The Cumming Ceramic Research Foundation is a non-profit Canadian federally-incorporated charitable trust, established in 1991 to encourage and support the expansion of knowledge about ceramics, with emphasis on the production of British and European factories dating from the late-18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. It awards an annual international scholarship and research grants for work in the field.

The Foundation is committed to supporting The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, especially its programs for public education about ceramics, including utilization of that part of the Cumming Collection which has been donated to the Museum.