Pennsylvania · Public charity
The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives
The commonwealth foundation transforms free-market ideas into public policies, empowering all pennsylvanians to thrive.
- $153k
- Granted FY2021
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
53% of The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Donors Trust Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $137k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2021
- $137k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $20,500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $65,110
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Total assets, FY2021
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 83% of the organizations The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $126k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 6 | $137k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americans for Fair Treatment Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 27% |
| The Rock Church | $65,110 | 1 | n/a |
| Families United Network Inc | $43,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Pa Families for Education Choice | $32,000 | 2 | 5% |
| The Joshua Group | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Life Male Science Technology | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pelican Institute for Public Policy | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Immanuel Christian School | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Broad and Liberty Inc | $21,246 | 2 | 41% |
| The Reason Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americans for Fair Treatment Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 27% |
| The Rock Church | $65,110 | 1 | n/a |
| Families United Network Inc | $43,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Pa Families for Education Choice | $32,000 | 2 | 5% |
| The Joshua Group | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Life Male Science Technology | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pelican Institute for Public Policy | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Immanuel Christian School | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Broad and Liberty Inc | $21,246 | 2 | 41% |
| The Reason Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Founding Forward (Formerly the Union League Legacy Foundation) | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Talent Market Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Black Pastors United for Education | $14,053 | 1 | 1% |
| Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Citrs Inc | $5,181 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Commonwealth Partners Chamber of Entrepreneurs Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives with peer funders
About The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives
- How much does The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives give?
- The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives reported 6 itemized grants totaling $136,856, out of $153,296 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2021.
- What does The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (60%), Civil Rights (10%), Religion (8%).
- Who are The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Americans for Fair Treatment Inc ($100k), The Rock Church ($65k), Families United Network Inc ($44k).
- Does The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Commonwealth Partners Chamber of Entrepreneurs Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives based?
- The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives is based in PA.
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