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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
Cambridge Community Foundation awards grants to Cambridge nonprofits
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
The Cambridge Community Foundation and its donors have awarded $944,378 in grants this spring, with $692,878 going to 93 local nonprofits...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
The Cambridge Community Foundation and its donors have awarded $944,378 in grants this spring, with $692,878 going to 93 local nonprofits...more
Mayor McGovern Defends Cambridge's Sanctuary City Status on 'Fox and Friends'
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Geeta Pradhan — president and CEO of the Cambridge Community Foundation, a non-profit charity that supports local residents — called...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Geeta Pradhan — president and CEO of the Cambridge Community Foundation, a non-profit charity that supports local residents — called...more
Community Foundation Update (03/23/19)
Foundation: Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, San Antonio Area Foundation, Cambridge Community Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Erie Community Foundation, Vermont Community Foundation
Georgia. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has announced the additions of Bert Clark, Doug Hooker, and Howard Palefsky to its board...more
Foundation: Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, San Antonio Area Foundation, Cambridge Community Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Erie Community Foundation, Vermont Community Foundation
Georgia. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has announced the additions of Bert Clark, Doug Hooker, and Howard Palefsky to its board...more
Cambridge and Somerville Announce Joint Legal Defense Fund for Immigrants
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
The initiative is a partnership between the two cities and the Cambridge Community Foundation aimed at raising and distributing funds to cover...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
The initiative is a partnership between the two cities and the Cambridge Community Foundation aimed at raising and distributing funds to cover...more
Somerville, Cambridge mayors establish United Legal Defense Fund for Immigrants
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Last year, the Cambridge Community Foundation distributed $255,000 in grants to four local non-profit legal assistance organizations--De...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Last year, the Cambridge Community Foundation distributed $255,000 in grants to four local non-profit legal assistance organizations--De...more
Somerville, Cambridge mayors partner to establish United Legal Defense Fund for Immigrants
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Last year, the Cambridge Community Foundation distributed $255,000 in grants to four local non-profit legal assistance organizations—De...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Last year, the Cambridge Community Foundation distributed $255,000 in grants to four local non-profit legal assistance organizations—De...more
Cambridge, Somerville mayors back fund to help undocumented immigrants
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
... which makes grants to legal aid organizations and was launched a year ago by the Cambridge Community Foundation, a nonprofit...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
... which makes grants to legal aid organizations and was launched a year ago by the Cambridge Community Foundation, a nonprofit...more
Cambridge & Somerville Mayors to announce joint immigrant defense fund
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
... of the United Legal Defense Fund for Immigrants, a joint initiative of both Mayor's Offices in partnership with the Cambridge Community...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
... of the United Legal Defense Fund for Immigrants, a joint initiative of both Mayor's Offices in partnership with the Cambridge Community...more
New England news in brief
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
The mayors' offices are partnering with the Cambridge Community Foundation. Denise Taylor, a spokeswoman for Curtatone, on Saturday said...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
The mayors' offices are partnering with the Cambridge Community Foundation. Denise Taylor, a spokeswoman for Curtatone, on Saturday said...more
Boston-area cities to launch immigrant legal defense fund
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
That fund grants money to nonprofits that provide legal services to vulnerable immigrants like asylum seekers, victims of trafficking or violence,...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
That fund grants money to nonprofits that provide legal services to vulnerable immigrants like asylum seekers, victims of trafficking or violence,...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.