475 Tenth Avenue - 14th Floor
New York, NY
10018

• Assets: $481,024,999 (2005) 
• Grants Awarded: $17,371,600 (2005)

Viewing the United States as a nation rife with inequities against minorities, the Cummings Foundation's mission is "to build a socially and economically just society that values nature and protects the ecological balance for future generations; promotes humane health care; and fosters arts and culture that enriches communities." It places special emphasis on "concern for the poor, disadvantaged, and underserved; respect for diversity; promotion of understanding across cultures; and empowerment of communities in need."

The Cummings Foundation is a member organization of the International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG), a network of more than six-dozen grantmakers dedicated to funding leftwing groups and causes.

Among the many recent recipients of Nathan Cummings Foundation grants are: the Tides Foundation; the Tides Center; the World Resources Institute; the Environmental Defense Fund; the Natural Resources Defense Council; the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN); the Global Fund for Women; the American Civil Liberties Union; the Sierra Club; the Brookings Institution; the Interfaith Alliance; the Center for Community Change; Environmental Media Services; Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund; the Global Action Plan for the Earth; the Farmers Legal Action Group; the Center for a New American Dream; the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance; the Earth Island Institute; Physicians for Social Responsibility; the Environmental Grantmakers Association; the American Institute for Social Justice, Inc.; the American Islamic Congress; the Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment; the Wilderness Society; the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy; the Council on Foundations; the Urban Institute; People for the American Way; the Union of Concerned Scientists; Jewish Partnership for Social Justice; Bread and Roses Cultural Project, Inc.; the Chicago Abortion Fund; Friends of the Earth; the Environmental Law and Policy Center; the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; the U.S. Public Interest Research Group; the Consumers Union; Rainforest Action Network; the League of Conservation Voters; Rails to Trails Conservancy; Rainforest Alliance; Alliance for Justice; the Advocacy Institute; the Pesticide Action Network; the Jobs with Justice Education Fund; the Jewish Fund for Justice; the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; the National Health Law Program; the National Wildlife Federation; More Than Money, Inc.; the New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival; the New World Foundation; the National Women's Law Center; the Progressive Jewish Alliance; the Proteus Fund; Riverkeeper, Inc.; Global Green USA; Green Seal; Green Corps; the Western Organization of Research Councils; the Black Filmmaker Foundation; the Service Employees International Union Education and Support Fund; the Shefa Fund; the William J. Brennan Center for Justice; the Waterkeeper Alliance; the World Institute of Holistic Therapies; Reconstructionist Rabbinical College; Environmental Working Group; the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; the Center for Respect of Life and Environment; the Trust for Public Land; the Public Citizen Foundation; the Worldwatch Institute; the Fund for Global Awakening; the America Farmland Trust; the Land Institute; the New America Foundation; and the National Religious Partnership for the Environment.