Massachusetts · Public charity
Commonwealth Cares Fund Inc
Commonwealth cares fund, inc. Is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created to maximize the impact of our many and varied efforts to give back to the communities in which we work, live and visit.
- $594k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $462k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $212,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Commonwealth Cares Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $146k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $462k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $245k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $232k | 69% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $211k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $328k | 92% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $41k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $250k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $284,310 | 3 | 0% |
| Foundation for Financial Planning Inc | $250,250 | 6 | 5% |
| American Red Cross | $152,995 | 1 | n/a |
| Homeboy Industries | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island Inc | $73,161 | 4 | 0% |
| The Arthur Project | $68,343 | 2 | 3% |
| International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Soc at the Un Inc | $60,750 | 1 | 2% |
| Bentley University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Commonwealth Cares Fund Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About Commonwealth Cares Fund Inc
- How much does Commonwealth Cares Fund Inc give?
- Commonwealth Cares Fund Inc reported 14 itemized grants totaling $462,180, out of $594,391 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Commonwealth Cares Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (32%), Human Services (19%), Health (13%).
- Who are Commonwealth Cares Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($284k), Foundation for Financial Planning Inc ($250k), American Red Cross ($153k).
- Does Commonwealth Cares Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Commonwealth Cares Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Analog Devices Foundation, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Commonwealth Cares Fund Inc based?
- Commonwealth Cares Fund Inc is based in MA.
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