· Private foundation
Commonwealth National Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k12 grants · $33k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS | $10,000 |
| FOR PETE'S SAKE | $7,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,500 |
| ETC FOUNDATION | $3,500 |
| TODAY IS A GOOD DAY | $3,500 |
| PGA REACH | $2,500 |
| OHAAT BEDS FOR KIDS | $2,500 |
| HATBORO HORSHAM EDUCATIONAL FD | $2,500 |
| CURE SPG47 | $2,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS | $2,000 |
| ASSOC FOR ADULTS W DEV DISAB | $1,000 |
| THE GIVING TREE | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +175% since the first grant, against +51% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SESpecial Equestrians Inc7× · 2017–2023 · $90k · revenue +92%
- FPFOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE FOUNDATION4× · 2020–2023 · $38k · revenue +307%
- OHONE HOUSE AT A TIME INC6× · 2017–2022 · $15k · revenue +175%
Funded once
- HNHORSHAM NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2017 · $1k
- RVRSVP Volunteersgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +51%
- AFASSOCIATION FOR ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INCone grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue -57%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a genetic disease that causes loss of muscle control and balance, cancer, lung disease, and immune system problems in children and young adults, shortening their lives. The nonprofit A-T Children's Project…
Adventures adventures with autism sponsors and matches professionally trained, autism therapy dogs with targeted families in need.
Focused on enhancing the hospital experience of children and adolescents undergoing treatment at pediatric cancer facilities across the u.s.
Be The Rainbow Foundation provides support to families facing childhood cancer by partnering with families and family support organizations, helping to relieve some of the financial and emotional burdens that come with a pediatric cancer…
Established in 1986, Saratoga Therapeutic Equestrian Program (STEP) is a charitable not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, registered in New York State and located at New Forest Equestrian Centre in Glenville, NY. STEP is dedicated to…
PRAI exists to spread awareness of neuroimmune disorders, advocate for patient care and support data-driven research that will ultimately lead to effective treatments and cures for these disorders.
To empower both children and adults with a broad range of special needs by providing the highest quality equine assisted activities
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Special Equestrians Inc ↗
- Who funds FOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ONE HOUSE AT A TIME INC ↗
- Who funds TODAY IS A GOOD DAY ↗
- Who funds HATBORO-HORSHAM EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AFTER THE GLOW INC ↗
- Who funds Cure AP4 Inc ↗
- Who funds THE GIVING TREE ↗
- Who funds RSVP Volunteers ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES INC ↗
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: The Philadelphia Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Commonwealth National Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Commonwealth National Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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