City Of Cambridge

City Of Cambridge, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, receives federal grants as a recipient (89% of recent awards) and subrecipient, with a footprint dominated by housing and homelessness assistance programs from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.

The City operates primarily under HUD formula grant programs. The Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) anchors the portfolio, with the city serving as a prime recipient for multiple annual project grants totaling millions in combined potential value across dozens of awards since 2022. Representative recent awards include a $1.544 million project grant awarded September 1, 2026, a $1.410 million award on August 1, 2026, and a $1.018 million award on June 1, 2026 — all under the CoC Program supporting permanent housing, permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services only, and homeless management information systems. The city also holds formula grant awards under the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program (CFDA 14.241), most recently $2.395 million awarded December 23, 2025, with a performance period through December 22, 2028, flowing to sub-recipients including Victory Programs Inc., South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Lowell Housing Authority, Lynn Housing Authority, Justice Resource Institute, and Institute for Health and Recovery. The HOME Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239) provides $648,119.56 awarded December 23, 2025, for affordable housing activities with a performance period through September 30, 2034. The Emergency Solutions Grant Program (CFDA 14.231) awarded $226,880 on December 23, 2025, supporting street outreach, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, rapid re-housing, and HMIS activities.

Beyond HUD, the city receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) formula allocations for viable urban communities and low-income housing development, with recent awards running through 2033. The Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary issued two utility services purchase orders (water and sewer services to the Volpe Center totaling $49,461.58) on October 1, 2022 and October 1, 2023. The city also receives subgrants from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for child nutrition programs, special education and related services, Title I basic grants, career and technical education, English language acquisition, supporting effective instruction, adult education and family literacy, and education for homeless children and youth. The Department of Energy awarded $182,140 under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (CFDA 81.128) on January 1, 2025, for energy audits, building retrofits, comprehensive energy efficiency plans, and renewable energy installation. The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded block grants to the Cambridge Police Department for mobile computing and information technology to support community policing (awards dated October 1, 2022 and October 1, 2023). The city participates in the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) through HUD's Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, receiving cooperative agreements for complaint processing and training activities.

Customer concentration is extreme: the HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 492 of 665 total awards (74% of the portfolio) across all grant programs. The Department of Transportation's office places 30 awards (4.5% of count). Educational and nutrition funding flows through the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (23 awards) and the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (14 awards). The city serves 23 distinct federal agencies as a prime recipient or subrecipient. Award volume has increased year over year from 24 in 2022 to 53 in 2024, though 2025 and 2026 show 37 and 19 awards respectively in the source data period. Seventeen awards carry completion dates within the next twenty-four months and will cycle through recompete processes typical of formula grant programs. The city's subrecipient footprint flows primarily through the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (education, nutrition, and literacy programs) and Massachusetts state agencies (environmental protection, emergency management, housing and livable communities, public safety), receiving sub-awards for K-12 nutrition assistance, special education, adult literacy, low-income heating assistance, road safety, and emergency management.