Nathan Cummings Foundation

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation

Founded	1949
Founder	Nathan Cummings
Type	Non-operating private foundation (IRS exemption status): 501(c)(3)
Focus	Inequality, Climate change
Location	475 Tenth Avenue New York, NY
Method	Donations and Grants
Key people	Sharon Alpert, President & CEO
Revenue (2015)	$27,058,441[1]
Expenses (2015)	$23,691,033[1]
Endowment	US$415 million

The Nathan Cummings Foundation was endowed by Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), founder of Consolidated Foods, later renamed Sara Lee. Cummings was also a prominent art collector and supporter of Jewish causes.^[2]

In his lifetime, Cummings made contributions to hospitals, universities, and the arts. His endowment created the Nathan Cummings Arts Center at Stanford University and the Joanne and Nathan Cummings Art Center at Connecticut College in New London. He made major contributions to the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and to the Art Institute of Chicago. The foundation received most of his estate (then estimated at $200 million) upon his death in 1985.