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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 04-3073023

Cummings Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Woburn, MA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $32.7 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $32,722,022

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,242,808,626

  • Tax year 2023

    $18,366,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,078,986,279

  • Tax year 2022

    $37,022,600

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,970,466,803

  • Tax year 2021

    $8,823

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,791,094,797

  • Tax year 2020

    $117,250

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,582,757,303

  • Tax year 2019

    $127,495

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $1,332,436,128

  • Tax year 2018

    $68,942

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $1,220,422,350

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cummings Foundation Grants IncWoburn, MA

    Transfer was made for endowment purposes

    $32,713,666
  2. Alzheimer's AssociationChicago, IL

    Healthcare

    $5,156
  3. Medford Jingle Bell FestivalMedford, MA

    Miscellaneous community support

    $1,000
  4. VNA Hospice Care IncWoburn, MA

    Healthcare

    $1,000
  5. Friends of the Marlborough SeniorsMarlborough, MA

    Human services

    $1,000
  6. Marlborough Fire Department ReliefMarlborough, MA

    Miscellaneous community support

    $200

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $32,713,666100% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $5,156<1% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Massachusetts5 grants $32,716,866
  2. Illinois1 grant $5,156

Officers, directors and trustees

26 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Joyce M CummingsTRUSTEE & TREASURER Hours 25Pay $0
  • Patricia A Cummings PSY DTRUSTEE & Vice President Hours 1Pay $0
  • William S CummingsTRUSTEE & PRESIDENT Hours 50Pay $0
  • Steven DisalvoTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Margot BotsfordTrustee (THRU 9/24) Hours 1Pay $0
  • Marilyn Cummings Morris MD MPHTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Arlan F Fuller MDTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Thomas PappasTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • David Harris PHDTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Eric S AndersonTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Dennis A ClarkeTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • William F GrantTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Christine CoakleyEXEC DIRECTOR, NHC Hours 50Pay $151,148
  • Marie ConnollyExec Director, NHM Hours 50Pay $179,234
  • Andrew BishopDeputy Director Hours 50Pay $185,984
  • Aisha Francis PHDTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert Keefe EsqTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jack Connors JrTrustee (THRU 7/24) Hours 1Pay $0
  • Agnes Binagwaho M D PhDTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ioannis Miaoulis PHDTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • John Keenan J DTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Michael KennealyTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jim Yong Kim MD PHDTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sunil Kumar PHDTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Carol FulpTRUSTEE (AS OF 1/24) Hours 1Pay $0
  • Joyce VyriotesExec Dir, Clerk & Trustee Hours 30Pay $0

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