Pennsylvania · Public charity
Commonwealth Communications
Organized and operated exclusively to promote social welfare specifically for the purposes of promoting legislative and public action in support of non-partisan progressive values in the commonwealth of pennsylvania.
- $513k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $581k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations Commonwealth Communications funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k 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 | 11 | $510k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $245k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $1.2M | 78% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $175k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priorities USA Action | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| People Power Pennsylvania | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Organize Pennsylvania | $180,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Planned Parenthood Votes | $175,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Project Keystone | $150,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Api Pa Votes | $105,000 | 3 | n/a |
| We The People Pennsylvania Action | $100,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Casa in Action Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 4% |
| For Our Future | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania United | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priorities USA Action | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| People Power Pennsylvania | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Organize Pennsylvania | $180,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Planned Parenthood Votes | $175,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Project Keystone | $150,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Api Pa Votes | $105,000 | 3 | n/a |
| We The People Pennsylvania Action | $100,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Casa in Action Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 4% |
| For Our Future | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania United | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tech for Campaigns | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Pennsylvania Project | $70,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Pennsylvania Stands Up Inc | $55,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Project 26 Pennsylvania | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Pennsylvania Spotlight | $50,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Working Families Organization Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Casa in Action PAC Inc | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Voter Project | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Asian Pacific Islander Political Al Liance | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Action Together Nepa | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Promote the Vote Pa | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Agenda PAC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ceasefire Pennsylvania | $25,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Working Families Party National PAC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unite Here Action Fund | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Commonwealth Communications 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: Sixteen Thirty Fund · Pa Alliance Action · America Votes · Tides Advocacy · Pro-Democracy Campaign · Working Families Organization Inc · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · Tides Foundation · PA Alliance Foundation · Our American Future Action · Way to Win Action Fund Inc · Clean and Prosperous America
How this is measured
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About Commonwealth Communications
- How much does Commonwealth Communications give?
- Commonwealth Communications reported 11 grants totaling $513,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Commonwealth Communications fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (46%), Civil Rights (38%), Health (8%).
- Who are Commonwealth Communications's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Priorities USA Action ($250k), People Power Pennsylvania ($250k), Organize Pennsylvania ($180k).
- Does Commonwealth Communications fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Commonwealth Communications?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sixteen Thirty Fund, Pa Alliance Action, America Votes.
- Where is Commonwealth Communications based?
- Commonwealth Communications is based in PA.
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