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    Cummings Foundation

    ActivoPrivate FoundationPhilanthropy & Voluntarism
    Woburn, MASitio webEIN: 04-30730231 declaraciones registradas

    About Cummings Foundation

    The Cummings Foundation appears to prioritize sustaining its own endowment while also making modest, highly-localized community gifts across Massachusetts. Nearly all dollars in this dataset represent a large internal transfer to Cummings Foundation Grants Inc.; remaining grants are small, discretionary donations to local health, senior services, emergency relief and community events. The pattern suggests a dual approach: long-term institutional funding via endowment and targeted, small-scale support for neighborhood nonprofits and civic needs in the Greater Boston area.

    Focus Areas

    Institutional endowment support and internal grantmaking (transfer to Cummings Foundation Grants Inc.)Eldercare and hospice services in Massachusetts (e.g., VNA Hospice Care, Friends of the Marlborough Seniors)Local health-related nonprofits focused on age-related conditions (e.g., Alzheimer's Association)Community fundraising events and neighborhood cultural activities (e.g., Medford Jingle Bell Festival)Local emergency and relief support for municipal services (e.g., Marlborough Fire Department Relief)

    Who They Fund

    local community members

    About Cummings Foundation

    Cummings Foundation Inc made a $32,713,666 transfer in 2025 to Cummings Foundation Grants Inc for endowment purposes, the clearest signal in the dataset of how much of its activity centers on sustaining internal capital. Alongside that internal transfer, the foundation also made small grants to local organizations serving seniors, health needs, and community life in Massachusetts. The 2025 recipients include Alzheimer's Association, Vna Hospice Care Inc, Friends of the Marlborough Seniors, Medford Jingle Bell Festival, and Marlborough Fire Department Relief. Those awards are modest in size, but they show a pattern of discretionary local support directed toward human services and community support rather than a broad open grant portfolio. The foundation’s public program set also includes invitation-only work in Rwanda and targeted institutional commitments in higher education, global health, and educator development, which helps explain why its giving profile is split between long-term institutional support and place-based philanthropy. William S Cummings serves as trustee and president.

    What Cummings Foundation Funds

    A defining part of Cummings Foundation Inc’s portfolio is its institutional support for education and workforce development. The foundation lists affiliated college commitments as long-term support for higher education institutions, and it also has a strategic initiative called Investing in Future Educators. Another major theme is global health and Rwanda-related work: it names invitation-only support for post-genocide recovery and rebuilding in Rwanda, as well as education and prevention efforts tied to genocide and Holocaust education. Health access appears as a separate strategic area through Advancing Health Access, described as a global health alliance and health-system partnership effort. These programs show a mix of named institutional partnerships and targeted international grants rather than a single narrow cause area.

    How Cummings Foundation Gives

    The clearest grant-size pattern in the data is a very large internal transfer of $32,713,666, followed by small external grants of $5,156, $1,000, $1,000, $1,000, and $200. That spread points to a foundation that uses both endowment-related transfers and low-dollar discretionary gifts. The recent grantee list is concentrated in 2025, so the dataset does not show recurring multi-year recipients by name. The foundation is a private foundation and does not fund individuals. Several of its named programs are invitation-only, while $100K for 100 is competitive and accepts unsolicited applications.

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    Abierta ahoraCierra el 17 sept 2026Monto: 25 mil US$ – 1 M US$

    $30 Million Grant Program (Local Grant Program)

    general operating supporthealtheducation+4 más

    ¿Quién puede postularse? Nonprofit organizations serving communities in eastern Massachusetts. Prior Cummings grantees are automatically considered for 10-year awards after the initial 150 winners are determined. Organizations may submit only one LOI per grant cycle. See FAQs for full eligibility details.

    Fecha límite: LOI opens mid-July; LOI deadline mid-September (5:00 PM). Invited full applications due in January. Final grant notifications in June. See current cycle timeline for exact dates.

    Financial Snapshot

    Annual Giving

    $32.7M

    Total Assets

    $2.2B

    Total Revenue

    $395.5M

    Total Expenses

    $229.7M

    Geographic Reach

    Leadership

    William S Cummings

    TRUSTEE & PRESIDENT

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    Giving Approach

    Highly concentrated dollar-wise (one very large endowment transfer) combined with a distributed set of very small, local discretionary grants; emphasis on repeat, neighborhood-level support rather than large external program grants.

