Georgia · Private foundation
Cummings Africa Foundation
EMPOWER AND UPLIFT AFRICA AND AFRICANS WITHIN THREE KEY AREAS: EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE. Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $137k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $123,438
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2023
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations Cummings Africa Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $137k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $126k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $178k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $147k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola Marymount University | $32,551 | 1 | 0% |
| Love 113 | $8,466 | 1 | n/a |
| Cuttington University Alumni Association in the Americas | $2,733 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($545k), not named here.
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About Cummings Africa Foundation
- How much does Cummings Africa Foundation give?
- Cummings Africa Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $136,868 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Cummings Africa Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (97%), Community Improvement (2%), Environment (1%).
- Who are Cummings Africa Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Loyola Marymount University ($33k), Love 113 ($8k), Cuttington University Alumni Association in the Americas ($3k).
- Does Cummings Africa Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cummings Africa Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Cummings Africa Foundation based?
- Cummings Africa Foundation is based in GA.
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