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The Commonwealth Fund Grants
Private foundation · EIN 13-1635260 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
- Total grants paid
- $31.3M
- Grants reported
- 534
- Median grant
- $15K
- Future commitments
- $17.6M
Giving by tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 534 | $31.3M |
Where The Commonwealth Fund gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
The biggest individual grants on file, as reported by the foundation to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Tax year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Commonwealth Fund | New York, NY | Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice: Authorization for 2024-25 Class | 2024 | $2.3M |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | The Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard University, 2025-26 | 2024 | $850K |
| SSRS | Glen Mills, PA | International Health Policy Survey, 2025 | 2024 | $800.5K |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | Analysis of Policies Affecting Health Insurance Access, Affordability, Adequacy, and Equity in the Individual and Small-Group Markets, Year 14 | 2024 | $639.5K |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | Testing, Scaling, and Disseminating the Racial Equity in Healthcare Progress Report, Phase 2 | 2024 | $638.8K |
| SSRS | Glen Mills, PA | 2025 Health Care Affordability Research, Adults 19 to 64 | 2024 | $560K |
| SSRS | Glen Mills, PA | The Commonwealth Fund 2024 Biennial Health Insurance Survey | 2024 | $514.8K |
| SSRS | Glen Mills, PA | International Health Policy Survey, 2024 | 2024 | $490.1K |
| Urban Institute | Washington, DC | Modeling Policies That Could Expand and Improve Health Coverage and Affordability - or Roll Back Progress | 2024 | $440K |
| Urban Institute | Washington, DC | Analyzing Emerging Health Reform Proposals | 2024 | $430.8K |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Evaluating Proposed Medicare Policy Changes for Their Impact on Solvency, Spending, and Beneficiaries | 2024 | $395.9K |
| Bailit Health Purchasing LLC | Needham, MA | Technical Assistance for Design and Implementation of State Strategies to Increase Affordability in Commercial Markets, Phase 2 | 2024 | $384K |
| The Commonwealth Fund | New York, NY | Harkness Fellowships Centennial Celebration: Authorization for Support | 2024 | $336.7K |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | Winding Down the Maintenance-of-Eligibility Requirement for Medicaid: Impacts on Low-Income Adults in Four Southern States | 2024 | $321.6K |
| First Nation Development Institute | Longmont, CO | Native American Experiences with Health Care and Maternal Care Systems | 2024 | $312.6K |
| Bipartisan Policy Center Inc | Washington, DC | Educating Policymakers and Providing Strategic Guidance on Artificial Intelligence in Health Care and Primary Payment Reform | 2024 | $305.5K |
| AcademyHealth | Washington, DC | Planning Grant to Support the Design of the Commonwealth Fund's New International U.S. Leadership Program | 2024 | $302.4K |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, TN | The Inflation Reduction Act's Price Negotiation Program: Implications for Patient Access to and Affordability of Medications | 2024 | $300K |
| Center for Health Policy Development | Washington, DC | Supporting State Policymakers to Understand Private Equity in Health Care through Data | 2024 | $280.1K |
| The Brigham and Womens Hospital Inc | Boston, MA | Investigating Novel Strategies for Drug Pricing and Spending Reform: Patents, Negotiation, and Pricing Policy Innovation | 2024 | $259.6K |
| New York University | New York, NY | Contributing to Health Reform: Analysis and Technical Assistance | 2024 | $254.3K |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | Informing the Future of Medicare Advantage Policy | 2024 | $248.9K |
| Health Care Without Harm | Reston, VA | Safeguarding Access to Care Through IRA-Supported Investments in Essential Hospitals | 2024 | $240K |
| Center for Health Care Strategies Inc | Hamilton, NJ | Implementing Primary Care Population-Based Payments in Medicaid to Promote High-Quality, Equitable Care, Phase 2 | 2024 | $229.5K |
| Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism | Columbia, MO | U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowship and International Health Study Fellowship | 2024 | $227.7K |
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Andrea Landes
- Address
- One East 75th Street New York, NY, 100212677
- Phone
- 2126063800
- grants@cmwf.org
- Deadlines
- Letters of Inquiry are accepted throughout the year on a rolling basis. RFP applications, when avail
- Application materials
- The mission of the Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, and people of color. The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. In its more than 100 years, the Fund has worked by: * Demonstrating pioneering approaches and evaluating their results * Convening experts across backgrounds and disciplines * Publishing the results of our research and disseminating evidence Applicants are requested to provide a letter of inquiry through the online application portal on the Fund's website.
- Restrictions
- To be eligible for a grant, organizations should be considered tax-exempt, with 501(c)(3) tax status. The Fund may award grants to non-charities, when funds are earmarked for charitable purposes. The Fund exercises expenditure responsibility for grants to non-charities and generally does not accept unsolicited requests from non-charities. The Commonwealth Fund does not support: * Endowment or capital costs, including construction, renovation, or equipment * Basic biomedical research * Conferences, symposia, major media projects, or documentaries, unless they are a product of one of the Fund's programs * Individuals or scholarships, outside of the Fund's existing fellowship programs * Churches or other religious organizations unless the project for which they are seeking funding is entirely secular in nature.
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Commonwealth Fund's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF e-file archive.