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Bill Cummings is the founder and past president and chairman of Cummings Properties, one of the New England region's most prominent private real estate investment firms. Since its founding in 1970, Cummings Properties has amassed a staggering portfolio of over 11 million square feet across 11 cities and towns north of Boston, and has built a reputation as a value-oriented, long-term holder of well-located real estate. While Bill is widely associated with this impressive collection of commercial properties (all owned debt-free), he now focuses most of his time and energy on The Cummings Foundation, the charitable juggernaut he oversees with his wife Joyce. Bill and Joyce made headlines as the first Massachusetts family to sign The Giving Pledge, a campaign started by Warren Buffet and Bill and Melinda Gates to encourage billionaires to give away at least half of their fortune to charity. Until then, the Cummings family had been largely flown under the radar, and this news led to many headlines with a “billionaire next door” theme.Our conversation with Bill starts with his upbringing in Medford and he shares with us anecdotes of the early entrepreneurial bug which never left him. We hear about his career start in sales, his successful journey in the fruit juice business, and his first forays into the real estate investment arena.He got his start in commercial real estate with just one small building, which he built next door to Old Medford Foods, and then led Cummings Properties' expansion into an 11 million-square-foot portfolio, now managed by more than 350 team members.In 1986, Bill and his wife, Joyce, established Cummings Foundation, which has grown to be one of the three largest private foundations in New England. The Cummings family today is known widely for their remarkable philanthropy and dedication to improving the communities around them.Among Bill's many honors are Real Estate Entrepreneur of the Year for New England from Ernst & Young, Edward H. Linde Public Service Award from the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), and Real Estate Visionary of the Year from Boston Business Journal. He and Joyce were also inducted into the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce's Academy of Distinguished Bostonians.In 2020, Bill released the latest edition of his self-written memoir, Starting Small and Making It Big: An Entrepreneur's Journey to Billion-Dollar Philanthropist, which includes thoughtful reflections on the lessons he has learned about business, entrepreneurship, and philanthropy.Bill's incredible generosity is legendary in the Boston area, and we feel privileged to have him join us for an episode of Good Dirt.Tom Greeleyhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasgreeley/tom.greeley@nmrk.comMike Greeleyhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelgreeley1/michael.greeley@nmrk.com

After 50 years at the helm of Cummings Properties, billionaire and philanthropist Bill Cummings is winding down his roles at both the family business and foundation that he built. How should the management team move the company forward? Harvard Business School professor Christina Wing and protagonist Bill Cummings discuss the case, “Bill Cummings: The Cummings Way.”

Cummings Properties is a full-service real estate development, property management, and construction firm that manages 10 million square feet of commercial space in 11 suburban communities north and west of Boston. Most of these properties are owned by Cummings Foundation, with 100 percent of all rental profits supporting hundreds of local charities. The Cummings organization […] The post “Real Estate Catered Towards Entrepreneurs” with Eric Anderson of Cummings Properties appeared first on Radio Entrepreneurs.

Bill Cummings and his wife Joyce move philanthropy through the Cummings Foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in New England. The foundation has given away more than $200 million in the Greater Boston area and also manages several subsidiaries, including the nonprofit New Horizons retirement communities. The couple are Giving Pledge signatories. Bill Cummings graduated from Tufts University. In the 1960s, Cummings paid $10,000 for his first business, a company that supplied fruit punch to colleges and health care institutions, and eventually sold it for more than $1 million. He was the publisher of several community newspapers. Cummings went on to create Cummings Properties in Woburn, Massachusetts, outside Boston. That commercial real estate business, which began in 1970 with one small building, now boasts 11 million square feet in nearly a dozen communities north and west of Boston. Nearly all the buildings managed by Cummings Properties are owned by and operated for the benefit of the Cummings Foundation, which Bill and Joyce Cummings established in 1986. When the couple established the foundation, they pledged to give 10 percent of their income each year to it. Over time, however, they committed most of the family's commercial real estate holdings to the foundation. With nearly $2 billion in assets, it's now one of the largest foundations in New England. The foundation has a strong focus on Greater Boston and about a dozen communities north or west of the city. Grants go to charities aiding the community through education, healthcare, human services, and social justice programs.Grantees include Brazilian Worker Center, Artists for Humanity, Boston Shakespeare Project, Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, The Children’s Center of Methuen, Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester, Catholic Charities of Boston, and Winchester Music School. Cummings has been a major donor to his alma mater Tufts University, home to the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. The foundation runs several subsidiary programs. The Institute for World Justice supports the "post-genocide recovery and rebuilding of Rwanda," and uses "education to help prevent future genocides and other intercultural violence and injustices there and elsewhere." The foundation also developed New Horizons retirement communities in Massachusetts. Cummings is in his 80s and his giving is going strong. Through the years, the foundation's circle of leadership has broadened beyond family members and now two-thirds of the foundation's trustees come from outside the family or business. Look for even more community involvement down the line. Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or via email mark@vudream.comLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/Twitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/Humans.2.0.PodcastMark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/Humans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast

Bill Cummings and his wife Joyce move philanthropy through the Cummings Foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in New England. The foundation has given away more than $200 million in the Greater Boston area and also manages several subsidiaries, including the nonprofit New Horizons retirement communities. The couple are Giving Pledge signatories. Bill Cummings graduated from Tufts University. In the 1960s, Cummings paid $10,000 for his first business, a company that supplied fruit punch to colleges and health care institutions, and eventually sold it for more than $1 million. He was the publisher of several community newspapers. Cummings went on to create Cummings Properties in Woburn, Massachusetts, outside Boston. That commercial real estate business, which began in 1970 with one small building, now boasts 11 million square feet in nearly a dozen communities north and west of Boston. Nearly all the buildings managed by Cummings Properties are owned by and operated for the benefit of the Cummings Foundation, which Bill and Joyce Cummings established in 1986. When the couple established the foundation, they pledged to give 10 percent of their income each year to it. Over time, however, they committed most of the family's commercial real estate holdings to the foundation. With nearly $2 billion in assets, it's now one of the largest foundations in New England. The foundation has a strong focus on Greater Boston and about a dozen communities north or west of the city. Grants go to charities aiding the community through education, healthcare, human services, and social justice programs.Grantees include Brazilian Worker Center, Artists for Humanity, Boston Shakespeare Project, Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, The Children’s Center of Methuen, Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester, Catholic Charities of Boston, and Winchester Music School. Cummings has been a major donor to his alma mater Tufts University, home to the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. The foundation runs several subsidiary programs. The Institute for World Justice supports the "post-genocide recovery and rebuilding of Rwanda," and uses "education to help prevent future genocides and other intercultural violence and injustices there and elsewhere." The foundation also developed New Horizons retirement communities in Massachusetts. Cummings is in his 80s and his giving is going strong. Through the years, the foundation's circle of leadership has broadened beyond family members and now two-thirds of the foundation's trustees come from outside the family or business. Look for even more community involvement down the line. Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or via email mark@vudream.comLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/Twitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/Humans.2.0.PodcastMark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/Humans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast

Bill Cummings and his wife Joyce move philanthropy through the Cummings Foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in New England. The foundation has given away more than $200 million in the Greater Boston area and also manages several subsidiaries, including the nonprofit New Horizons retirement communities. The couple are Giving Pledge signatories. Bill Cummings graduated from Tufts University. In the 1960s, Cummings paid $10,000 for his first business, a company that supplied fruit punch to colleges and health care institutions, and eventually sold it for more than $1 million. He was the publisher of several community newspapers. Cummings went on to create Cummings Properties in Woburn, Massachusetts, outside Boston. That commercial real estate business, which began in 1970 with one small building, now boasts 11 million square feet in nearly a dozen communities north and west of Boston. Nearly all the buildings managed by Cummings Properties are owned by and operated for the benefit of the Cummings Foundation, which Bill and Joyce Cummings established in 1986. When the couple established the foundation, they pledged to give 10 percent of their income each year to it. Over time, however, they committed most of the family's commercial real estate holdings to the foundation. With nearly $2 billion in assets, it's now one of the largest foundations in New England. The foundation has a strong focus on Greater Boston and about a dozen communities north or west of the city. Grants go to charities aiding the community through education, healthcare, human services, and social justice programs.Grantees include Brazilian Worker Center, Artists for Humanity, Boston Shakespeare Project, Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, The Children's Center of Methuen, Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester, Catholic Charities of Boston, and Winchester Music School. Cummings has been a major donor to his alma mater Tufts University, home to the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. The foundation runs several subsidiary programs. The Institute for World Justice supports the "post-genocide recovery and rebuilding of Rwanda," and uses "education to help prevent future genocides and other intercultural violence and injustices there and elsewhere." The foundation also developed New Horizons retirement communities in Massachusetts. Cummings is in his 80s and his giving is going strong. Through the years, the foundation's circle of leadership has broadened beyond family members and now two-thirds of the foundation's trustees come from outside the family or business. Look for even more community involvement down the line. Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or via email mark@vudream.comLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/Twitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/Humans.2.0.PodcastMark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/Humans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast

My autobiography is not a Horatio Alger story, or maybe it is a little bit. Born during the Great Depression, I grew up poor but first tried my hand at being an entrepreneur when I was six or seven years old. I sold bottles of soda pop each afternoon at a neighborhood construction site, and there are still so many similar opportunities for kids today.A decade later, I talked my way into college, though perhaps I did not really belong there. I was able to pay all of my tuition and expenses by always working and by being forever frugal. Soon after graduation, I made a point of paying back a single $50 scholarship award by making a $50 contribution to my alma mater, and I have continued giving to the university—and many other recipients—ever since.I became a serial entrepreneur in earnest, and then a philanthropist, after first working all over the country with two national consumer-products firms. In 1964, I spent $4,000 to purchase my first real business, a hundred-year-old manufacturer of fruit-juice-beverage bases, which I quickly expanded by providing refrigerated dispensers and drinks to several hundred colleges and universities.With the million-dollar proceeds from the sale of that business in 1970, I founded a suburban-Boston commercial real estate firm. Cummings Properties quickly grew from one small building to a portfolio of more than 100 modern buildings today. Along the way, we accumulated uncommon wealth, much of which my wife, Joyce, and I have been actively disbursing through Cummings Foundation, which we established together in 1986.Joyce and I were the first Massachusetts couple to join the Giving Pledge, an international philanthropic organization founded by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet. We have been honored to receive dozens of community honors and accolades, including those from Ernst & Young, the Irish International Immigrant Center, the Archdiocese of Boston, and NAIOP, the association for the commercial real estate development industry. We have both received several honorary doctoral degrees and have three times served as college commencement speakers. In 2012, the Boston Globe named Joyce and me runners-up as Greater Bostonians of the Year.We also received a Friend of Israel award, and Boston Business Journal named me the Real Estate Visionary of the Year in 2014. More recently, in 2017, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce named Joyce and me to its Academy of Distinguished Bostonians. We have lived together in Winchester, Massachusetts, for fifty years.bc@cummings.comtamiexit@aol.com

Bill Cummings has transformed lives through business and charity. He built a real estate giant in Cummings Properties and successfully trained and onboarded his successor. When he exited the company, Bill had accrued billions of dollars to his name. Then, he decided to give everything back. He founded the Cummings Foundation, a charitable organization that now has $2 billion in assets, and signed the Giving Pledge, an initiative led by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet where business owners pledge to give away their fortunes to philanthropic causes. Bill sat down with host Robert Glazer to talk about his career, the importance of developing talent and why successful people have a responsibility to give back. Bill is the author of the 2018 book Starting Small and Making It Big.

Bill Cummings - Billionaire, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur, Founder of Cummings Properties, and author of “Starting Small and Making it Big”, shares his experiences from his early career to his current passion of giving away his fortune.This show is broadcast live on Monday's at 4PM ET on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

Happy Holidays from The Hennessy Report! In this episode, Dave speaks with Bill Cummings, founder of Cummings Properties and member of The Giving Pledge. Bill's spirit of giving, and humble attitude shines through as he talks with Dave about building his business and his immense charitable contributions. Enjoy!