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The Cummins Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Cummins Family Foundation Inc

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.

$86k
Granted FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k50 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
$500
Median grant
15
States reached
$727k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH$25,000
ST MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH$10,000
ARCHBISHOP SPALDING HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
MARSHALL HOPE CORP$5,000
SISTERS OF LIFE$5,000
ARCHBISHOP'S ANNUAL APPEAL$3,500
FULCRUM FOUNDATION$2,500
ARCHBISHOP SPALDING HIGH SCHOOL$2,500
HUMAN LIFE FOUNDATION INC$2,500
HUMAN LIFE FOUNDATION INC$2,500
STUDENTS FOR LIFE ACTION$1,750
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$1,000
ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY$1,000
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC$1,000
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES$1,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $700) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE: $500 → 19%HOPE FOR ALL: $200 → 6%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
IL
MI
NY
IA
IN
PA
CA
VA
MD
KS
DC
AL
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of The Cummins Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Cummins Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its 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.

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Catholic Answers Inc

Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…

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2
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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3
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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4
St Mary's Center for Women & Children Inc

St. Mary's Center for Women and Children (SMC), a multi-service organization supporting women, children, and families, believes shelter is not enough to erase the devastation of cyclical poverty and homelessness.Grounded in social justice,…

Unclassified
5
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington

Catholic charities of the archdiocese of washington is the area's leading provider of comprehensive human services, offered to individuals and families in need, through 47 programs in 29 locations in the district of columbia, montgomery,…

Human Services
6
Sacred Heart Home

44-Bed licensed nursing home in Hyattsville, Maryland that provides nursing care services to its residents

Health
7
Saint Mary Home Incorporated

We, mercy community health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming presence within our communities. saint mary home is a member of mercy community health and trinity health.

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8
Sancta Maria Hospital Inc

Faithful to the spirit of the congregation of the daughters of mary, sancta maria nursing facility's mission is to witness christ's compassion, caring and love, reflecting the catholic church's role in the continuation of christ's healing…

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9
Villa Mary Immaculate

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. villa mary immaculate is a member of st. peter's health partners…

Health
10
Ave Maria Communications

Ave Maria Communications (AMC)employs radio, internet and other media to offer news, analysis, teaching, devotion and music to demonstrate Catholic values.

Religion
11
Stella Maris Inc

In the tradition of the sisters of mercy, stella maris provides a comprehensive range of health and housing services for the compassionate care of the elderly, the sick and the dying.

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12
Catholic Charities & Community Serv of the Archdiocese of Denver

As the charitable arm of the archdiocese of denver and inspired by god's love and compassion, catholic charities extends the healing ministry of jesus christ to the poor and those in need. catholic charities of the archdiocese of denver…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Maryland Food Bank 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

19 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. 19 of the 50 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
9/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH: $35,000 · OtherST MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHARCHBISHOP SPALDING HIGH SCHOOL: $12,500 · OtherARCHBISHOP SPALDING HIGH SCHOOLSISTERS OF LIFE: $5,000 · OtherSISTERS OF LIFEThe Human Life Foundation Inc: $5,000 · OtherThe Human Life Foundation IncARCHBISHOP'S ANNUAL APPEAL: $3,500 · OtherFULCRUM FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Other+33 more: $11,400 · Other+33 moreMARSHALL HOPE CORPORATION: $5,000 · Food & NutritionStudents for Life Action Inc: $1,750 · Public BenefitASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $500 · Human ServicesHOPE FOR ALL INC: $200 · Human ServicesKNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC: $1,000 · Community ImprovementCHESTERTON ACADEMY OF ANNAPOLIS INCORPORATED: $500 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $500 · EducationHome for the Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor: $500 · ReligionSOPHIA INSTITUTE: $100 · ReligionETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $100 · Religion
Other$74,900Food & Nutrition$5,000Public Benefit$1,750Human Services$1,700Community Improvement$1,000Education$1,000Religion$700

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Human Life Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMARSHALL HOPE CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetStudents for Life Action Inc: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDYSAUTONOMIA INTERNATIONAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHome for the Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor: $500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESTERTON ACADEMY OF ANNAPOLIS INCORPORATED: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RADIANCE FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING UP MISSION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR ALL INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF JESUS AND MARY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Raymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…
American Endowment FoundationOH12.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 The Cummins Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cummins Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • St Vincent De Paul of Baltimore Inc: 40% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Helping Up Mission Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
4report 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.

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 50 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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