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Private foundation (trust)EIN 131635260Est. 1939-07

The Commonwealth Fund

New York, NY 10021

By invitation only

Total 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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Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$4.1M

COMMUNICATIONS: 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

$1.8M

CARE: The Care coverage area encompasses the focus areas of Health Care Delivery System Reform, Advancing Health Equity and Behavioral Health.

Program 3

$1.7M

COVERAGE: The Coverage core area encompasses Health Care Coverage and Access, Advancing Medicare, Medicaid and Tracking Health System Performance.

Program 4

$1.4M

INTERNATIONAL 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

Corporate Foundations

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

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

534 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $75 through median $15K to maximum $2.3M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Top Recipients

500 grants

The Commonwealth Fund
$3.8M
23 grants
SSRS
$2.4M
7 grants
President and Fellows of Harvard College
$2.0M
18 grants
Urban Institute
$1.4M
9 grants
Georgetown University
$871K
4 grants
The George Washington University
$713K
7 grants
Yale University
$696K
9 grants
Center for Health Policy Development
$650K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
203
grants
$10–50K
157
grants
$50–250K
119
grants
$250K–1M
20
grants
$1–5M
1
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

34 states

District of Columbia
$7.4M
24% of total
New York
$6.5M
21% of total
Massachusetts
$4.4M
14% of total
Pennsylvania
$2.7M
9% of total
California
$1.6M
5% of total
Maryland
$971K
3% of total
Illinois
$913K
3% of total
New Jersey
$770K
2% of total
Connecticut
$739K
2% of total
Virginia
$727K
2% of total

+24 more states

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