Commonwealth Fund

Giving by year

29% of 2024 grantees were new to this funder

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

How to apply

How to apply

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.

Deadlines

Letters of Inquiry are accepted throughout the year on a rolling basis. RFP applications, when avail

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.

Contact

Andrea Landes

Address

One East 75th Street, New York, Ny, 100212677

Phone

2126063800

Email

grants@cmwf.org

From the funder's IRS Form 990-PF for the year to 30 Jun 2025.