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12 funders with a record of paying for “cambridge”
Where the money went Gates Foundation → Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge: $34M across 18 grants, latest 2024 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → Cambridge in America: $8.9M across 9 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Cambridge: $5.3M across 21 grants, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → Cambridge Community Foundation: $480K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Ploughshares Foundation → First Parish in Cambridge: $200K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Cambridge Community Foundation → Cambridge Community Center: $161K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Cambridge Savings Charitable → Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation: $136K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Eastern Bank Foundation → Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital - Cambridge: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Amundson A Tr for Cambridge Fdn → Village of Cambridge: $63K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Albert O Wilson Foundation Inc → Cambridge School Volunteers Inc: $56K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Cambridge Trust Charitable Foundation → Cambridge Community Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Carl F Barron Cambridge Chamber → Boston College - Scholarship: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Boston Foundation Inc → Cambridge School of Weston Inc: $299K across 7 grants, latest 2024 Cambridge Community Foundation → Cambridge News Inc: $128K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Ploughshares Foundation → Cambridge Community Foundation: $122K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Eastern Bank Foundation → Cambridge Health Alliance: $87K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Cambridge Savings Charitable → Bridges Homeward (Formerly Cambridge Family & Children's Service (Cfcs)): $75K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Amundson A Tr for Cambridge Fdn → Cambridge Community Activities Program: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gates Foundation → Gates Cambridge Trust: $43K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Albert O Wilson Foundation Inc → Cambridge Camping Association Inc: $39K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Cambridge Trust Charitable Foundation → Cambridge Public Library Foundation: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Carl F Barron Cambridge Chamber → Bates College: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Cambridge Community Foundation → Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee: $101K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → Cambridge Ellis School Inc: $81K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Amundson A Tr for Cambridge Fdn → Cambridge Foundation: $57K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Ploughshares Foundation → Homestart Inc: $51K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Cambridge Savings Charitable → Cambridge Camping Association: $50K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Albert O Wilson Foundation Inc → Agassiz Baldwin Community A Cambridge Corporation: $36K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Eastern Bank Foundation → Cambridge College Inc: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Cambridge Trust Charitable Foundation → Cambridge Center for Adult Education (Ccae): $10K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Carl F Barron Cambridge Chamber → Bentley University - Scholarship: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Boston Foundation Inc → Cambridge Public Library Foundation Inc: $76K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Cambridge Community Foundation → Cambridge Camping Association: $69K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Amundson A Tr for Cambridge Fdn → Cambridge Historic School Foundation: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Cambridge Community Foundation → Cambridge Art Association: $46K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Cambridge Community Foundation → Cambridge Public Schools: $46K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → Cambridge Affordable Housing Corporation: $45K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Cambridge Community Foundation → Cambridge Community Television (Cctv): $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → Cambridge Friends School Inc: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Amundson A Tr for Cambridge Fdn → Cambridge Deerfield Players: $39K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Boston Foundation Inc → Cambridge Insight Meditation Center Inc: $38K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Cambridge Savings Charitable → Caspar (Cambridge and Somerville Program for Addiction Recovery): $35K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Amundson A Tr for Cambridge Fdn → Cambridge Area Resource Team: $33K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Cambridge Community Foundation → Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services: $33K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → First Church in Cambridge Congregational Ucc: $32K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Boston Foundation Inc → Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee