Private foundation (trust)EIN 131635260Est. 1939-07
The Commonwealth Fund
New York, NY 10021
By invitation onlyTotal Assets
$922.7M
FY 2024
Annual Giving
$31.3M
FY 2024
Grants Made
534
FY 2024
Avg Grant
$59K
FY 2024
Grant Range
$75–$2.3M
Typical
Deadlines
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Programs & Activities
Program 1
$4.1MCOMMUNICATIONS: The Fund's Communications program uses print, broadcast, online, and social media to bring information on health equity, health reform and health system transformation to the attention of critical stakeholder groups, especially policy officials and leaders in health care delivery. The Fund's publications and web content enrich public understanding of how the Affordable Health Care Act and other forces are changing how Americans get their health care. During the fiscal year there were 2,867,616 visitors to the website who viewed 5,754,674 pages. These visitors came from from than 150 countries and more than 1,000 cities. Media fellowship programs in international and domestic health policy managed by the Association of Health Care Journalists supports the ongoing training of health reporters and editors and encourages in-depth reporting on issues related to health system performance and change.
Program 2
$1.8MCARE: The Care coverage area encompasses the focus areas of Health Care Delivery System Reform, Advancing Health Equity and Behavioral Health.
Program 3
$1.7MCOVERAGE: The Coverage core area encompasses Health Care Coverage and Access, Advancing Medicare, Medicaid and Tracking Health System Performance.
Program 4
$1.4MINTERNATIONAL HEALTH POLICY & PRACTICE INNOVATIONS: The International Health Policy and Practice Innovations program is guided by the belief that the U.S. can learn by examining other health systems, their performance in relation to ours, and their health care delivery and payment innovations-particularly those that we might consider adopting. The program activities include surveys, research, sponsorship of the Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy, and convening international policymakers and experts for cross-national dialogue and exchange around contemporary health policy issues faced by governments and health care systems.
Focus Areas
Financial Snapshot
2024 filing
Total Revenue
$39.8M
Total Expenses
$52.0M
Qualifying Distributions
$50.8M
Distributable Amount
$43.3M
Min. Investment Return
$43.8M
Undistributed Income
$9.8M
Payout rate
Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.
Grant Range
534 grants
Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.
Top Recipients
500 grants
Grant Size Distribution
500 grants
Geographic Focus
34 states
+24 more states
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