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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
Arrow Street Arts Celebrates Its Grand Opening Witharrowfest
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Arrow Street Arts is a Boston-based arts and culture organization.The festival will offer a wide variety of performances, events, and community gatherings celebrating the vibrancy of the Greater...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Arrow Street Arts is a Boston-based arts and culture organization.The festival will offer a wide variety of performances, events, and community gatherings celebrating the vibrancy of the Greater...more
Closing of Democracy Center is called irrevocable, and efforts to help nonprofit tenants are limited
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Arrow Street Arts is a Boston-based arts and culture organization.The festival will offer a wide variety of performances, events, and community gatherings celebrating the vibrancy of the Greater...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Arrow Street Arts is a Boston-based arts and culture organization.The festival will offer a wide variety of performances, events, and community gatherings celebrating the vibrancy of the Greater...more
Advocates say guaranteed basic income programs work - CommonWealth Beacon
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Arrow Street Arts is a Boston-based arts and culture organization.The festival will offer a wide variety of performances, events, and community gatherings celebrating the vibrancy of the Greater...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Arrow Street Arts is a Boston-based arts and culture organization.The festival will offer a wide variety of performances, events, and community gatherings celebrating the vibrancy of the Greater...more
Geeta Pradhan: Inspired by Everyday Struggling People, She Leads $60 Million Endowment ...
Foundation: Boston Foundation, Cambridge Community Foundation
Geeta Pradhan is the president of the Cambridge Community Foundation in Massachusetts, and in 2024 she'll become the state's outstanding woman of the year. That's thanks to her work to fight...more
Foundation: Boston Foundation, Cambridge Community Foundation
Geeta Pradhan is the president of the Cambridge Community Foundation in Massachusetts, and in 2024 she'll become the state's outstanding woman of the year. That's thanks to her work to fight...more
Recipients of Cambridge Guaranteed Income Pilot Saw Higher Employment, Study Finds
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Geeta Pradhan is the president of the Cambridge Community Foundation in Massachusetts, and in 2024 she'll become the state's outstanding woman of the year. That's thanks to her work to fight...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Geeta Pradhan is the president of the Cambridge Community Foundation in Massachusetts, and in 2024 she'll become the state's outstanding woman of the year. That's thanks to her work to fight...more
Take the next steps about municipal broadband and improve on a lackluster corporate monopoly
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Cambridge Community Foundation. Cambridge Local First. Cambridge Community Center. business, class, customer service, finance, letter,...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Cambridge Community Foundation. Cambridge Local First. Cambridge Community Center. business, class, customer service, finance, letter,...more
We're searching for the Indigenous voices of Cambridge
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Last month, History Cambridge was awarded a grant from the Cambridge Community Foundation to begin research on the history of Indigenous...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
Last month, History Cambridge was awarded a grant from the Cambridge Community Foundation to begin research on the history of Indigenous...more
U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins reflects on George Floyd's murder, 2 years later | Radio Boston
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
This week, we talk with Geeta Pradhan, president of the Cambridge Community Foundation, about being a disruptor...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
This week, we talk with Geeta Pradhan, president of the Cambridge Community Foundation, about being a disruptor...more
Cambridge Community Foundation awards $516K in grants to 73 nonprofits - Wicked Local
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
The Cambridge Community Foundation has awarded a total of $516000 to 73 community-serving nonprofits in Cambridge this spring funding...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
The Cambridge Community Foundation has awarded a total of $516000 to 73 community-serving nonprofits in Cambridge this spring funding...more
Cambridge remains addicted to development, while our housing policies still miss the mark ...
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
According to the recent Cambridge Community Foundation Equity and Innovation Report, there is a $62,000 income gap between the average Black household...more
Foundation: Cambridge Community Foundation
According to the recent Cambridge Community Foundation Equity and Innovation Report, there is a $62,000 income gap between the average Black household...more
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