Texas · Private foundation
Commonwealth Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $500
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2026
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $326k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations Commonwealth Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 1 | $500 | 0% |
| FY2025 | 1 | $500 | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $11k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $500 | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $84k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $32k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radford School Inc | $143,567 | 6 | 2% |
| El Paso County Historical Society | $2,000 | 1 | 4% |
| University of Texas at El Paso | $2,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Rescue Mission of El Paso Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of El Paso | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($67k), not named here.
About Commonwealth Foundation
- How much does Commonwealth Foundation give?
- Commonwealth Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2025.
- What does Commonwealth Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (67%), Arts & Culture (15%), Religion (15%).
- Who are Commonwealth Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Radford School Inc ($144k), El Paso County Historical Society ($2k), University of Texas at El Paso ($2k).
- Does Commonwealth Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Commonwealth 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.
- Where is Commonwealth Foundation based?
- Commonwealth Foundation is based in TX.
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