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Our 2022 annual report: We believe.
Read about our impact in 2022 and people in our city who embody our shared values.
Bob Moses Fund for Education and Organizing awards $180,000 in grants to movement builders.
The new fund has supported four grassroots movement builders who embody the late civil rights leader's values and spirit.
$315K in State-funded grants to Somerville, Medford, and Cambridge nonprofits meeting basic needs.
These grants to 22 nonprofits bring our urgent support to neighbors to over $5 million since March 2020.
We believe in changemakers.
Our 2022 annual report elevates some of Cambridge’s solution seekers and the values that guide them, values the Foundation shares. Their stories remind us that place matters, and people matter. It’s the people in this city who can think beyond problems to possibilities, build opportunity from hope, create transformation through purpose. Explore stories of Cambridge changemakers below. Photography by Margaret Lampert.
Mobility is freedom
Lonnell Wells
“I’d always see abandoned bikes around town, and one day I just thought, why not give them back to the community?”
Our door is open to everyone
Yemi Kibret
“I’m a people person. I love people without judging their gender, religion, or differences. Our door is open to everyone; we don’t judge.“
Empowerment through creativity
Heinz Thomas-Vital and Peter Levine
“I’m looking out for those who give back to the community. Without them, there won’t be a community to do it for.“