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Cummings Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Cummings Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$431k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.4MReligion$505kCommunity Improvement$500kHuman Services$164kPhilanthropy$81kArts & Culture$69kYouth Development$65kPublic Safety & Disaster$64kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $325k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$794k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HEART OF SOUTH DOWNTOWN INC$150,000
THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS$125,000
ENDEAVORS ATLANTA INC$50,000
BELOVED ATLANTA$35,000
CF FOUNDATION INC$25,000
NEXT GENERATION MEN & WOMEN$25,000
ODYSSEY$10,000
PEACHTREE ROAD UNITED METHODIST$6,220
MURPHY HARPST CHILDREN CENTER$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $154k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LAKE BURTON CIVIC ASSN: $3k → 13%LAKE BURTON CIVIC ASSOCIATION: $1k → 13%WELLROOT FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 14%BELOVED ATLANTA: $35k → 13%BELOVED ATLANATA INC: $25k → 13%BELOVED ATLANTA: $25k → 13%BELOVED ATLANTA: $15k → 13%BELOVED ATLANTA: $10k → 13%BELOVED ATLANTA: $10k → 13%BELOVED ATLANTA: $10k → 13%BELOVED ATLANTA: $10k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 15 repeat orgs$935k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
30

Total granted

$2.1M
$770k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
0%

Still filing today

67%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $165k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TS
    TRINITY SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2017–2022 · $200k · revenue +35%
  • TW
    The Westminster Schools Inc
    3× · 2020–2025 · $160k · revenue +22%
  • BA
    BELOVED ATLANTA INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $140k · revenue +85%

Funded once

  • AS
    APF SUPPORT INC
    one grant, 2024 · $196k
  • PU
    PEACHTREE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $120k
  • PR
    PEACHTREE ROAD UNITED METHODIST CHU
    one grant, 2022 · $62k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc

ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…

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2
Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures Inc

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively as a supporting organization to and for the benefit of the georgia institute of technology to foster and support education and scientific research and economic development…

Education
3
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
4
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
5
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc

Atlanta is #1 for income inequality in the nation. as such, the needs in our community are pressing and we need to move with the urgency of now to address those needs. the community foundation has unequivocally embraced equity as our #1…

Philanthropy
6
Georgia Tech Foundation Real Estate Holding Corporation

The georgia tech foundation real estate holding corporation was formed to hold title to real estate and similar property on behalf of the georgia tech foundation, inc., and for other purposes permitted under section 501(c)(2) of the…

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7
Every Student Every Community Inc

Redefined atlanta engages communities, advocates for equity, and funds critical work to drive systemic level improvement in k-12 public education for students and families.

Education
8
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Inc

The corporation is a voluntary association of individuals and organizations the purposes of which are to upgrade and advance the atlanta metropolitan area in population, commerce and finance; to effect civic and social improvements; to…

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9
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
10
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
11
The Grady Health Foundation Inc

The mission of the grady health foundation is to grow both philanthropic support and broad-based understanding of the critical role that grady health system plays in the metro atlanta region. our focus is to ensure grady health system has…

Philanthropy
12
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc

The mission of the atlanta community food bank is to engage, educate and empower our community to fight hunger. our bold goal is to see that all people in our service area have access to the nutritious meals they need when they need them.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Georgia Tech Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mochary Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
15/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRINITY SCHOOL OFFICE OF ADVANCE: $701,250 · OtherTRINITY SCHOOL OFFICE OF ADVANCEAPF SUPPORT INC: $196,258 · OtherAPF SUPPORT INCHEART OF SOUTH DOWNTOWN INC: $150,000 · OtherHEART OF SOUTH DOWNTOWN INCIndividual grant recipient: $140,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPEACHTREE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $120,000 · OtherPEACHTREE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHPEACHTREE ROAD METHODIST CHURCH: $113,754 · OtherPEACHTREE ROAD METHODIST CHURCHPEACHTREE ROAD UNITED METHODIST: $66,220 · Other+23 more: $446,750 · Other+23 moreTRINITY SCHOOL INC: $199,990 · EducationTRINITY SCHOOL …The Westminster Schools Inc: $160,000 · EducationThe Westminster…GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationGEORGIA TECH FO…+3 more: $30,000 · Education+3 moreEndeavor Atlanta Inc: $300,000 · Community ImprovementEndeavor At…BELOVED ATLANTA INC: $140,000 · Human ServicesUNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME OF THE NORTH GA CONFERENCE INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $3,670 · Human ServicesC F FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyCINK CHARITIES INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyOCEAN REEF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC: $6,000 · PhilanthropyMochary Foundation Inc: $5,000 · PhilanthropyNEXT GENERATION MEN & WOMEN INC: $65,000 · Youth DevelopmentROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $57,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,934,232Education$414,990Community Improvement$300,000Human Services$153,670Philanthropy$86,000Youth Development$65,000Arts & Culture$63,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEndeavor Atlanta Inc: $300,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetTRINITY SCHOOL INC: $199,990 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $160,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBELOVED ATLANTA INC: $140,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetNEXT GENERATION MEN & WOMEN INC: $65,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetAPF SUPPORT INC: $59,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE: $58,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $57,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetENDEAVOR GLOBAL INC (F/K/A THE ENDEAVOR INITIATIVE INC): $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetC F FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN REEF CHAPEL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCINK CHARITIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetOCEAN REEF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOLIDARITY SANDY SPRINGS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME OF THE NORTH GA CONFERENCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA PARTNERSHIP OF BUSINESS AND EDUCATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetODYSSEY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEED MY LAMBS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMochary Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMURPHY-HARPST CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE BURTON CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC: $3,670 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetFernbank Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChastain Park Civic Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundat…Georgia Power Foundat…The Sartain Lanier Fa…Tull Charitable Found…Atlanta Braves Founda…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Raymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA21.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · Atlanta Braves Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Cummings Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cummings Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Cummings Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Cummings Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 49 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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