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Cummings Foundation
Massachusetts Cummings Foundation $35 Million Grant Program — 2027 Cycle
Cummings Foundation will award $35 million to 150 greater-Boston-area nonprofits in the 2027 cycle. Letters of inquiry are open through September 16, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.; nearly all awards will be multi-year unrestricted general operating support, with healthcare, mental health, education and human services among the priority causes.
Required next actionConfirm the applicant is a qualifying local public charity or eligible public school headquartered in Essex, Middlesex or Suffolk County, or in Brookline, Dedham, Milton, Needham, Quincy or Wellesley, and that the majority of services are delivered in the priority geography. Select a mission-aligned healthcare, mental-health, education or human-services case, size the annual request between $10,000 and $100,000, and submit one Letter of Inquiry through the Foundation portal by September 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM.