King Boston— the organization formed to honor the work and Boston legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King— is one of 100 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 each through Cummings Foundation’s “$100K for 100” program. King Boston was chosen from a total of 574 applicants during a competitive review process.

The funding will be used for King Boston’s ongoing efforts to create a memorial on Boston Common and a dynamic “King Center for Economic Justice” in Roxbury .

“On behalf of King Boston, I want to thank Joyce and Bill Cummings and Cummings Foundation for their support of King Boston,” said Marie St. Fleur, Executive Director of King Boston. “This gift brings us a large step closer to realizing King Boston’s goal of not simply recalling the King’s legacy of service but to also inspire a new dedication to combatting the inequities that are so deeply rooted in the city where they spent so many years.”

Cummings Foundation aims to give back in the area where it owns commercial buildings, all of which are managed, at no cost to the Foundation, but its affiliate Cummings Properties. Founded in 1970 by Bill Cummings, the Woburn-based commercial real estate firm leases and manages 10 million square feet of space, the majority of which exclusively benefits the Foundation. With the conclusion of this grant cycle, Cummings Foundation has now awarded more than $260 million to greater Boston nonprofits alone.

The complete list of 100 grant winners is available at cummingsfoundation.org.