Indiana · Private foundation
The Cummins 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.
- $43M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 50
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $760,659
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 31
- FY2020 to FY2022
- Total assets, FY2024
- $48M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 88% of the organizations The Cummins Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 50 | $1.8M | 94% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $4.0M | 88% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest grants in FY2024.
| United Way of Bartholomew County | $760,659 |
| United Way of Central Indiana | $188,820 |
| United Way of Johnson County | $113,800 |
| United Way of Southern Chautauqua County | $102,173 |
| Jackson County United Way | $88,812 |
| PACK AWAY HUNGER INC | $75,250 |
| United Way of Kern County | $50,000 |
| Rocky Mount Area United Way | $37,890 |
| United Way of Wilson County and the Upper Cumberland | $33,571 |
| McDowell Adult Education Center | $30,000 |
| Climate Action Schools | $29,700 |
| United Way of Dane County, Inc. | $28,972 |
| The Heritage Fund - The Community Library of Bartholomew County, Inc. | $25,000 |
| United Way of the Mid-South | $25,000 |
| L'Arche | $21,600 |
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About The Cummins Foundation Inc
- How much does The Cummins Foundation Inc give?
- The Cummins Foundation Inc reported 50 itemized grants totaling $1,845,338, out of $42,982,935 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 31 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does The Cummins Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (1%), Human Services (1%), Education (0%).
- Does The Cummins Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cummins Foundation Inc 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 The Cummins Foundation Inc based?
- The Cummins Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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