Public Benefits and Community Assistance

program

Free

Project Manna Kitchen Meals Program

By
Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church

Our program offers meals to homeless and the community.

program

Free

St. Bartholomew's MIT Community Dinner Meals Program

By
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church

We offer a community dinner on the first and third Wednesday evening of every month.

program

Free

Summer Food Program 2024

By
Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP)

We provide free and nutritionally balanced meals to Cambridge residents 18 years of age and under. There are vegetarian and non-vegetarian options offered at all meal sites!

program

Free

The Friday Café Meal Program

By
First Church in Cambridge

Our program is a neighborhood gathering place where housed and unhoused neighbors can mingle and get acquainted in a low-key, judgment-free setting.

program

Free

Material Aid Support and Meals Program

By
Material Aid and Advocacy Program (MAAP)

We provide meals and materials to individuals who are low-income or extremely low-income, and who are experiencing homeless, are housing insecure, or living in persistent poverty.

Application required

program

Free

Project Manna's Epic Program Food Pantry

By
Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church

Project Manna Epic Program operates a food pantry to provide assistance, aimed at increasing the nutritional competency of needy families in our community.

Registration required

program

Free

Elnora Yard Food Pantry

By
St. Paul's AME

Our food pantry has been servicing the community for more than 40 years.

Registration required

program

Free

On the Rise: Safe Haven Program

By
On The Rise

We are a daytime, drop-in shelter for unhoused women, trans, and non-binary people where they can find the relationships, safety and resources they need to move out of homelessness.

Registration required

program

Free

Social Services at Cambridge Council on Aging

By
Cambridge Council on Aging

Council on Aging offers a wide range of social services and is committed to meeting the needs of seniors.

Registration required

program

Free

Resources at The Catholic Charities

By
Catholic Charities

This program serves families looking for help with food, rent, utilities, clothing, infant supplies, holiday assistance, refugees and immigration services, substance abuse support, and more!

Registration required

organization

Harvard Square Churches Meal Program

Mid Cambridge and Neighborhood 9

We operate a community supper each Thursday evening at Christ Church Cambridge.

organization

The Network/La Red

Outside Cambridge

The Network/La Red is a survivor-led, social justice organization that works to end partner abuse in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, kink, polyamorous, and queer communities.

organization

Bay Cove Human Services

Outside Cambridge

We help adults, children and families in Southeastern Massachusetts thrive with major life challenges like mental illness, disabilities, homelessness, substance use, and difficulties of aging.

organization

Cambridge Coordinated Access Network (C-CAN)

Riverside

We are Cambridge's primary access point to permanent supportive housing for individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

organization

Karaya Implementation Consulting Coop LLC

Area 2 and East Cambridge

Strategic Services, Project Management & Implementation, Marketing & Communications, Providing Physical and Online Support, and more...

organization

Daily Table Central Square

Mid Cambridge

We are a community nonprofit grocery market with a mission to make healthy food accessible and affordable to everyone, no matter their income, located at 684 Massachusetts Avenue.

organization

Salvation Army

Cambridgeport

We provide social services: from providing food, disaster relief, assistance for disabled people, outreach, clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for underprivileged children.

organization

Material Aid and Advocacy Program (MAAP)

West Cambridge

We support and empower community members experiencing homelessness through material aid, access to resources, and advocacy.

organization

MIT Open Space Programming

We provide vibrant and active, open spaces in Kendall Square at MIT where people can meet, bump into each other, and connect using outdoor movies, pedestrian pathways, a stage, programming, and more!

organization

St. Peter's Episcopal Church

Mid Cambridge

We’re a multicultural, vibrant community of prayerful, generous, and welcoming Christians at our church in the heart of Central Square in Cambridge

organization

First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist

Mid Cambridge

We are brave, curious, and compassionate thinkers and doers.

organization

The Outdoor Church

Cambridgeport, Mid Cambridge, Riverside, and The Port

Mid Cambridge, Neighborhood 9, Riverside, and West Cambridge

We are a church providing services outside of Central, Harvard, and Porter Squares geared towards street outreach year-round, in all seasons and all weather.

organization

Boston Food Not Bombs

Cambridgeport, Mid Cambridge, Riverside, and The Port

We are a worldwide movement that first started in Boston, MA. We provide free vegan and vegetarian meals to people who are hungry.

organization

Hope Fellowship Church

Baldwin, Neighborhood 9, and North Cambridge

We are a Christian church in Porter Square.

organization

St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church

We are one of the seven historically black churches in the Diocese of Massachusetts.

organization

First Korean Church in Cambridge

Cambridgeport

Feed the hungry, welcome everyone under our roof, and be compassionate. We host one of the largest meal programs, traditional church services, Sunday school, youth programs and community events.

organization

Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church

Mid Cambridge

Aside from our church services, we host the Project Manna Food Pantry to support those most in-need in accordance with the teachings of our faith.

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