The Cummings Foundation is accepting applications for its $30 Million Grant Program.
Donor Name: Cummings Foundation
State: Massachusetts
County: Essex County (MA), Middlesex County (MA), Norfolk County (MA), Suffolk County (MA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/06/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 5-10 Years
Details:
Cummings aims to support truly local organizations. Accordingly, an applicant must:

Be headquartered in the geographic areas listed above
Provide the majority of its services in the geographic areas listed above.
Not maintain offices or provide services outside Massachusetts (with the exception of Merrimack Valley nonprofits that also serve Southern New Hampshire)
Not be regional, national, or international (even if based locally)
Not be a local office/affiliate of a regional or national organization, unless it has its own EIN

Funding Priorities
The Cummings $30 Million Grant Program funds a wide variety of local causes related to:

Human services

housing and food security, anti-poverty, disabilities, employment training, immigrant/refugee assistance, legal assistance, senior citizens, strong families/communities, youth activities/services

Social justice

equity, anti-hate, opportunity gap remediation, representation

Education

K-12/college, mentoring/tutoring, out-of-school time, complementary programs

Healthcare

hospitals/clinics, mental health

The Environment

environmental education, equitable access to outdoor spaces, recycling/waste reduction, sustainable agriculture and food systems (This program does not currently consider requests for research, land preservation, and large capital projects)

Geographic Areas
The Cummings $30 Million Grant Program is a place-based initiative that primarily supports nonprofits in the Massachusetts counties where Cummings Foundation operates commercial properties and where most staff and clients of Cummings Foundation and Cummings Properties live:

Essex County
Middlesex County
Suffolk County
The Norfolk County communities of: Brookline, Dedham, Milton, Needham, Quincy, and Wellesley.

Ineligibility 
The Cummings $30 Million Grant Program will not generally consider requests for:

Endowments
Medical research
Private foundations
Religious endeavors
Relatively new entities
Political, legislative, or lobbying organizations
Individuals or debt reduction, no matter how worthy
Major capital campaigns, unless very near completion
Primary and secondary schools that charge significant tuition
Very large organizations already supported by robust endowments
Organizations that seek to infringe on civil liberties or personal freedoms
Organizations that are not classified as public charities under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code
National or regional organizations, or local branches thereof, that do not have an EIN separate from that of the larger entity
Organizations that discriminate based on race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, etc.
Municipalities (with the exception of public schools), except for the 11 communities in which the Cummings organization operates commercial properties

For more information, visit Cummings Foundation.