundation, Pittsburgh Foundation, Vermont Community Foundation
Fairfield County's Community Foundation in Norwalk has announced that it awarded nearly $560,000 in grants to thirty organizations during fiscal...more
Foundation: Central Indiana Community Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas, Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Orange County Community Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation, Cambridge Community Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Indianapolis Foundation, Pittsburgh Foundation, Vermont Community Foundation
Fairfield County's Community Foundation in Norwalk has announced that it awarded nearly $560,000 in grants to thirty organizations during fiscal...more
Outstanding Neighbor in Cambridge Award announced
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
The Cambridge Community Foundation, Cambridge Peace Commission, Cambridge Mayor Marc C. McGovern and City Manager Louis...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
The Cambridge Community Foundation, Cambridge Peace Commission, Cambridge Mayor Marc C. McGovern and City Manager Louis...more
'Nonprofit row' near Central looks saved; agreement for purchase in place with CRA
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Another tenant, the Cambridge Community Foundation, was the one that brought in the CRA as a partner to preserve the building's use for...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Another tenant, the Cambridge Community Foundation, was the one that brought in the CRA as a partner to preserve the building's use for...more
Carole King to perform at fundraiser for Sen. Ed Markey
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
... Broad Institute of Harvard and M.I.T. Lori Lander is an artist and community activist who sits on the board of the Cambridge Community...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
... Broad Institute of Harvard and M.I.T. Lori Lander is an artist and community activist who sits on the board of the Cambridge Community...more
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Is Corporate Philanthropy Dead?
Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however, cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.