Cummings Foundation awards 10-year grants

Fifty local nonprofits received awards on May 2 that likely made not just their day, but their decade. Woburn-based Cummings Foundation granted these organizations a cumulative $15 million through its Sustaining Grants program, which provides ongoing funding for 10 years. Each organization’s total grant ranges from $200,000 to $500,000. Among the grant-winners were two Woburn-based nonprofits: English At Large, which provides English language instruction for local immigrants, and Grameen Research, which offers a micro-lending program that enables low-income immigrant women to support themselves. The nonprofit recipients first learned of their awards in mid-April through surprise visits by foundation volunteers.