A substantial portion of Cummings Foundation’s assets is made up of commercial property donated by Joyce and Bill Cummings. All these buildings are managed—at no cost to the Foundation—by Cummings Properties, with 100 percent of all profits going directly to the Foundation for philanthropic purposes. The Foundation donates more than $30 million annually to greater Boston nonprofits, and has donated more than $500 million to date.
Cummings Properties is a full-service real estate development, property management, and construction firm with scores of large buildings in 11 greater Boston communities. It operates and leases 11 million square feet of commercial space to more than 2,000 clients of all types and sizes.