Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CommonHealth ACTION
CommonHealth ACTION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,291,111 to it, the largest being KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES INC ($750,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $-33439
What CommonHealth ACTION does
Mission
CommonHealth ACTION develops people and organizations to produce health through equitable policies, programs, and practices.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Leadership & Workforce Development - To develop and expand equitable leadership within a company or community, we provide executive coaching and technical assistance for leaders formal and informal as they test and apply new knowledge and competencies problem-solve sticky situations when the most equitable path is not yet clear and determine the best plan of action when stakes are high.
$218,443 spent$490,364 earned by the program36% of program spendingLearning Design & Development - To support our client and partner organizational efforts, we plan and implement effective in-person and online meetings and learning opportunities. As we design each engagement, we apply evidence-based and experience-informed practices from the fields of adult education, emergent learning, event management, and communications, while leveraging the latest advancements in learning technology and information design. Through our in-house subject matter experts, we develop content and implement process designs that apply to almost every sector and discipline.
$138,506 spent$431,969 earned by the program23% of program spendingProject Management - Includes the overall management of timelines, relationships, and general project management for all components of the client statement of work, in addition to setting expectations and establishing the rules of engagement, decision-making, and approvals.
$132,222 spent$291,945 earned by the program22% of program spendingOrganizational Strategy & Culture
$85,528 spent$111,262 earned by the program14% of program spendingAssessments & Evaluations
$29,920 spent$30,248 earned by the program5% of program spendingConvening & Learning Experiences
$1,084 spent0% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $605,703.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $2.5M to $207k (−92%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 10% · 2022 10% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of CommonHealth ACTION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Natalie Burke
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $275k → $240k.
From the IRS filings of CommonHealth ACTION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CommonHealth ACTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
70% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CommonHealth ACTION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 81% · 2023 90% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
CommonHealth ACTION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CommonHealth ACTION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CommonHealth ACTION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $32k on record.
- District of Columbia Courts$32k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CommonHealth ACTION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
43% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CommonHealth ACTION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CommonHealth ACTION?
- CommonHealth ACTION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,291,111 to it, the largest being KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES INC ($750,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CommonHealth ACTION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,291,111 in grants to CommonHealth ACTION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CommonHealth ACTION?
- KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES INC is the largest funder on record, with $750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CommonHealth ACTION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing