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 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- 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
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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Similar grant size
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