June 5, 2024 |Cummings Foundation, Grant, News, Non-profits, Resources

SPUR Awarded $75,000 Cummings Grant

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North Shore nonprofit receives 3 years of funding from Cummings Foundation

SPUR is one of 150 local nonprofits awarded a grant through the $30 million Cummings Foundation’s major annual grants program. Serving the North Shore for 10 years, SPUR was selected from 715 applicants during a competitive review process. It will receive $75,000 over three years.

SPUR makes volunteer opportunities more accessible by providing individuals and groups with ways to make a positive impact that works for their schedule, interests, and skill set. Additionally, SPUR partners with other mission-driven nonprofits to recruit, train, and support volunteers. SPUR also engages over 750 young people each year through a vibrant K-12 service- learning enrichment program that empowers the youngest members of our community to make a tangible difference.

“The Cummings Foundation grant is an investment in SPUR’s work building a stronger, more resilient community for everyone. This support for SPUR’s work will enable us to grow both programmatically and geographically, reaching new communities and new individuals who wish to make a meaningful difference in their local community.”

Lynne Krasker-Schultz, SPUR’s Executive Director

The Cummings $30 Million Grant Program primarily supports Massachusetts nonprofits based in and serving Middlesex, Essex, and Suffolk counties, plus six communities in Norfolk County: Brookline, Dedham, Milton, Needham, Quincy, and Wellesley.

Through this place-based initiative, the Cummings Foundation aims to give back in the areas where it owns commercial property. Its buildings are all managed, at no cost to the Foundation, by its affiliate, Cummings Properties. This Woburn-based commercial real estate firm leases and manages 11 million square feet of debt-free space, the majority of which exclusively benefits the Foundation.

“Greater Boston is fortunate to have a robust, dedicated, and highly capable nonprofit sector that supports and enhances the community in myriad ways,” said Cummings Foundation executive director and trustee Joyce Vyriotes. “The entire Cummings organization is thankful for their daily work to help all our neighbors thrive.”

About SPUR:

Established in 2014, SPUR is a non-profit that makes volunteering easy by providing accessible opportunities that meet the tangible needs of the community. Its unique platform offering diverse, flexible volunteer opportunities enables the organization to mobilize volunteers of all ages and drive tangible impact in Beverly, Lynn, Marblehead, Salem, Swampscott, and beyond. Through SPUR’s enrichment program, the next generation of difference makers engage with programming that supports in-school curriculum to learn ways to support the places and causes that matter to them. Learn more at https://www.spurnorthshore.org

About Cummings Foundation

The Woburn-based Cummings Foundation, Inc., established in 1986 by Joyce and Bill Cummings of Winchester, MA, has grown to be one of the largest private foundations in New England. The Foundation directly operates its charitable subsidiaries, including New Horizons retirement communities in Marlborough and Woburn and Cummings Health Sciences, LLC. Additional information is available at www.CummingsFoundation.org.

The above press release was submitted to us by SPUR.