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Celebrate with us on October 14!
Come to CCF's Block Party and Launch of Our New Strategic Plan - free fun for all ages in Central Square!
Our Fall grants cycle is open.
Nonprofits serving Cambridge are invited to apply to the Community Fund until September 25.
Cash Empowers Families in Cambridge
We just released a new data brief on the families eligible for Rise Up Cambridge, revealing challenges and resilience.
Our latest research: Families’ challenges and resilience
The Cambridge Community Foundation’s new data brief reveals startling facts on the pressures low-income families face in a city whose cost of living is 73 percent higher than the national average. Our nine-page brief provides statistics on the makeup, income levels, educational attainment, race and ethnicity, and more of the families that are eligible for Rise Up Cambridge, a $22-million City of Cambridge program that supports families with children making up to 250 percent of the federal poverty line.
These resilient families constitute a significant and often unseen population in Cambridge. Read the data brief to learn more. Portraits by Kristen Joy Emack.