To apply for a grant, your organization must be recognized as tax-exempt under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. If it meets this requirement, you are welcome to send the Foundation a two-to-three page Letter of Inquiry in the format below.

Before submitting your Letter of Inquiry, please note that the Foundation's Core programs do not provide funding for: Individuals, Scholarships, Capital or Endowment Campaigns, Sponsorships, Foreign-Based Organizations, Specific Diseases, Local Synagogues or institutions with local projects. Projects with no plans for replication, Holocaust related projects, General Support for Jewish education.

In your two-to-three page Letter of Inquiry, please include only the following information:

1. Basic Organizational Information
   include a brief statement of the organization's activities and history and a copy of the organization's IRS tax-exempt letter:
2. Contact Person
   name, title, complete mailing address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers;
3. Grant Purpose
   issues and problems the proposed project will address;
4. Key Personnel
   names, titles, and qualifications of the staff members who will lead and carryout the project;
5. Budget project
   and the total organization budget;
6. Request/Duration
   total dollar amount requested from the Foundation; length of time for which funds are being requested;
7. Other Funding Sources
   funds pending and committed from other funders.

Letters of Inquiry are accepted at all times of the year - there are no deadlines.

Foundation staff will review your Letter of Inquiry and respond promptly. The process is very competitive and only those organizations whose projects fit most closely with the Foundation's programmatic goals will BE INVITED TO SUBMIT a Nathan Cummings Foundation Application Form.

Deadlines for those who are INVITED TO SUBMIT a Nathan Cummings Foundation Application Form are:

* January 15th, for consideration at the Spring Board meeting.
* August 15th, for consideration at the for the Fall Board meeting.

Please address all letters of inquiry to:
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
475 Tenth Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10018

212-787-7300 and 212-787-7377 (fax)

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