Inc: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Cambridge Community Foundation → Cambridge Jazz Foundation: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Cambridge Community Foundation → YWCA Cambridge: $29K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Cambridge Community Foundation → Work Force Program Cambridge Housing Authority: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Cambridge Savings Charitable → Cambridge Family YMCA: $28K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Boston Foundation Inc → Cambridge Camping Association Inc: $27K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Albert O Wilson Foundation Inc → Cambridge Community Center Inc: $27K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → Tutoring Plus of Cambridge Inc: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Boston Foundation Inc → Cambridge School Volunteers Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Boston Foundation Inc → Somerville Cambridge Elder Services Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Cambridge Savings Charitable → Cambridge Family & Children Service: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Cambridge Savings Charitable → Cambridge Local First: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Boston Foundation Inc → Christ Church Cambridge: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Cambridge Savings Charitable → Cambridge Community Center: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Cambridge Community Foundation → Cambridge Community Television (Cct: $19K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Amundson A Tr for Cambridge Fdn → Cambridge Historic District: $19K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Ploughshares Foundation → Aids Action Committee: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Cambridge Community Foundation → Green Cambridge Inc: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gates Foundation: $34M on this topic. Open the funder. Gates Foundation $34M The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for: $8.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fu… $8.9M The Simons Foundation Inc: $5.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $5.3M Boston Foundation Inc: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Boston Foundation Inc $1.3M Cambridge Community Foundation: $747K on this topic. Open the funder. Cambridge Community Foundation $747K Ploughshares Foundation: $391K on this topic. Open the funder. Ploughshares Foundation $391K Cambridge Savings Charitable: $389K on this topic. Open the funder. Cambridge Savings Charitable $389K Amundson A Tr for Cambridge Fdn: $320K on this topic. Open the funder. Amundson A Tr for Cambridge F… $320K Eastern Bank Foundation: $199K on this topic. Open the funder. Eastern Bank Foundation $199K Albert O Wilson Foundation Inc: $158K on this topic. Open the funder. Albert O Wilson Foundation Inc $158K Cambridge Trust Charitable Foundation: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Cambridge Trust Charitable Fo… $50K The Carl F Barron Cambridge Chamber: $15K on this topic. Open the funder. The Carl F Barron Cambridge C… $15K Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge: received $34M on this topic Chancellor Masters and Scholars… $34M Cambridge in America: received $8.9M on this topic Cambridge in America $8.9M University of Cambridge: received $5.3M on this topic University of Cambridge $5.3M Cambridge Community Foundation: received $480K on this topic Cambridge Community Foundation $480K Cambridge School of Weston Inc: received $299K on this topic Cambridge School of Weston Inc $299K First Parish in Cambridge: received $200K on this topic First Parish in Cambridge $200K Cambridge Community Center: received $181K on this topic Cambridge Community Center $181K Cambridge Community Foundation: received $147K on this topic Cambridge Community Foundation $147K Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation: received $136K on this topic Cambridge Health Alliance Found… $136K Cambridge News Inc: received $128K on this topic Cambridge News Inc $128K Cambridge Camping Association: received $119K on this topic Cambridge Camping Association $119K Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee: received $101K on this topic Cambridge Economic Opportunity… $101K Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital - Cambridge: received $100K on this topic Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospit… $100K Cambridge Health Alliance: received $87K on this topic Cambridge Health Alliance $87K Cambridge Ellis School Inc: received $81K on this topic Cambridge Ellis School Inc $81K Cambridge Public Library Foundation Inc: received $76K on this topic Cambridge Public Library Founda… $76K Bridges Homeward (Formerly Cambridge Family & Children's Service (Cfcs)): received $75K on this topic Bridges Homeward (Formerly Camb… $75K Village of Cambridge: received $63K on this topic Village of Cambridge $63K Cambridge Community Activities Program: received $60K on this topic Cambridge Community Activities… $60K Cambridge Foundation: received $57K on this topic Cambridge Foundation $57K Cambridge School Volunteers Inc: received $56K on this topic Cambridge School Volunteers Inc $56K Homestart Inc: received $51K on this topic Homestart Inc $51K Cambridge Historic School Foundation: received $50K on this topic Cambridge Historic School Found… $50K Cambridge Art Association: received $46K on this topic Cambridge Art Association $46K Cambridge Public Schools: received $46K