Corwin-Russell School has been selected as one of the 100 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 each through Cummings Foundation’s new $100K for 100 program. The Sudbury-based organization was chosen from more than 370 applicants during a competitive review process by the Foundation.
More than 250 people, including staff and board members from nearly all 100 recipient organizations, gathered at the Foundation’s first annual Grantee Reception on June 19 at TradeCenter 128 in Woburn. The elated attendees accepted their official award letters, posed for photos with Foundation representatives, networked with their peers, and celebrated the $10 million infusion of funding into greater Boston’s nonprofit sector.
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Founding head of school Jane-Elisabeth Jakuc remarked, "This generous grant will allow our students the benefit of up-to-the-minute technological tools to succeed in areas of strength and compensate for their challenges. This degree of access will support their learning through college and beyond, as they make a meaningful contribution to the larger world. We and they are very fortunate indeed, and we are very grateful to the Foundation."
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All of the selected charities serve local communities, with 50 percent of the grants being awarded in Middlesex County, 30 percent in Suffolk County (including Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, and Roxbury), and 20 percent in Essex County. Joel Swets, the Foundation’s executive director, noted that the narrow geographic priority area reflects a desire to give back in the areas where the grant funds were derived.
Swets explained, “As the primary beneficiary of commercial real estate firm Cummings Properties, the Foundation is very committed to the 10 communities in which the firm manages buildings, as well as the hometowns of its 350 staff members. We are delighted to support the admirable efforts of the Corwin-Russell School to provide an individualized learning environment for its students.”
Cummings Properties manages more than 10 million square feet of prime office, lab, and medical space, including the buildings at 142 and 144 North Road in Sudbury.
The diverse group of grant recipients represents a wide variety of causes, including underserved populations, education, healthcare, homelessness, and social justice. Many of the grants will be paid over two to five years.
About the Corwin-Russell School
The Corwin-Russell School @ Broccoli Hall is a small independent college preparatory day school for middle and high school students with superior potential and intellect. Located in Sudbury, Mass., Broccoli Hall offers students with a melting pot of learning styles and talents an individualized, creative, and personal experience in education. Uncommonly caring, Broccoli Hall's small community offers students the chance to truly reach their academic, social, and creative potential. With an extended campus in the Adirondack Mountains for its summer and outdoor education program, and an infused social skills curriculum, personal achievement in all areas remain a priority. In short, for the first time in their lives, our kids love school.
About Cummings Foundation
Woburn-based Cummings Foundation, Inc. was established in 1986 by Joyce and Bill Cummings of Winchester, Mass. With assets exceeding $1 billion, it is one of the very largest grant-making foundations in New England. The Foundation directly operates its own charitable subsidiaries, including two New Horizons senior communities in Marlborough and Woburn. Its largest single grant to date was $50 million to Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in North Grafton, Mass. Additional information is available at www.CummingsFoundation.org.
