Nathan Cummings Foundation

The Nathan Cummings Foundation
Founded 1949
Founder Nathan Cummings
Type Non-operating private foundation
(IRS exemption status): 501(c)(3)
Focus Inequality, Climate
Location
Method Donations and Grants
Key people
 Sharon Alpert, President & CEO
Revenue (2015)
$27,058,441[1]
Expenses (2015) $23,691,033[1]
Endowment US$415 million

The Nathan Cummings Foundation was endowed by Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), founder of Consolidated Foods, later renamed Sara Lee. Cummings was also a prominent art collector and supporter of Jewish causes.[2]

In his lifetime, Cummings made contributions to hospitals, universities, and the arts. His endowment created the Nathan Cummings Arts Center at Stanford University and the Joanne and Nathan Cummings Art Center at Connecticut College in New London. He made major contributions to the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and to the Art Institute of Chicago. He established the Nathan Cummings Foundation in 1949. The foundation received most of his estate (then estimated at $200 million) upon his death in 1985.

References

  1. 1 2 "The Nathan Cummings Foundation, Inc" (PDF). Foundation Center. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "About the Foundation | Nathan Cummings Foundation". www.nathancummings.org. Retrieved 13 January 2017.

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