on this topic Cambridge Public Schools $46K Cambridge Affordable Housing Corporation: received $45K on this topic Cambridge Affordable Housing Co… $45K Gates Cambridge Trust: received $43K on this topic Gates Cambridge Trust $43K Cambridge Community Television (Cctv): received $40K on this topic Cambridge Community Television… $40K Cambridge Friends School Inc: received $40K on this topic Cambridge Friends School Inc $40K Cambridge Camping Association Inc: received $39K on this topic Cambridge Camping Association I… $39K Cambridge Deerfield Players: received $39K on this topic Cambridge Deerfield Players $39K Cambridge Insight Meditation Center Inc: received $38K on this topic Cambridge Insight Meditation Ce… $38K Agassiz Baldwin Community A Cambridge Corporation: received $36K on this topic Agassiz Baldwin Community A Cam… $36K Caspar (Cambridge and Somerville Program for Addiction Recovery): received $35K on this topic Caspar (Cambridge and Somervill… $35K Cambridge Area Resource Team: received $33K on this topic Cambridge Area Resource Team $33K Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services: received $33K on this topic Somerville-Cambridge Elder Serv… $33K First Church in Cambridge Congregational Ucc: received $32K on this topic First Church in Cambridge Congr… $32K Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee Inc: received $30K on this topic Cambridge Economic Opportunity… $30K Cambridge Jazz Foundation: received $30K on this topic Cambridge Jazz Foundation $30K YWCA Cambridge: received $29K on this topic YWCA Cambridge $29K Work Force Program Cambridge Housing Authority: received $28K on this topic Work Force Program Cambridge Ho… $28K Cambridge Family YMCA: received $28K on this topic Cambridge Family YMCA $28K Cambridge Camping Association Inc: received $27K on this topic Cambridge Camping Association I… $27K Cambridge Community Center Inc: received $27K on this topic Cambridge Community Center Inc $27K Tutoring Plus of Cambridge Inc: received $26K on this topic Tutoring Plus of Cambridge Inc $26K Cambridge School Volunteers Inc: received $25K on this topic Cambridge School Volunteers Inc $25K Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition Inc: received $25K on this topic Cambridge Nonprofit Coalition I… $25K Somerville Cambridge Elder Services Inc: received $25K on this topic Somerville Cambridge Elder Serv… $25K Cambridge Family & Children Service: received $24K on this topic Cambridge Family & Children Ser… $24K Cambridge Local First: received $22K on this topic Cambridge Local First $22K Christ Church Cambridge: received $22K on this topic Christ Church Cambridge $22K Cambridge Community Television (Cct: received $19K on this topic Cambridge Community Television… $19K Cambridge Historic District: received $19K on this topic Cambridge Historic District $19K Aids Action Committee: received $18K on this topic Aids Action Committee $18K Green Cambridge Inc: received $18K on this topic Green Cambridge Inc $18K Cambridge Public Library Foundation: received $15K on this topic Cambridge Public Library Founda… $15K Cambridge College Inc: received $12K on this topic Cambridge College Inc $12K Cambridge Center for Adult Education (Ccae): received $10K on this topic Cambridge Center for Adult Educ… $10K Boston College - Scholarship: received $5K on this topic Boston College - Scholarship $5K Bates College: received $5K on this topic Bates College $5K Bentley University - Scholarship: received $5K on this topic Bentley University - Scholarship $5K 12 funders, 61 recipients, grants matching “cambridge” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $160,250 to Cambridge Community Foundation — transfer to daf
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Largest: $3,500 to HISTORY CAMBRIDGE FORMERLY CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY — exempt purpose
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Largest: $160,914 to CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER — program assistance
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Largest: $420,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE — simons investigator in physics
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Largest: $100,000 to SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL - CAMBRIDGE — exempt purpose
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Largest: $35,000 to CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 for rise up cambridge
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Largest: $10.5M to CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE — bill & melinda gates agricultural innovations, llc: agricultural development
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Largest: $1.9M to CAMBRIDGE IN AMERICA — support for the university of cambridge scientific software center
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Largest: $25,000 to CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — exempt purpose
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Largest: $10,000 to AGASSIZ BALDWIN COMMUNITY A CAMBRIDGE CORPORATION — outback scholarships scholarship fund
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Largest: $54,122 to CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES PROGRAM — program support
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Largest: $5,000 to EMORY UNIVERSITY - SCHOLARSHIP — college scholarship to graduating high school senior that resides in cambridge, ma
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