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Cummings & Lockwood Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Stamford, Connecticut · EIN 061426176

Cummings & Lockwood Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Stamford, Connecticut. In tax year 2024 it gave $17,800 in 18 grants; the typical grant was $800 and the largest $2,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $27,550 the year before.

61% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$27,55015$42,385
2024$17,80018$24,585

How to apply

ContactJeffrey Helf Cummings Lockwood LLC
Six Landmark Square, Stamford, CT 06901
Phone or email(203) 327-1700
What to submitThe foundation does not have an application form but requires details of the purpose of the grant and verification of the tax-exempt status of the donees
DeadlinesThere are no submission deadlines
RestrictionsThere are no restrictions or limitations on awards such as by geographical areas, charitable fields, kinds of institutions or other factors but grants are limited to 501(c)(3) public charities

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Cummings & Lockwood Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Connecticut.

StateGrantsAmount
Connecticut12$11,950
Florida6$5,850

Grants paid in 2024

All 18 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Stamford Downtown Special Services District
Stamford, CT
Support organization's mission$2,500
The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc
Stamford, CT
Support organization's mission$2,000
Bobby Nichols - Fiddlesticks Charity Foundation
Fort Myers, FL
Support organization's mission$1,500
Connecticut Legal Services
Middletown, CT
Support organization's mission$1,500
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida
Fort Myers, FL
Support organization's mission$1,500
Shadow Wood Charitable Foundation
Bonita Springs, FL
Support organization's mission$1,500
United Way of Greenwich Inc
Greenwich, CT
Support organization's mission$1,500
CT Foodshare
Wallingford, CT
Support organization's mission$1,000
Pacific House Inc
Stamford, CT
Support organization's mission$1,000
Schoke Jewish Family Service
Stamford, CT
Support organization's mission$600
The Shelter
Naples, FL
Support organization's mission$600
Palm Beach County Food Bank
Lake Worth, FL
Support organization's mission$500
Stepping Stones Museum for Children
Norwalk, CT
Support organization's mission$500
Trinity Academy of Hartford
Hartford, CT
Support organization's mission$500
The Amistad Center for Art & Culture
Hartford, CT
Support organization's mission$500
River House Adult Day Center
Cos Cob, CT
Support organization's mission$250
St Matthew's House
Naples, FL
Support organization's mission$250
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
Support organization's mission$100

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Cummings & Lockwood Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: There are no submission deadlines.

How much does Cummings & Lockwood Foundation Inc give?

$17,800 in tax year 2024, across 18 grants, with a typical grant of $800.

Who runs Cummings & Lockwood Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Laura W Beck (President) and Heather Rhoades (Secretary).

What does Cummings & Lockwood Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities, food and hunger and arts and culture.

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