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Urgent Needs Fund

Cambridge Community Foundation

Foundation Grants for Nonprofits Grants for Homeless Hardship Grants Supportive Housing Grants

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Overview

Geographic Scope: Cambridge, MA

Emergency grantmaking program designed to address urgent community needs. The foundation distributed $45,000 in grants to nine shelters helping the housing insecure in Cambridge in January 2021. The foundation also made $60K in surprise, needs-inspired grants to community organizations meeting urgent needs in February 2023.

Focus Areas: Housing insecurity, homelessness, emergency assistance, urgent community needs

What Cambridge Community Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025: 162
Total given: $3.44M
Median grant: $10K
Range: $5,300–$200K

By dollars: Massachusetts 86%, California 7%, Missouri 1%. Top recipient cities: Cambridge, MA; Boston, MA; Somerville, MA.
0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
50% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

Solidaire Network Inc · Oakland, CA

Program assistance

$200K
Cambridge Community Center · Cambridge, MA

Program assistance

$161K
Cambridge News Inc · Cambridge, MA

Program assistance

$128K
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA

Program assistance

$118K
Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee · Cambridge, MA

Program assistance

$101K