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Total Assets: $25,641,341
Total Giving: $1.5 million
New Jersey New York
None
The following grants were reported in recent years:
CATHOLIC BIG SISTERS AND BIG BROTHERS
New York, New York – $30,000 in 2011
CARDINAL MCCLOSKEY SERVICES
White Plains, New York – $35,000 in 2008
FRANCISCAN COMMUNITY CENTER AT HOLY NAME OF JESUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, IN.
New York, New York – $20,000 in 2007
The Fund does not fund: Programs located outside of New York City, and outside of the following Northeastern New Jersey Counties: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, and Union; Alcoholism and drug addiction treatment programs; Camping programs; Capital campaigns; Capital expenses, including building, equipment and moving expenses; Conferences; Day care programs for children of adults; Media projects; Environmental programs; General operating expenses; Legal aid programs; Private elementary and secondary schools; Individuals; Public opinion polls, surveys and research studies; Public policy, and/or advocacy groups; Scholarships; Senior citizen’s programs; Soup kitchens and/or Food banks; Well-Endowed institutions; For profit and non-tax-exempt organizations; More than 2 years consecutive funds to one organization or project, except in unusual circumstances
Application submission deadlines are: April 1 and October 1
The foundation’s primary interest is in the piloting or expansion of new, innovative programs of organizations operating in New York, NY, and its more urbanized surrounding areas in northeastern NJ. The fund has a particular interest in programs serving young people and on institutions serving economically and socially disadvantaged populations. Funding interests include education, especially programs that serve public school children from disadvantaged backgrounds, social welfare concerns, which focus on programs addressing issues including child abuse, parent education, juvenile delinquency, teenage pregnancy, youth employment and job training. Also focuses on education- a focus on efforts to reform the public education system or programs that serve public school children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Type of Grantmaker: Independent foundation
Established in 1982 in NY.
New Jersey New York
Tel: (212) 286-1778
Fax: (212) 682-9458
Email: [email protected]
Address:
THE FRANCES L. & EDWIN L. CUMMINGS MEMORIAL FUND
501 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 708
NEW YORK , New York 10017
Contact: ELIZABETH H COSTAS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Procedure:
Proposals received by fax or e-mail not accepted. Application form not required. Applicants should submit the following:
1. How project will be sustained once grantmaker support is completed
2. Results expected from proposed grant
3. Population served
4. Copy of most recent annual report/audited financial statement/990
5. How project’s results will be evaluated or measured
6. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested
7. Copy of current year’s organizational budget and/or project budget
8. Listing of additional sources and amount of support
Initial approach: Proposal, preferably no more than 7 pages. No more than 10 pages for those organizations submitting two requests
Copies of proposal: 3
Board meeting date(s): June and Dec.
Deadline(s): Apr. 1 or Oct. 1
Final notification: 10 days following board meeting
Additional information: The Cummings Fund will consider up to two different grant requests at any given time from one applicant organization. Proposals should be paginated, then clipped or stapled together, not permanently bound.
Trustees:
Elizabeth Harrison Costa, Executive Director
Dorothy A Riley Chew, Secretary
Andrew J Lark, Co Trustee
Bny Mellon Na, Trustee
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