From the College’s establishment in 1908 — thanks to Benjamin Franklin’s long-term bequest, Andrew Carnegie’s cash gift, and the City of Boston’s land donation — we have been grateful to depend on generous alumni, individual philanthropists, families, organizations and government sources to help meet our needs. Most students come from low-income families and nearly all receive need-based scholarship funding to help pay their tuition. One-third of our annual operating budget is funded by our supporters, through scholarship gifts and other grants.
Since March 2019, the Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology has been fundraising for the construction and move to a new purpose-built campus in Roxbury’s Nubian Square. Building upon the strength of our reputation for academic excellence and innovative leadership among two-year technical colleges in the region and across the country, we have already raised more than half of the total cost of constructing the new building, purchasing and installing new equipment, and moving to Roxbury. We plan to open the new campus in Nubian Square in 2025.
All corporate and foundation supporters who have given more than $10,000 since July 2021 are listed below, in alphabetical order, except for those who chose to give anonymously. Alumni, families, and other philanthropists who gave as individuals can be found listed as members of our President’s Council.
Alper Family Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation
American Student Assistance
Arbella Insurance Group
Arbella Insurance Group Charitable Foundation
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Barr Foundation
Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA)
Boston Foundation
Boston Global Investors
BNY Mellon
Brookline Bank
Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation
City of Boston
Charles Hayden Foundation
Columbia Lake Partners
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cummings Foundation
Dell
Dellbrook Construction
Ellis South End Neighborhood Association
Epic Games
Essilor of America
Fidelity Foundations
Flatley Foundation
Gingko Bioworks
GRAD Last Mile Fund
Grossman Companies, Inc.
Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation
Highland Street Foundation
Jobs for the Future
Kathryn A. Basile Foster A Dream Foundation
Kraft Group
LB Research and Education Foundation
Liberty Mutual Foundation
Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation
Lovett-Woodsum Foundation
Mabel Louise Riley Foundation
Massachusetts Executive Office of Education
Mass Save
Mimecast
Myomo, Inc.
Mount Vernon Church
National Science Foundation (NSF)
New Commonwealth Fund
Plymouth Rock Assurance Foundation
Related Beal
Richard H. Lufkin Memorial Fund
Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation
Richmond Group
RoxDot
Samuels and Associates
Stare Fund
State Street Corporation
United Way of Massachusetts Bay
William E. Schrafft & Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust
Yawkey Foundation
For more information about The Cummings Foundation’s transformative $12.5 million multi-year gift commitment, check out our Donor Spotlight.
On behalf of everyone working towards our students’ economic advancement, thank you for supporting Franklin Cummings Tech’s transformative technical and trade education programs.
