Iowa · Private foundation
The Cambridge Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $63k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 87
- Grants FY2025
- 56
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $21,940
- Organizations funded a year
- 47 to 64
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 52% of the organizations The Cambridge Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 58 | $63k | 53% |
| FY2024 | 56 | $56k | 52% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $49k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 52 | $62k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 52 | $62k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 47 | $73k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 64 | $126k | 55% |
| FY2018 | 60 | $126k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Arts & Convention Center Inc | $100,050 | 3 | 3% |
| New Hope for Kids Inc | $35,540 | 1 | 3% |
| Jordan Thomas Foundation Inc | $35,125 | 1 | 3% |
| Foundation for Financial Planning Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Invest in Others Charitable Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Luke's Wings | $21,940 | 1 | n/a |
| Maharishi International University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food For Thought Denver | $19,945 | 1 | 1% |
| Urban Peak Denver | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids Matter International | $15,285 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 214 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 86 recipients with no EIN on record ($180k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cambridge Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Greater Jefferson County Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc · Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc · GreenState Credit Union · David L Lieb Foundation Inc · Rpc Inc Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Johnson County · Carmax Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Cambridge Foundation Inc
- How much does The Cambridge Foundation Inc give?
- The Cambridge Foundation Inc reported 87 grants totaling $63,265 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 64 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Cambridge Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (18%), Health (16%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are The Cambridge Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fairfield Arts & Convention Center Inc ($100k), New Hope for Kids Inc ($36k), Jordan Thomas Foundation Inc ($35k).
- Does The Cambridge Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cambridge Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Cambridge Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Jefferson County Foundation, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Pella Rolscreen Foundation.
- Where is The Cambridge Foundation Inc based?
- The Cambridge Foundation Inc is based in IA.
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