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Commonwealth Partners Chamber of Entrepreneurs Inc at a glance

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Commonwealth Partners Chamber of Entrepreneurs Inc

A diverse group of state and local business and community leaders, philanthropists and successful entrepreneurs, who are dedicated to improving the economic environment in pennsylvania.

$616k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$526k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Benefit$1.0MCivil Rights$600kEducation$305kPhilanthropy$275kReligion$115kHuman Services$100kYouth Development$5kCommunity Improvement$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
  • $250k+1 grant · $526k
$75,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITIZENS FOR TERM LIMITS$525,500
BLACK PASTORS UNITED FOR EDUCATION$75,000
THREEFOLD EDUCATION ASSOCIATION$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $135k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CITIZENS ALLIANCE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $20k → 8%CITIZENS FOR ALLIANCE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $15k → 12%RULE OF LAW DEFENSE FUND: $100k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IA
OH
PA
CA
VA
DC
OK
LA
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

13%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$274k · 5 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +215% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
15

Total granted

$274k
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+215%
+12%

Still filing today

80%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $526k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPublic BenefitCivil RightsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BA
    BROAD AND LIBERTY INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $60k · revenue ×37
  • TE
    THREEFOLD EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $45k · revenue +215%
  • CA
    CITIZENS ALLIANCE OF PENNSYLVANIA
    2× · 2018–2021 · $35k · revenue ×13

Funded once

  • CA
    COMMONWEALTH ACTION
    one grant, 2023 · $575k · revenue -13% · 36% of their budget
  • AP
    A PUBLIC VOICE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue -21%
  • TF
    THE FAMILY LEADER FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue +40%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Pennsylvanians for Fair Courts

To develop and advocate for legislation, regulations, and government programs to protect against judicial gerrymandering and other legislative barriers to fair courts, and to conduct research about and publicize the positions of elected…

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2
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.

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3
Keystone Democracy

Keystone Democracy's goal is to ensure that all Pennsylvania elections are implemented in a safe, secure, convenient and fair manner. We work to advance pro-democracy policies by informing elected officials, civic leaders, the media, and…

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4
Ballot Pa Action

Informed and educated the public and lawmakers about the benefits of including independent voters in Pennsylvania's primary elections.

Civil Rights
5
Lead Pa

Cultivating the next generation of progressive leaders across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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6
Allegheny Institute for Public Policy

The allegheny institute is a non-profit research and education organization. our mission is to defend the interests of taxpayers, citizens, and businesses against an increasingly burdensome and intrusive government. to that end, we will…

Arts & Culture
7
We the People Pennsylvania Action

We The People PA is an issue advocacy organization that works to make PA economy work for all; with a system of taxation that is fair and progressive and raises sufficient revenue to provide quality education and public services for all.

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8
Planned Parenthood Association of Pa

Provide public education in support of planned parenthood health services, including family planning and abortion care.

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9
Pennsylvania Statewide Independent Living Council

To use our collective power and legal mandate to develop and secure public policies that ensure civil rights and expand options for all people with disabilities in all aspects of life.

Human Services
10
Ppf Pennsylvania State Association

Promote the interest and welfare of the industry by recommending legislation to protect the trade.

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11
Community Justice Project

To provide high quality civil legal assistance and other services to indigent individuals and families.

Crime & Legal
12
Great America Coalition

To educate the public on policy issues.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives; the most unlike its peers is The Legislative Swearing-in Committee. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 22 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMONWEALTH ACTION: $575,000 · Civil RightsCOMMONWEALTH ACTION1682 NETWORK: $525,500 · Civil Rights1682 NETWORKTHE FAMILY LEADER FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · EducationTHE FAMILY LEADER FOUND…BLACK PASTORS UNITED FOR EDUCATION: $105,000 · EducationBLACK PASTORS UNITED FO…BROAD AND LIBERTY INC: $60,000 · EducationBROAD AND LIBERTY INCTHREEFOLD EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC: $45,000 · EducationTHREEFOLD EDUCATION ASS…AMERICANS FOR FAIR TREATMENT INC: $25,000 · Education+2 more: $15,000 · EducationA PUBLIC VOICE INC: $250,000 · Public BenefitA PUBLIC VOICE IN…THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVES: $100,000 · Public BenefitTHE COMMONWEALTH …PELICAN INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $25,000 · Public BenefitPELICAN INSTITUTE…Donors Trust Inc: $275,000 · PhilanthropyDonors Trust…RULE OF LAW DEFENSE FUND: $100,000 · Human ServicesCITIZENS ALLIANCE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $35,000 · Human ServicesCOMMONWEALTH ALLIES INC: $28,500 · OtherTHE LEGISLATIVE SWEARING-IN COMMITTEE: $10,000 · OtherSAN DIEGO ROCK CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherMANUFACTURER & BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · Other+2 more: $1,500 · OtherPELICAN ACTION INC: $5,000 · Youth Development
Civil Rights$1,100,500Education$500,000Public Benefit$375,000Philanthropy$275,000Human Services$135,000Other$52,500Youth Development$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMONWEALTH ACTION: $575,000 over 1y, 36% of budget1682 NETWORK: $525,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetDonors Trust Inc: $275,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA PUBLIC VOICE INC: $250,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY LEADER FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetBLACK PASTORS UNITED FOR EDUCATION: $105,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetRULE OF LAW DEFENSE FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTHE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVES: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHREEFOLD EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC: $45,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetCITIZENS ALLIANCE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $35,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetCOMMONWEALTH ALLIES INC: $28,500 over 2y, 100% of budgetPELICAN INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICANS FOR FAIR TREATMENT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE LEGISLATIVE SWEARING-IN COMMITTEE: $10,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOSHUA GROUP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMANUFACTURER & BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELLWOOD CITY AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budget
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.

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.

The Commonwealth Foun…Bradley Impact Fund I…Donors Trust IncVanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy AlternativesPA15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Donors Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Commonwealth Partners Chamber of Entrepreneurs Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Commonwealth Partners Chamber of Entrepreneurs Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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