Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Commons Impact Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $18k
- Granted FY2023
- 18
- Grants FY2023
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Total assets, FY2023
- $340
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Commons Impact Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 18 | $18k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $65k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $50k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $51k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women Involved in Reentry Efforts | $15,000 | 3 | 22% |
| Ascensions Community Services Inc | $14,250 | 4 | 3% |
| Acee the Firm Foundation | $13,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Lydia's House in Southeast | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Enrichment Project | $12,055 | 4 | 23% |
| Mommas Safe Haven | $12,055 | 4 | 0% |
| Woodland Tigers Youth Sports and Educational Program | $8,055 | 3 | 17% |
| Helping Our People Empowerment Group Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Social Art and Culture | $4,055 | 2 | 5% |
| Tinas Baby | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women Involved in Reentry Efforts | $15,000 | 3 | 22% |
| Ascensions Community Services Inc | $14,250 | 4 | 3% |
| Acee the Firm Foundation | $13,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Lydia's House in Southeast | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Enrichment Project | $12,055 | 4 | 23% |
| Mommas Safe Haven | $12,055 | 4 | 0% |
| Woodland Tigers Youth Sports and Educational Program | $8,055 | 3 | 17% |
| Helping Our People Empowerment Group Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Social Art and Culture | $4,055 | 2 | 5% |
| Tinas Baby | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Soul Trak Outdoors | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ebony Horsewomen Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Seasoned Settlers | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oasis Community Partners | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| William O Lockridge Community Foundation | $1,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Community of Hope | $1,098 | 1 | 0% |
| Far Southeast Family Strengtening | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($79k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Commons Impact Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Center for Nonprofit Advancement · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Commons Impact Foundation
- How much does Commons Impact Foundation give?
- Commons Impact Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $18,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Commons Impact Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Youth Development (17%), Health (9%).
- Who are Commons Impact Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: Women Involved in Reentry Efforts ($15k), Ascensions Community Services Inc ($14k), Acee the Firm Foundation ($13k).
- Does Commons Impact Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Commons Impact Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Commons Impact Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Center for Nonprofit Advancement, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Commons Impact Foundation based?
- Commons Impact Foundation is based in DC.
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