Smart Giving with CCF’s PAC
Join us at Smart Giving, May 4!
Rise Up Cambridge evaluation points to meaningful short-term financial relief for low-income families
MDRC report finds $500 monthly payments helped nearly 2,000 families meet basic needs.
Our 2025 annual report
Good in the Making brings our civic leadership to life through stories and photography.
Join us April 14 to discuss new research on social housing.
This hybrid event invites residents, city officials, researchers, and community stakeholders to come together for at thoughtful discussion on new findings.
Announcing two programs to help you make good.
We’re seeking nominations and applications for our Imagined in Cambridge! Social Innovation Award, and we’re launching Making Good Minigrants.
Sudden life changes: Charitable giving can help clients get through it
This article is part of our Smart Giving series for professional advisors.
Women and philanthropy: Four insights to inform your practice
This article is part of our Smart Giving series for professional advisors.
The Responsibility Belongs to All of Us
By most measures, Cambridge Public Schools are succeeding. And yet, for decades, deep-seated achievement gaps have persisted.
When a Lifelong Educator Sees Something Special
Lissa Hodder on why she supports Breakthrough Greater Boston.
Filling the Gaps
Over 70% of Breakthrough Teaching Fellows pursue education careers. The students come back year after year because, as one senior put it, Breakthrough feels like a second home.
Join our city council candidates forum Oct. 23
We're flipping the script on a traditional candidates forum by inviting community members with lived experience to speak first. Come get informed!
June was for joy
We had an eventful month with our community and partners.
Announcing our 2025 Imagined in Cambridge! Social Innovation Award Winners
$25,000 go to grassroots initiatives that strengthen bonds and build belonging.
Cambridge Sees Record Demand for Nonprofit Support as CCF Directs $1.5M to 161 Organizations
Unprecedented 65 percent increase in funding responds to growing pressure on local nonprofit sector.
Our new campaign to “make good” for Cambridge.
Launching a new campaign that emphasizes CCF's role in tackling problems in partnership and that celebrates changemakers.
Arrow Street Arts Fund awards new grants for local performing arts.
The fund invested $65K in 11 organizations in its first year.
Highlights from our Family Reunion!
A magical event celebrating our nonprofits and local changemakers.
The winners of our 5th annual Imagined in Cambridge! Award.
Meet this inspiring new crop of grassroots changemakers!
Geeta named Woman of the Year by India New England.
Congratulations to our president on being recognized for her outstanding civic leadership.
CCF’s Family Reunion is May 29!
Celebrating nonprofit staff and our new Imagined in Cambridge! awardees. Nonprofit friends, please RSVP!
Join us April 14 to discuss new research on social housing.
This hybrid event invites residents, city officials, researchers, and community stakeholders to come together for at thoughtful discussion on new findings.
Announcing two programs to help you make good.
We’re seeking nominations and applications for our Imagined in Cambridge! Social Innovation Award, and we’re launching Making Good Minigrants.
Sudden life changes: Charitable giving can help clients get through it
This article is part of our Smart Giving series for professional advisors.
Women and philanthropy: Four insights to inform your practice
This article is part of our Smart Giving series for professional advisors.
The Responsibility Belongs to All of Us
By most measures, Cambridge Public Schools are succeeding. And yet, for decades, deep-seated achievement gaps have persisted.
When a Lifelong Educator Sees Something Special
Lissa Hodder on why she supports Breakthrough Greater Boston.
Filling the Gaps
Over 70% of Breakthrough Teaching Fellows pursue education careers. The students come back year after year because, as one senior put it, Breakthrough feels like a second home.
You’re invited: Every Dollar Counts, Feb. 9
Join us for Every Dollar Counts: Striving for equity and student success in CPS, hosted by CCF, CPS, and MBK Cambridge.
Envisioning What Could Be
VP of Programs and Grantmaking Christina Turner on why we're investing in arts and culture.
The Multicultural Art Center
Artists as time travelers: how the Multicultural Arts Center builds belonging.
FAQs: IRAs and QCDs
This article is part of our Smart Giving series for professional advisors.
Gifts of art: Three scenarios and outcomes
This post is part of our “Smart Giving” series of informational articles for professional advisors from CCF’s Professional Advisors Council.
Maximizing philanthropy in a shifting landscape
Join us September 17 for a timely discussion with our professional advisors.
A case study for charitable clients
This post is part of our “Smart Giving” series of informational articles for professional advisors from CCF’s Professional Advisors Council.
Charitable Solutions for Your Clients in Uncertain Times
June 4 PAC Event
A happier alternative? Moving from a private foundation to a donor-advised fund
This post is part of our “Smart Giving” series of informational articles for professional advisors from CCF’s Professional Advisors Council.
Philanthropy: It’s a marathon, not a sprint
This post is part of our “Smart Giving” series of informational articles for professional advisors from CCF’s Professional Advisors Council.
Navigating the complexities of 2025’s tax season.
This post is part of our “Smart Giving” series of informational articles for professional advisors from CCF’s Professional Advisors Council.
Playing the long game: Encouraging your clients to plan ahead in 2025
This post is part of our “Smart Giving” series of informational articles for professional advisors from CCF’s Professional Advisors Council.
Endowments and quasi-endowments: Similar, but not exactly the same
This post is part of our “Smart Giving” series of informational articles for professional advisors from CCF’s Professional Advisors Council.
