Cambridge launches the first non-lottery cash assistance program of its kind in the country.
On May 2, we joined Mayor Siddiqui, Congresswoman Pressley, and more partners at City Hall to announce Rise Up Cambridge.
The role we play. Big problems need big, bold solutions.
We partnered with the City to develop Rise Up Cambridge, the first non-lottery cash assistance program in the country.
CCTV recognizes career access opportunities for youth.
This week, we were honored to receive CCTV's Sakey Award.
CCF invests over half a million dollars in the local nonprofit ecosystem.
Seventy-one community organizations are supported this spring.
Cambridge WINS to kick off a second season of youth sports grants.
WINS supports coaches and programs working to create an equal playing field.
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.
Philanthropy is for everyone, especially our youth.
For a third year, Cambridge youth leaders raised funds for our community.
$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.
Black history, Black futures.
We're thinking about the importance of supporting the people and spaces that are dreaming and imagining ways our Black community can thrive.Â
Racial justice resources, organizations, and ideas for action
Find here: resources from books and articles to film and podcasts to educate ourselves about antiracism; organizations to support, follow, and donate to as they lead critical efforts for racial justice and equity; and, ideas for local action we can each take. This is an evolving list.
Cash relief, resilience, and repositioning for recovery: A message from our president
An update from the Cambridge Community Foundation's Geeta Pradhan.
Feeding Our Hometown Heroes funds meals for hospital workers, supports restaurants
How our Feeding Our Hometown Heroes initiative came to be, starting with inspiration from our board member Marla Felcher and turning into a whole community effort.
Feeding Our Hometown Heroes: A message from Geeta Pradhan
Our new initiative, Feeding our Hometown Heroes, launched in partnership with the Boston-founded start-up Off Their Plate, will fund daily deliveries of local, nutritious restaurant meals in May to frontline hospital staff in three Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) Hospitals (Cambridge, Somerville, Everett) and Mount Auburn Hospital. Â
Updates on our emergency grantmaking from our president
Dear friends, The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the fragility of our community.
The Cambridge Community Foundation fuels local nonprofit sector with $456,181 this spring
This April, the Cambridge Community Foundation will infuse $456,181 into the nonprofit sector in Cambridge through its annual spring grantmaking cycle, which is allocating funds on schedule despite the COVID-19 crisis. The Foundation is allowing Community Fund grant recipients to use their programmatic funding flexibly so that, at a time of great uncertainty, nonprofits can allocate the money where it’s needed the most.
Cambridge nonprofits step up in a time of crisis
We’ve seen first-hand how our community mobilizes to support those in need during times of crisis. Many of our nonprofit partners have already dug into the front lines, and this month, we’re spotlighting some of their critical work in these uncertain times.
Nonprofit FAQs: Giving funds to individuals during COVID-19
By Brad Bedingfield and Eleanor A. Evans The impact
Two new funds launched in response to COVID-19
With support from generous donors and the City of Cambridge, the Cambridge Community Foundation launches the Cambridge COVID-19 Emergency Fund and the Cambridge Artist Relief Fund.
COVID-19 resources for the Cambridge community
A list of local resources available to our community in response to COVID-19.
What Does Cambridge Mean To You?
What Does Cambridge Mean to You? September 15 was
CAMBRIDGE NONPROFIT COALITION
In 2013, with support from the Cambridge Community Foundation and