    Funding Style

    endowment fundinglong-term sustainabilityinstitutional supportcapacity building

    Notable grantees: Cummings Foundation Grants Inc., Alzheimer's Association, VNA Hospice Care Inc., Friends of the Marlborough Seniors, Medford Jingle Bell Festival

    Topics

    human servicesmiscellaneous community supportgeneral community services

    Where Cummings Foundation Makes Grants

    The recent grants in the dataset all went to U.S. recipients. Massachusetts places include Woburn, Medford, and Marlborough, showing a strong local pattern around Greater Boston and MetroWest. One recent grant went to Chicago, Illinois, for a health-related organization. The program list also identifies Rwanda as a separate geography for invitation-only international support, along with broader international and national partners in select initiatives. Across the dataset, the giving footprint is local in the grant list but international in some named strategic programs.

    Frequently Asked Questions About Cummings Foundation

    What kinds of causes does Cummings Foundation Inc support?

    The foundation supports a mix of institutional and community-oriented work: affiliated colleges and educator preparation, global health and health access, Rwanda-related recovery and genocide prevention efforts, and small local grants for senior services, hospice, community events, and emergency relief in Massachusetts.

    Does Cummings Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?

    Yes, but only for selected programs. The $100K for 100 initiative accepts unsolicited applications and awards $100,000 per winner over 2 to 5 years. Several other named programs, including invitation-only Rwanda support and institutional college commitments, do not accept unsolicited applications.

    What is the typical grant size in the recent grants list?

    Recent grants are mostly very small outside the endowment transfer: $5,156 to Alzheimer's Association, three grants of $1,000, and one grant of $200. The outlier is a $32,713,666 transfer to Cummings Foundation Grants Inc for endowment purposes.

    Where do the recent grants go geographically?

    The grant list is entirely U.S.-based, with recipients in Massachusetts and Illinois. Massachusetts recipients include Woburn, Medford, and Marlborough, while one recent gift went to Chicago. The broader program list also includes Rwanda for invitation-only international support.

    Is Cummings Foundation Inc focused on recurring institutional support or one-time grants?

    Both. The data shows sustained institutional commitments through affiliated colleges and strategic initiatives, plus a large transfer to Cummings Foundation Grants Inc for endowment purposes. At the same time, the recent grants list includes small, one-off community gifts to local organizations.

    Latest 990 Filing

    2025

    Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.

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    ¿Quién puede postularse? Nonprofits based in or serving Middlesex, Essex, or Suffolk counties in Massachusetts.

    Fecha límite: Annual cycle; specific cycle dates announced on the foundation website (past cycles listed online).

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    Recent Grants

    Most recent grants reported to the IRS.

    RecipientLocationAmountYearPurpose
    CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INCWOBURN, MA$32,713,6662025TRANSFER WAS MADE FOR ENDOWMENT PURPOSES
    ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONCHICAGO, IL$5,1562025HEALTHCARE
    MEDFORD JINGLE BELL FESTIVALMEDFORD, MA$1,0002025MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNITY SUPPORT
    VNA HOSPICE CARE INCWOBURN, MA$1,0002025HEALTHCARE
    FRIENDS OF THE MARLBOROUGH SENIORSMARLBOROUGH, MA$1,0002025HUMAN SERVICES
    MARLBOROUGH FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIEFMARLBOROUGH, MA$2002025MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNITY SUPPORT

    CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANTS INC

    $32,713,666
    WOBURN, MA2025

    TRANSFER WAS MADE FOR ENDOWMENT PURPOSES

    ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION

    $5,156
    CHICAGO, IL2025

    HEALTHCARE

    MEDFORD JINGLE BELL FESTIVAL

    $1,000
    MEDFORD, MA2025

    MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNITY SUPPORT

    VNA HOSPICE CARE INC

    $1,000
    WOBURN, MA2025

    HEALTHCARE

    FRIENDS OF THE MARLBOROUGH SENIORS

    $1,000
    MARLBOROUGH, MA2025

    HUMAN SERVICES

    MARLBOROUGH FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIEF

    $200
    MARLBOROUGH, MA2025

    MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNITY SUPPORT