We Got a Cummings Grant!

A Place To Turn was awarded a 3-year $225,000 grant from the Cummings Foundation! The funding will support our Community Food Program, which increases access by bringing food to where people live and congregate.

“Support from the Cummings Foundation allows us to sustain and expand our Community Food Program. We know that not everyone who needs food assistance can make it to the pantry, so we are working with over 15 community partners to bring fresh food to people where they are. Over the next three years we will expand mobile market sites, increase the number of deliveries we make to agency partners, and collaboratively explore creative ways to distribute food to those who need it most. Multi-year funding from the Cummings Foundation gives us the flexibility to listen to our community and work with them to increase access to fresh, healthy food,” said Rebecca Gallo, Executive Director of A Place To Turn.   

This year, the Woburn-based Cummings Foundation increased its annual grant program from $30 million to $35 million and shifted to fully unrestricted funding, allowing recipients to direct grant dollars where they are needed most.

Cummings Foundation Executive Director and Trustee Joyce Vyriotes noted that the changes reflect growing concerns among Greater Boston nonprofits about rising costs, increased demand for services, and sustained uncertainty around public funding.

“Nonprofit professionals are closest to the challenges facing their communities, making them best positioned to determine where and how new funds will drive the greatest impact,” said Vyriotes. “By providing increased, flexible funding, we hope to strengthen organizations’ long-term stability and help them respond to evolving community needs.”