Funding search · EIN 046012492 · Cambridge, MA

Cambridge Community Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

406
grants reported
$11.2M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$12,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • New Venture Fund2 grants · $800,000
  • Food for Free3 grants · $639,920
  • Cambridge Economic Opportunity Comm2 grants · $389,018
  • Family Independence Initiative1 grant · $327,905
  • Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House3 grants · $320,037
  • East End House3 grants · $309,937
  • Solidaire Network2 grants · $300,000
  • Cambridge Community Center3 grants · $264,735
  • President and Fellows of Harvard Co2 grants · $236,384
  • Mass Farmers Markets2 grants · $196,193

Giving over time

$3.4M
2022
$4.4M
2023
$3.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 406 grants.

  • $400,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

  • $400,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

  • $344,289

    Cambridge Economic Opportunity Comm · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Food

  • $327,905

    Family Independence Initiative · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022

  • $327,837

    Food for Free · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Food

  • $266,942

    Food for Free · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $241,997

    Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Food

  • $228,578

    East End House · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Food

  • $200,000

    Solidaire Network · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $185,829

    Just-a-Start Corporation · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $181,000

    Falcon Pride Scholarship Fund · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Scholarship

  • $162,341

    Mass Farmers Markets · Waltham, MA · 2023

    Food

  • $160,914

    Cambridge Community Center · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $150,000

    Sponsor · Framingham, MA · 2022

  • $128,333

    Cambridge News · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $119,278

    President and Fellows of Harvard Co · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Enhancing educationa

  • $118,263

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $117,106

    President and Fellows of Harvard Co · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $109,360

    City of Cambridge · Cambridge, MA · 2023

  • $100,827

    Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $100,000

    Black Economic Council of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $100,000

    Solidaire Network · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General support/unre

  • $91,546

    Thrive Industries Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2023

    Education

  • $80,000

    Pathway for Immigrant Workers · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $75,000

    Longy School of Music of Bard Colle · Cambridge, MA · 2023

  • $75,000

    Ma'S House & Bipoc Art Studio · Southampton, NY · 2022

  • $71,575

    Mystic Valley Ymca · Malden, MA · 2023

    Food

  • $70,325

    Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $69,757

    Cambridge Community Center · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Food

  • $67,500

    Kendall Square Association · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $63,286

    University of Pennsylvannia · 2022

  • $61,000

    Falcon Pride Scholars · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $60,000

    Longy School of Music of Bard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $60,000

    Philanthropy Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023

    Child and youth deve

  • $56,500

    The City School · Dorchester, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $56,000

    Longy School of Music of Bard Colle · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $55,000

    Pathway for Immigarnt Workers · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Economic security

  • $51,500

    Ocean River Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $50,250

    Grassroots International · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support/unre

  • $50,000

    Community Action Agency of Somerville · Somerville, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $50,000

    Daily Table · Dorchester, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $50,000

    Haymarket People'S Fund · Boston, MA · 2023

  • $50,000

    Living Arts International · New York, NY · 2023

  • $50,000

    Living Arts International · New York, NY · 2022

  • $47,500

    Institute for Democratic Education in America · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $47,097

    Cambridge Art Association · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Arts

  • $46,564

    East End House · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $46,500

    The City School · Dorchester, MA · 2023

  • $46,089

    Cambridge Art Association · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $46,000

    Just a Start · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $45,890

    Cambridge Public Schools · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $45,141

    Food for Free · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $44,729

    Cambridge Economic Opportunity Comm · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $44,560

    Cambridge Camping Association · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $43,664

    Cambridge Art Association · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $42,676

    Thrive Industries Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2022

  • $42,063

    Cambridge Public Schoolscity of Ca · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $42,000

    The Loop Lab · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $40,000

    Cambridge Community Television (Cctv) · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $40,000

    Central Square Theater · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Arts & culture

  • $36,750

    The Algebra Project · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Community building a

  • $36,000

    Daily Table · Dorchester, MA · 2023

    Food

  • $35,750

    Central Square Business Improvement District · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $35,000

    Adolescent Consultation Services · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $35,000

    Cambridge Public Schoolscity of Ca · Cambridge, MA · 2023

  • $34,829

    De Novo Center for Justice and Heal · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $34,795

    East End House · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $34,064

    Cambridge Community Center · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $33,852

    Mass Farmers Markets · Waltham, MA · 2022

  • $33,332

    Mystic Valley Ymca · Malden, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $33,073

    Spoonfuls · Newton Center, MA · 2023

    Food

  • $32,500

    Riverside Community Care · Dedham, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $31,843

    Breakthrough Greater Boston · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $31,100

    The Dance Complex · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $30,564

    Ywca Cambridge · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $30,162

    Choate Rosemary Hall · Wallingford, CT · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $30,000

    La Colaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $28,719

    Berks County Community Foundation · Reading, PA · 2022

  • $28,709

    Cambridge Public Schools · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Education

  • $28,329

    Metro Housing Boston (Formerly Metr · Boston, MA · 2022

  • $27,500

    Work Force Program Cambridge Housing Authority · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $27,500

    World Ocean School · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support/unre

  • $27,500

    Young People'S Project · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $27,329

    Massachusetts Alliance of Portugues · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $26,829

    Community Art Center · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $26,000

    Adolescent Consultation Services I · Cambridge, MA · 2023

  • $25,829

    Agassiz Baldwin Community · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $25,564

    Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center · Cambridge, MA · 2022

  • $25,200

    Community Art Center · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $25,000

    Act Institute · Somerville, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $25,000

    Black History in Action for Cambridgeport · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $25,000

    Enroot · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $25,000

    Innovators for Purpose · Acton, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $25,000

    My Brother'S Keeper Task Force · Newton, MA · 2024

    Program assistance

  • $25,000

    Boston Impact Initiative · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023

    Economic security

  • $25,000

    Community Service Care · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023

  • $25,000

    International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2023

    Environment

  • $25,000

    The Dance Complex · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Arts & culture

  • $25,000

    Wilmington Friends School · Wilmington, DE · 2023

  • $25,000

    International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2022

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.