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Become a Partner | Nathan Cummings Foundation NCF seeks to connect with innovative partners and proximate change makers driving impact. Over the last three decades, NCF has awarded nearly half a billion dollars in funding to support movements, organizations, and individuals pursuing justice for people and the planet.
We embrace a “totality of assets” approach to impact, meaning we leverage the full power of our financial and non-financial resources to support our partners’ solutions. We want to learn from, work with, and support organizations that share our commitment to advancing racial, economic, and environmental justice (REEJ).
Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) is now welcoming proposals for partnerships via our Letters of Inquiry (LOI) portals year-round. Grant and Program Related Investment proposals can be submitted using the same portal. About NCF’s Funding : NCF is on a learning journey, and we seek to connect with innovative partners and proximate change makers who are driving impact.
We want to learn from, work with, and support organizations that share our commitment to advancing racial, economic, and environmental justice (REEJ). LOIs will be reviewed, and decisions will be made , on a rolling basis. NCF staff anticipates notifying applicants to learn more about their submissions within 12 weeks of submission .
To apply follow these steps Please review our FAQs and racial, economic, and environmental justice focus areas to determine whether your work aligns. Complete the registration process and complete the Letter of Inquiry (LOI). What type of grants do you offer?
We believe that social change takes time and requires long-term investments. We also see immense value in supporting new, innovative, and exploratory work. To reflect this, we have a range of grant types: Venture Grants (up to $100k for one year): These grants are short-term and designed to expedite support to social entrepreneurs with breakthrough, emerging, and innovative solutions.
They also serve to mutually explore new relationships and partnerships. Advancement Grants (Up to $250k annually for up to two years): These grants are designed to provide two-year support to project-based work and/or help scale organizations and promising solutions.
Enterprise Grants ($250k+ annually for more than two years): These grants are invitation-only and are designed to provide multi-year, unrestricted funding to partners that have deep alignment across our REEJ focus areas and offer the most opportunity to use all our financial and non-financial resources to support their solutions. What kind of work is NOT supported by Nathan Cummings Foundation?
NCF maintains a funding area in Israel-Palestine, that portfolio is invitation-only Social or direct service projects that are not a part of a larger advocacy strategy. For example, we do not support direct services (e.g. cash transfer, work development programs, food and education services, housing assistance, etc.).
Fundraising events, sponsorships, panel requests, or galas Campus or prison-based programs K-12, extra-curricular, religious, or community arts education programming Religious communities, congregations, and churches Community gardening and tree planting projects Projects addressing diseases, including medical research, personal health, and wellness program What kind of funding is available through the Foundation?
How often are applications reviewed? Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as the portal will remain open for REEJ-related LOIs year-round . What is the typical size of a funding award?
Most of our grants range from about $50,000 – $250,000. We anticipate most PRIs will range from $250,000 to $750,000, typically to be repaid within three to seven years. FAQ See all frequently asked questions The 2024 Impact Report Is Now Available.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofit organizations (501(c)(3) or non-U. S. equivalents) and mission-driven for-profit entities that align with the foundation's focus areas. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $50,000 - $250,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
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The Cummings Foundation's flagship program will award $35 million to roughly 150 eastern-Massachusetts nonprofits in 2027, up from $30 million — and nearly all of it now flows as unrestricted general operating support. Letters of Inquiry opened July 15 and close September 16, 2026. Here is who qualifies, how the multi-year and 10-year tracks work, and how to write an LOI that survives the first cut.
Read articleCummings Foundation grew its annual local program from $30 million to $35 million for 2026 awards, but the dollar increase is the smaller story. Nearly every grant now flows as unrestricted general operating support — the funding nonprofits ask for most and receive least. For eligible Massachusetts organizations, the 2027 cycle opens July 15 with a September 16 letter-of-inquiry deadline. Here is who qualifies, why the shift to operating support changes the calculus, and how a small nonprofit should approach a program that hands out 150 grants a year, most of them chosen by community volunteers.
Read articleCummings Foundation raised its annual local grant program from $30M to $35M and is now awarding nearly all of it as unrestricted general operating support — including 25 grants paid over a full 10 years. Letters of inquiry for the 2027 cycle opened July 15 and close September 16, 2026. Here is who qualifies, how the multi-year structure works, and why the shift to unrestricted, decade-long funding matters more than the dollar increase.
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