Let’s beat food insecurity together
At the Cambridge Community Foundation, we believe everyone should have access to food not just during the holidays, but always.
Facing Homelessness Together
Supporting solutions during Homeless Youth Awareness Month and beyond.
Turning sorrow to hope
Finding solutions to the mental health crisis in our community.
Welcome Head Of The Charles® Regatta!
CCF thanks HOCR Charity Program rowers for helping support our Community Fund.
CCF salutes nonprofits and social innovators
CCF celebrated the steadfast work of these local change-makers at CCF Salutes The Greatest Nonprofits and Social Innovators! and welcomed more than 150 area nonprofits and their staff to a party in their honor.
$25,000 awarded to 5 hyperlocal ideas addressing Cambridge’s challenges
Meet the inspiring winners of our 4th annual Imagined in Cambridge! Award.
CCF Salutes the Greatest Nonprofits!
Our annual celebration of Cambridge nonprofits and Imagined in Cambridge! Awardees is Oct. 7!
Can’t-miss Cambridge events this fall.
In the flurry of fall events, we invite nonprofits to unwind at Salutes.
Leveling the playing field.
Hear from some of our CAMBRIDGE WINS Sports Equity Grants recipients.
Smiles in our streets.
Cambridge Carnival celebrates Caribbean culture and community.
From The Boston Globe: “Cambridge to begin guaranteed income program for single-parent households”
The Boston Globe's coverage on Cambridge's new guaranteed basic income initiative, for which the Foundation is a founding partner.
Cambridge is first city in New England to launch mayor-championed guaranteed income pilot initiative for single caretaker households
April 15, 2021 | Cambridge, MA—Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui
Cambridge youth raised $24,510 for community COVID-19 relief
A group of Cambridge high school student leaders wanted to help out their community during the pandemic, so they organized, set a goal, led outreach, and, in just a month's time, raised funds for neighbors in need—to the tune of $24,500 total to 12 community organizations.
Powerful insights to help move from conversation to community action
On the occasion of the launch of our new research report, local speakers shared insights that can inform follow-on conversations and help move us to collective action.
From The Boston Globe: “Report shows stark inequalities in Cambridge economic growth”
The Boston Globe's article about our new research report.
New research report shows a widening income gap in Cambridge
A new research report by the Foundation confirms Cambridge is a leader among the nation’s innovation cities, and through a decade of data, tells the story of how the city’s unprecedented prosperity has benefitted some residents, while others, primarily Black and low-income residents, are being left behind.
The Cambridge Community Foundation awards $533,000 in grants to local nonprofits this spring
In response to sustained demands on nonprofits in Cambridge, the Cambridge Community Foundation (CCF) increased allocated funds for its spring grantmaking by 50%, supporting nonprofits involved in youth programs and education, housing, hunger, homelessness, elder services, the arts, COVID-19 relief, and racial justice.
Equity and innovation in Cambridge
We're soon launching a report entitled Equity and Innovation Cities: The Case of Cambridge. All community members are invited to join us in a conversation on its findings, April 7, 8:30am.
A letter from our president: Let’s raise our voices for tolerance and respect.
Dear neighbors, Last week, the voices of eight citizens,
Emerging stronger and more united: ‘We Are Cambridge’ 2021
Thanks to the nearly 500 community members who joined 'We Are Cambridge: Emerge 2021". Watch the video if you missed it!
