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Screen a listCommonwealth Corporation Foundation
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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$3.5Mrevenue
FY2025 · +721% in 3 yrs8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin69.5%
Months of reserve15.8mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+56.2%
Middle half of peersMedianCommonwealth
Where the money goes FY2025 · $1.1M spent
Programs$1.1M100%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 14% of revenue stopped after FY2021
Rize Massachusetts Foundation Inc gave $250k in FY2021, 14% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$324k in FY2023 and −$298 in FY2024. Cash covers 15.8 months, above the peer median of 5.2.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Strong governance
6 of 8 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIGrowing faster than peers
Revenue up 56% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort18funders
$103ka year, last 3 years
81%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Strada Education Foundation IncOn and off$1.0MRize Massachusetts Foundation IncOn and off$250kState Street Foundation IncStopped after FY2019$30k$30k–One World FundOn and off$50kHenrietta F Dexter Tuw-Dexter ChOn and off$25kHarris J and Geraldine S Nelson FoundationSince FY2022$5k$1kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$50k$50k$25k$1.4M4 other fundersUp to $1k a year each$1k$2k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped