Cummings & Lockwood Foundation Inc
Stamford, CT · EIN 06-1426176. Reported 70 grants totalling $93,675 to 50 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Cummings & Lockwood Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,200. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund | New York City, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stamford Downtown Special Services District | Stamford, CT | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc | Stamford, CT | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bobby Nichols - Fiddlesticks Charity Foundation | Fort Myers, FL | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Shadow Wood Charitable Foundation | Bonita Springs, FL | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mill River Collaborative | Stamford, CT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ct Foodshare | Wallingford, CT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank | Fort Myers, FL | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| YWCA Greenwich | Greenwich, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bonita Springs Concert Band | Fort Myers, FL | $2,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Collaboratory (ft Myers Hurricane Relief) | Fort Meyers, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Ferguson Library | Stamford, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Uja Federation of New York | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Womens Business Development Council Inc | Stamford, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation of Collier County | Naples, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Legal Services | Middletown, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| David Lawrence Centers for Behavioral Health | Naples, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Foster Children of Sw Florida | Naples, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greenwich Tree Conservancy Inc | Greenwich, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida | Fort Myers, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Liberation Programs Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Orchestra Lumos (stamford Symphony) | Stamford, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Palm Beach County Food Bank | Lake Worth, FL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Education Foundation of Collier County Inc (champions for Learning) | Naples, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Greenwich Inc | Greenwich, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mill River Park Collaborative | Stamford, CT | $1,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Schoke Jewish Family Service | Stamford, CT | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Child Guidance Center of Southern Ct | Stamford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Domestic Violence Crisis Center | Stamford, CT | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greenwich Land Trust | Greenwich, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pacific House Inc | Stamford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stamford Symphony Orchestra Inc | Stamford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stepping Stones Museum for Children | Norwalk, CT | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Shelter | Naples, FL | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Books for Collier Kids Inc | Naples, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Citizens for Easton | Easton, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls Inc of Westchester | White Plains, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gladiolus Food Pantry | Fort Myers, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Amistad Center for Art & Culture | Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity Academy of Hartford | Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Home Base of Swfl (massachusetts General Hospital) | Boston, MA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Home Base Swfl | Fort Myers, FL | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children in Placement | New Haven, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Naples Take a Soldier Fishing | Naples, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| River House Adult Day Center | Cos Cob, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Matthew's House | Naples, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rotary Club of Estero | Estero, FL | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rotary Club of Estero Foundation Inc | Estero, FL | $175 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yale New Haven Hospital | New Haven, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
13 of 50 (26%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 32%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Shawn Carter Scholarship Fund
SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S MISSION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 43 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | $22,975 | $1,500 |
| 2022 | 22 | $25,350 | $1,100 |
| 2023 | 15 | $27,550 | $1,500 |
| 2024 | 18 | $17,800 | $800 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 51% of this one's giving went to organizations in Connecticut. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,200. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Connecticut.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Cummings & Lockwood Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Six Landmark Square, Stamford, CT, 06901. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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