Cummins Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Cummins Foundation supports education, environment, youth, human services and workforce development in Indiana and other geographic areas of interest to the Cummins company.
IP TAKE: This company foundation relies heavily upon employee engagement with nonprofits, and employees make grant requests on behalf of nonprofits.
PROFILE: Established in 1954, the Cummins Foundation is a corporate foundation based in Columbus, Indiana. It is the grantmaking arm of the Cummins industrial company. The foundation’s broad aim is to support the communities in which its employees live and work. Its areas of grantmaking include education, environment, youth, human services, workforce development and other community needs.
The Cummins Foundation’s community development grants generally support organizations with which its employees are involved. This arrangement involves collaboration between a corporate responsibility leader and a community partner. The foundation does not fund medical or disease-related organizations, capital campaigns, individual or business start-ups, product donations, religious activities that furthering religious doctrine, or projects or services that benefit the company.
Grants range between about $10,000 and $250,000. Grantmaking focuses on Columbus and Bartholomew Counties in Indiana, as well as other communities where the company operates. Past local grantees include Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Hoosier Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Indianapolis Parks Foundation. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records.
This foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. Direct general questions to the staff at cummins.foundation@cummins.com or 812-377-7897.
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