Nathan Cummings Foundation donations made to Commonweal

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Basic donor information

ItemValue
Country United States
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Cummings_Foundation
Facebook username NathanCummingsFoundation
Websitehttp://www.nathancummings.org/
Donations URLhttp://www.nathancummings.org/what-we-fund/grants
Page on philosophy informing donationshttp://www.nathancummings.org/about-the-foundation/mission-statement
Grant application process pagehttp://www.nathancummings.org/how-apply
Data entry method on Donations List WebsiteSQL insertion commands generated by script https://github.com/riceissa/nathan-cummings-foundation

Full donor page for donor Nathan Cummings Foundation

Basic donee information

We do not have any donee information for the donee Commonweal in our system.

Full donee page for donee Commonweal

Donor–donee relationship

Item Value

Donor–donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 17 25,000 70,853 0 5,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 25,000 50,000 60,000 200,000 224,000 225,000
Health 6 25,000 95,667 0 0 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 75,000 224,000 224,000 225,000 225,000
7 20,000 67,929 5,000 5,000 10,500 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 200,000 200,000 200,000
Environment 2 20,000 40,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000 60,000
Community 2 25,000 37,500 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000

Donation amounts by cause area and year

If you hover over a cell for a given cause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.

Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.

Cause area Number of donations Total 2015 2014 2009 2008 2006 2005 2004 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Health (filter this donor) 6 574,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 224,000.00 75,000.00 0.00 225,000.00 0.00 50,000.00
(filter this donor) 7 475,500.00 20,000.00 5,000.00 10,500.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 200,000.00 200,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Environment (filter this donor) 2 80,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20,000.00 60,000.00
Community (filter this donor) 2 75,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 50,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total 17 1,204,500.00 20,000.00 5,000.00 10,500.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 200,000.00 200,000.00 224,000.00 100,000.00 50,000.00 225,000.00 20,000.00 110,000.00

Graph of spending by cause area and year (incremental, not cumulative)

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Graph of spending by cause area and year (cumulative)

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Full list of documents in reverse chronological order (0 documents)

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (17 donations)

Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
Amount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 17)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
20,000.00112015--http://www.nathancummings.org/sites/default/files/2015.pdf--
5,000.00162014--http://www.nathancummings.org/sites/default/files/2014.pdf--
10,500.00152009--http://www.nathancummings.org/sites/default/files/financials123109.pdf--
20,000.00112008--http://www.nathancummings.org/sites/default/files/2008_audited_financials.pdf--
20,000.00112006--http://www.nathancummings.org/sites/default/files/2006_audited_financials.pdf--
200,000.0032005--http://www.nathancummings.org/sites/default/files/17afs.pdf--
200,000.0032004--http://www.nathancummings.org/sites/default/files/afs.pdf--
224,000.0021996Health/End of Lifehttps://web.archive.org/web/20081201110132/http://www.nathancummings.org/annual96/000112.html-- In the Service of Life, a continuing education curriculum on detoxifying death for physicians, by the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness,; over three years.
75,000.0051995Health/Cancerhttps://web.archive.org/web/20081201094333/http://www.nathancummings.org/annual95/000130.html-- SKILLS DEVELOPMENT program for health professionals working with patients with life-threatening illnesses, Institute for the Study of Health and Illness,; 1995 payment.
25,000.0081995Communityhttps://web.archive.org/web/20081201094333/http://www.nathancummings.org/annual95/000135.html-- ART as a Healing Force, conferences on art, ritual, movement, and health,; 1995 payment.
0.00171994Health/Cancerhttps://web.archive.org/web/20081201100814/http://www.nathancummings.org/annual94/000146.html-- To support a professional development program for physicians and other licensed health professionals working with patients with a life-threatening illness such as cancer or AIDS. (1993 award: $225,000/3 years).
50,000.0071994Communityhttps://web.archive.org/web/20081201100814/http://www.nathancummings.org/annual94/000150.html-- To support conferences on the uses of art, ritual, movement, and related practices in health and healing. (2 years).
225,000.0011993Health/Cancerhttps://web.archive.org/web/20081201105713/http://www.nathancummings.net/annual93/000163.html-- To support the Institute for The Study of Health and Illness' professional development program for physicians and other licensed health professionals working with patients with lifethreatening illnesses such as cancer and AIDS. (3 years).
20,000.00111992Environment/Sustainable Societieshttps://web.archive.org/web/20081118174121/http://www.nathancummings.org/annual92/000178.html-- To research, write, and distribute a book entitled "In Search of Sustainable America: The Good News About Sustainable Development.".
60,000.0061991Environment/Sustainable Societieshttps://web.archive.org/web/20081201112446/http://www.nathancummings.org/annual91/000198.html-- For the Environmental Security Project to expand and deepen popular understanding of the environmental crisis.
25,000.0081991Health/Mind / Bodyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20081201112446/http://www.nathancummings.org/annual91/000200.html-- A 15-month grant for gathering information about cutting-edge cancer treatment and prevention programs.
25,000.0081991Health/Mind / Bodyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20081201112446/http://www.nathancummings.org/annual91/000200.html-- To develop a strategic plan for bringing mind/body medicine into the medical mainstream.