Smiles in our streets.
Cambridge Carnival celebrates Caribbean culture and community.
Our Fall Community Fund grant application is open.
Cambridge nonprofits: Apply by Oct. 3 at 5pm.
Celebrating nonprofits! Oct. 7 is our annual Salutes event.
We invite all our Cambridge nonprofit partners to join us at Starlight Square in a special celebration of the work they do.
Supporting the unsung heroes of sports.
Our pilot initiative CAMBRIDGE WINS funded 23 youth sports programs this summer.
Give smarter.
Thinking about your philanthropic future? This webinar may be a helpful resource.
Planting seeds of curiosity.
We're on the lookout for incredible grassroots programs like Friday Night Hype to win our next Imagined in Cambridge! Award.
With a lot of heart and a little support, a great idea flourishes.
As we search for our next Imagined in Cambridge! Award winners, we celebrate past ones like HEART Jr.
Art is a tool for resiliency at The Triggered Project.
Keith Mascoll won a 2021 Imagined in Cambridge! Award for helping youth open up through art. Who will win in 2022?
Communities converge at Kendall/MIT Open Space.
We had a beautiful community gathering at Kendall/MIT Open Space July 20.
CCF names Lauren Marshall VP of Marketing and Civic Engagement
The promotion recognizes Marshall’s exceptional leadership of the Foundation’s communications and stewardship of its civic voice.
Cambridge Community Foundation awards $40K to food pantries and programs, first in a series of COVID-19 need-inspired grants
This week, the Cambridge Community Foundation distributes $40,000 to local food pantries and programs fighting food insecurity. The grants are made possible by gifts to the Cambridge COVID-19 Emergency Fund.
Our neighbors still need our help.
We ask you to join us in continuing to support our neighbors this giving season.
The Cambridge Community Foundation and the City of Cambridge launch a new Cultural Capital Fund with over $600K
The Cambridge Community Foundation and the City of Cambridge have joined forces to launch a new Cultural Capital Fund with grant funding of over $600,000 to address urgent needs in the local arts and culture sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic as an initial step.
The Cambridge Community Foundation accelerates distribution of $457,000 in flexible grants to strained Cambridge nonprofits
CCF is distributing a total of $457,000 to 61 local nonprofits this fall, a month ahead of its regular grantmaking schedule to help cash-strapped organizations meet their missions at a time of elevated need.
Cambridge Community Foundation Recognizes Five Groups with Second Annual Imagined in Cambridge Social Innovation Award
Photo of blackyard, 2020 Imagined in Cambridge Award winner,
You’re invited! Imagined in Cambridge Social Innovation Award Ceremony, Oct 8 at 5pm
Tune in live October 8 at 5pm to meet our 2020 Imagined in Cambridge Social Innovation Award winners.
Six weeks of Starlight
In this op ed, Geeta Pradhan and Michael Monestime call on the community to take action to help protect our local arts ecosystem.
$230,000 in new grants combating housing insecurity bring Cambridge Community Foundation’s COVID-19 relief funding to over $1.9 million
CCF has awarded $230,000 in new grants to nine nonprofits providing COVID-19 emergency relief, with a particular focus on supporting neighbors who are unhoused or at risk of becoming homeless in Cambridge, Somerville, and Medford.
#StoriesOfCambridge: Social innovators providing culturally responsive COVID-19 relief
South Asian Workers' Center work during the pandemic has been informed by culture and driven by community. Learn more about this 2019 Social Innovation Award winner.
#StoriesOfCambridge: ‘Starlight Square’ brings performance, art, dialogue, and dining outside.
As our artists, arts organizations, and restaurants struggle to survive, a community-led initiative seeks to provide relief and inspire wonder.