California · Public charity
Commonweal
Engage in educational, charitable and research activities which contribute to the health of individuals, to public health and to the health of the global environment.
- $106k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $51k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $28,161
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $28,161
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Commonweal funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $51k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $356k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $97k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Health Sciences | $95,907 | 1 | 5% |
| The Hale Fund | $90,000 | 1 | 38% |
| Inquiring Systems Inc | $86,643 | 1 | 1% |
| Global Chemical Safety Fund | $62,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives | $62,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Health Care Without Harm | $62,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Pesticide Action Network North America | $62,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Island Arts Council | $28,161 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthy Democracy Fund | $22,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Gordon Research Conferences Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Health Sciences | $95,907 | 1 | 5% |
| The Hale Fund | $90,000 | 1 | 38% |
| Inquiring Systems Inc | $86,643 | 1 | 1% |
| Global Chemical Safety Fund | $62,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives | $62,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Health Care Without Harm | $62,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Pesticide Action Network North America | $62,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Island Arts Council | $28,161 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthy Democracy Fund | $22,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Gordon Research Conferences Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for the study of the Americas | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Commonweal supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Commonweal
- How much does Commonweal give?
- Commonweal reported 2 itemized grants totaling $50,661, out of $106,171 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Commonweal fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (34%), Public Benefit (18%), Health (16%).
- Who are Commonweal's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Environmental Health Sciences ($96k), The Hale Fund ($90k), Inquiring Systems Inc ($87k).
- Does Commonweal fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Commonweal?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Commonweal based?
- Commonweal is based in CA.
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