Virginia · Public charity
The Commonwealth Institute for
To use policy, research, and analysis to advance the well-being of Virginia communities, and improve the economic security and social opportunities of all Virginians.
- $307k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 93%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 93% of the organizations The Commonwealth Institute for funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $196k 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 | 17 | $306k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $221k | 93% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $104k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $88k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $208k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $152k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $71k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Virginia Majority | $121,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Prevent Child Abuse Virginia | $112,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Virginia Poverty Law Center Inc | $96,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Progress Now Education | $67,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Virginia Community Voice Inc | $65,585 | 3 | 3% |
| Peter Paul Development Center Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sacred Heart Center Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Voices for Virginia's Children | $50,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Virginia Civic Engagement Table | $45,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Virginia League for Planned Parenthood Incorporated | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Virginia Majority | $121,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Prevent Child Abuse Virginia | $112,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Virginia Poverty Law Center Inc | $96,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Progress Now Education | $67,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Virginia Community Voice Inc | $65,585 | 3 | 3% |
| Peter Paul Development Center Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sacred Heart Center Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Voices for Virginia's Children | $50,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Virginia Civic Engagement Table | $45,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Virginia League for Planned Parenthood Incorporated | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Climate Action Network Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Legal Aid Justice Center | $28,666 | 1 | 0% |
| Real Chances Inc | $27,652 | 1 | 93% |
| Failsafe-Era Inc | $22,339 | 2 | 6% |
| We R Me Foundation Inc | $21,818 | 2 | n/a |
| Nolef Turns | $21,818 | 2 | 2% |
| Hebron Va Inc | $21,818 | 2 | 5% |
| Afrikana Institute | $21,818 | 2 | n/a |
| Kusp | $21,818 | 2 | 16% |
| I Vote For Me | $21,818 | 2 | n/a |
| Coalicion Solidaria Pro-Inmigrantes Unidos (Cospu) | $21,818 | 2 | n/a |
| Black Hope Va | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia New Majority Education Fund | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Virginia Organizing Inc | $17,318 | 2 | 0% |
| The Family One | $15,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Progress Now Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Capital Results | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Interfaith Center For Public Policy | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Code Virginia | $6,818 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Commonwealth Institute for supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 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: Richmond Memorial Health Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · Weissberg Foundation · New Venture Fund · Robins Foundation · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Hopewell Fund · If Foundation · Virginia Nonprofit Housing Coalition · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Potomac Health Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Commonwealth Institute for
- How much does The Commonwealth Institute for give?
- The Commonwealth Institute for reported 17 grants totaling $306,670 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Commonwealth Institute for fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (18%), Public Benefit (18%), Crime & Legal (17%).
- Who are The Commonwealth Institute for's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: New Virginia Majority ($121k), Prevent Child Abuse Virginia ($113k), Virginia Poverty Law Center Inc ($96k).
- Does The Commonwealth Institute for fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 93% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Commonwealth Institute for?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Richmond Memorial Health Foundation, The Community Foundation Inc, Weissberg Foundation.
- Where is The Commonwealth Institute for based?
- The Commonwealth Institute for is based in VA.
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