The Children’s Room staff and interns celebrate receiving a Cummings Foundation “100k for 100” grant
The Children’s Room is proud to announce that it is one of 100 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 each through Cummings Foundation’s “$100K for 100” program. The Children’s Room was chosen from a total of 479 applicants, during a competitive review process.
The Children’s Room’s executive director, Donna Smith Sharff, said, “This grant from Cummings Foundation is an extraordinary gift that will allow us to continue to provide our peer support groups free of charge. Family finances may be uncertain following a death, and The Children’s Room does not want to add additional pressure to families during difficult times of loss and change.”
Smith Sharff added, “This gift will help us expand our services to grieving children, teens, and families by enhancing our peer support services at our center in Arlington and at area schools and local organizations, such as Boys & Girls Clubs.”
The $100K for 100 program supports nonprofits that are not only based in but also primarily serve Middlesex, Essex, and Suffolk counties. This year, the program is benefiting 41 different cities and towns within the Commonwealth.
Through this place-based initiative, Cummings Foundation aims to give back in the area where it owns commercial buildings, all of which are managed, at no cost to the Foundation, by its affiliate Cummings Properties. Founded in 1970 by Bill Cummings of Winchester, the Woburn-based commercial real estate firm leases and manages more than 10 million square feet of space, the majority of which exclusively benefits the Foundation.
“We admire and very much appreciate the important work that nonprofit organizations like The Children’s Room are doing in the local communities where our colleagues and clients live and work,” said Joel Swets, Cummings Foundation’s executive director. “We are delighted to support their efforts.”
This year’s diverse group of grant recipients represents a wide variety of causes, including education, homelessness prevention, elder services, healthcare, and food insecurity. Most of the grants will be paid over two to five years.
The complete list of 100 grant winners is available at www.CummingsFoundation.org.
