SOMALI DEVELOPMENT CENTER AWARDED $100,000 CUMMINGS GRANT Boston nonprofit receives 5 years of funding from Cummings Foundation Boston, June 2021- SOMALI DEVELOPMENT CENTER is one of 140 local nonprofits to receive grants of S100,000 cach through Cummings foundation's $25 million grant program. The Boston-based organization was chosen from a total of 590 applicants during a competitive review process. It will receive $20,000 over 5 years. Since 1996, the Somali Development Center (SDC) We got a Cummings Grant! We got a Cummings Grant! has been the lifeline to vital educational and social services for Boston's growing Somali refugee and immigrant community. The mission of SDC is to provide consistently excel- lent and accessible community services to all refugees and immigrants in Boston, regardless of their immi- gration status. These services help them to obtain the basic resources, Cummings Buildings Power Charities Cumming gs Power Charities "We are immensely grateful for this gener- ous grant. It will fortify our impact over the next five years and strength- en the RESS program to serve the unemployed and underemployed immigrant population." information and skills needed to build productive and self-sufficient lives in a new land. While strength- ening the refugee and immigrants' community by promoting mutual assistance, cultural identity, and leadership, SDC fosters their ability The Cummings $25 Million Grant Program supports Massachusetts nonprofits that are based in and primarily serve Middlesex, Essex, and Suffolk counties. to advocate on their own behalf recipients were then selected to have their grants elevated to 10-year awards ranging from $200,000 to 5500,000 each. Through this place-based initiative, Cummings Foundation aims to give back in the area where it owns commercial buildings, ail of which are managed, at no cost to the Foundation, by its affiliae, Cummings Properties. This Wo burn-based commercial real estate firm leases and manages 10 million square feet of debt free space, the majority of which exclusively benefits the Foundation. With the help of about 80 volunteers, the Foundation first identified 140 organizations to receive grants of at least $100,000 each. Among the winners were first-time recipients ties in Marlborough and Woburn, and Veterinary School at as well as nonprofits- that had previously received Cum- mings Foundation grants. Forty of this latter group of repeat Abdi Yusuf, and participate constructively in the larger community. The Cummings grant will help them expand their Road to economic self-sufficiency (RESS) program to offer job readiness and placements for more participants and small business owners while SDC Executive Director About Cummings Foundation Woburn-based Cummings Foundation, Inc. was estab- lished in 1986 by Joyce and Bill Cummings and has grown to be one of the three largest private foundations in New England. The Foundation directly operates its own charitable subsidiaries, including New Horizons retirement communi- catalyzing a new stage of growth for the organization. The organization will hire new staff who will pro- vide direct RESS program support to all participants Tufts, LLC in North Grafton. Additional information is available at www.CummingsFoundation.org. who enroll. SOMALI DEVELOPMENT CENTER AWARDED $100,000 CUMMINGS GRANT Boston nonprofit receives 5 years of funding from Cummings Foundation Boston, June 2021- SOMALI DEVELOPMENT CENTER is one of 140 local nonprofits to receive grants of S100,000 cach through Cummings foundation's $25 million grant program. The Boston-based organization was chosen from a total of 590 applicants during a competitive review process. It will receive $20,000 over 5 years. Since 1996, the Somali Development Center (SDC) We got a Cummings Grant! We got a Cummings Grant! has been the lifeline to vital educational and social services for Boston's growing Somali refugee and immigrant community. The mission of SDC is to provide consistently excel- lent and accessible community services to all refugees and immigrants in Boston, regardless of their immi- gration status. These services help them to obtain the basic resources, Cummings Buildings Power Charities Cumming gs Power Charities "We are immensely grateful for this gener- ous grant. It will fortify our impact over the next five years and strength- en the RESS program to serve the unemployed and underemployed immigrant population." information and skills needed to build productive and self-sufficient lives in a new land. While strength- ening the refugee and immigrants' community by promoting mutual assistance, cultural identity, and leadership, SDC fosters their ability The Cummings $25 Million Grant Program supports Massachusetts nonprofits that are based in and primarily serve Middlesex, Essex, and Suffolk counties. to advocate on their own behalf recipients were then selected to have their grants elevated to 10-year awards ranging from $200,000 to 5500,000 each. Through this place-based initiative, Cummings Foundation aims to give back in the area where it owns commercial buildings, ail of which are managed, at no cost to the Foundation, by its affiliae, Cummings Properties. This Wo burn-based commercial real estate firm leases and manages 10 million square feet of debt free space, the majority of which exclusively benefits the Foundation. With the help of about 80 volunteers, the Foundation first identified 140 organizations to receive grants of at least $100,000 each. Among the winners were first-time recipients ties in Marlborough and Woburn, and Veterinary School at as well as nonprofits- that had previously received Cum- mings Foundation grants. Forty of this latter group of repeat Abdi Yusuf, and participate constructively in the larger community. The Cummings grant will help them expand their Road to economic self-sufficiency (RESS) program to offer job readiness and placements for more participants and small business owners while SDC Executive Director About Cummings Foundation Woburn-based Cummings Foundation, Inc. was estab- lished in 1986 by Joyce and Bill Cummings and has grown to be one of the three largest private foundations in New England. The Foundation directly operates its own charitable subsidiaries, including New Horizons retirement communi- catalyzing a new stage of growth for the organization. The organization will hire new staff who will pro- vide direct RESS program support to all participants Tufts, LLC in North Grafton. Additional information is available at www.CummingsFoundation.org. who enroll.