August 4, 2023 • 59 secs
WBZ's Jordan Rich says there's a lot more to philanthropist Bill Cummings.
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Welcome to the upside with Jordan adose of good news. Because it's a
big world out there. What elseare you going to do with it?
Those are the words of billionaire developerBill Cummings, the eighty six year old
head of Cummings Properties, who's minteda habit through the years of funneling the
profits from his very profitable business intoneedy and worthy Massachusetts charities. In the
past year alone, his foundation grantedmore money than any previous fiscal year,
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the gifts totaling one hundred two milliondollars, including ten million to Salem State
University and fifty million dollars to startthe Paul Farmer Collaborative. Back in twenty
eleven, Bill Cummings and his wifewere the first people in the Bay State
to sign the Giving Pledge, launchedby the Gates Foundation and Warren Buffett to
urge the very rich to give tocharity at least half of their wealth.
While Bill just recently got some attentionfor it, but he's been helping charities
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quietly for many, many years.This is a man who owes his fortune
to the American dream, working sohard to achieve success and now sharing it
with so many that's the upside withJordan w Z Boston's news radio
Welcome to the upside with Jordan adose of good news. Because it's a
big world out there. What elseare you going to do with it?
Those are the words of billionaire developerBill Cummings, the eighty six year old
head of Cummings Properties, who's minteda habit through the years of funneling the
profits from his very profitable business intoneedy and worthy Massachusetts charities. In the
past year alone, his foundation grantedmore money than any previous fiscal year,
(00:24):
the gifts totaling one hundred two milliondollars, including ten million to Salem State
University and fifty million dollars to startthe Paul Farmer Collaborative. Back in twenty
eleven, Bill Cummings and his wifewere the first people in the Bay State
to sign the Giving Pledge, launchedby the Gates Foundation and Warren Buffett to
urge the very rich to give tocharity at least half of their wealth.
While Bill just recently got some attentionfor it, but he's been helping charities
(00:47):
quietly for many, many years.This is a man who owes his fortune
to the American dream, working sohard to achieve success and now sharing it
with so many that's the upside withJordan w Z Boston's news radio
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