How much does CommonHealth ACTION give?

CommonHealth ACTION reported 9 itemized grants totaling $171,946, out of $182,567 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.

What does CommonHealth ACTION fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Health (40%), Civil Rights (35%), Community Improvement (15%).

Who are CommonHealth ACTION's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Fusion Partnership Inc ($302k), Intersection of Change Inc ($150k), Chase Brexton Health Services Inc ($150k).

Does CommonHealth ACTION fund new organizations?

In FY2020, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as CommonHealth ACTION?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nc Foundation.

Where is CommonHealth ACTION based?

CommonHealth ACTION is based in DC.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

CommonHealth ACTION

CommonHealth ACTION develops people and organizations to produce health through equitable policies, programs, and practices.

$183k
Granted FY2020: 9
Itemized grants FY2020: 9
Organizations funded FY2020: 56%
First-time grantees FY2020

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Itemized, FY2020: $172k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2020: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2020: $51,805
Organizations funded a year: 4 to 9; FY2017 to FY2020
States reached, FY2020: 2
Total assets, FY2020: $207k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 56% of the organizations CommonHealth ACTION funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

HealthCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2020	9	$172k	56%
FY2019	4	$250k	0%
FY2018	4	$250k	0%
FY2017	4	$125k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Health$319kCivil Rights$275kCommunity Improvement$116kPhilanthropy$52kFood & Nutrition$25kEmployment$10k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Fusion Partnership Inc	$301,805	4	2%
Intersection of Change Inc	$150,000	4	6%
Chase Brexton Health Services Inc	$150,000	4	0%
Dovecote Cafe	$150,000	4	n/a
Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Compassion Health Care Inc	$10,000	1	0%
North Carolina Community Health Center Assoc Inc	$9,301	1	0%
Sandhills Cooperation Association	$8,000	1	2%
West Marion Inc	$7,840	1	2%

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget CommonHealth ACTION supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 8.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nc FoundationNC13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About CommonHealth ACTION

How much does CommonHealth ACTION give?: CommonHealth ACTION reported 9 itemized grants totaling $171,946, out of $182,567 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
What does CommonHealth ACTION fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Health (40%), Civil Rights (35%), Community Improvement (15%).
Who are CommonHealth ACTION's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Fusion Partnership Inc ($302k), Intersection of Change Inc ($150k), Chase Brexton Health Services Inc ($150k).
Does CommonHealth ACTION fund new organizations?: In FY2020, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as CommonHealth ACTION?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nc Foundation.
Where is CommonHealth ACTION based?: CommonHealth ACTION is based in DC.