Organization · EIN 94-2366094 · Bolinas, CA · Human services

Who funds Commonweal?

25 private foundations reported paying Commonweal $1.76M on returns for tax year 2023.

25 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 25

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
The Marisla Foundation
Laguna Beach, CA
$430,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Wend II
Bentonville, AR · Preselected only
$360,000 To support CELT Program and Org Development. Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
WK Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek, MI
$200,000 Promise of an Equitable Future Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 08/2024
Target Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$200,000 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY - NATIONAL (ECOSYSTEM) Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 02/2024
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)
Chicago, IL
$125,000
2 grant lines
in support of its project Somos El Poder +1 more Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, WA
$109,575 PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John E Fetzer Institute
Kalamazoo, MI · Preselected only
$90,155
2 grant lines
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT +1 more Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
The Satterberg Foundation
Seattle, WA
$40,000
2 grant lines
THREE BLACK MEN PROJECT @ THE CENTER FOR HEALING & LIBERATION +1 more Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Frank S and Julia M Ladner Family Foundation
Saint Louis, MO · Preselected only
$30,000 Charitable Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Forsythia Foundation
Washington, DC · Preselected only
$30,000 SUPPORT FOR COLLABORATIVE ON HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT'S DEVELOPMENTAL WORK REVISIONING CHE'S FUTURE ROLE, FOCUS, AND MEASURABLE IMPACT Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Clementine Fund
Tacoma, WA · Preselected only
$25,000 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - YOUTH EDUCATION Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Chavez Family Foundation
San Francisco, CA · Preselected only
$25,000 SOMOS EL PODER Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Distracted Globe Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$25,000 SUMMER CAMPS Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Peaceful World Foundation
Petaluma, CA
$20,000 Summer Youth Program Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Singing Field Foundation
Waltham, MA · Preselected only
$15,000 GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 05/2024
Public Welfare Foundation
Washington, DC
$10,000 Support for Humane Prison Hospice Project Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
John and Wauna Harman Foundation
Sacramento, CA · Preselected only
$10,000 HUMANE PRISON HOSPICE PROJECT Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Helen V Brach Foundation
Chicago, IL
$5,000 Board of Directors, Matching and Discretionary Grant Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 03/2024
The Sidney E Frank Foundation
Harrison, NY · Preselected only
$5,000 FOR SAFETYNEST SCIENCE PROGRAM Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Christopher Reynolds Foundation
Sea Girt, NJ
$3,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Commonweal

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Commonweal, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $31.8M to them
  2. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Los Altos, CA
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $24.1M to them
  3. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $22M to them
  4. The Ford Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $45.9M to them
  5. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund New York, NY
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $30.3M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Flint, MI
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $1.22M to them
  7. The California Endowment Los Angeles, CA
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $13.4M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  8. The Kresge Foundation Troy, MI
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $5.49M to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Tides Center San Francisco, CA
    6 shared funders · 153 funders in all
  2. Medecins Sans Frontieres USA New York, NY
    8 shared funders · 2370 funders in all
  3. Dry Dock Corporation San Francisco, CA
    1 shared funder · 2 funders in all
  4. Hawaii Community Foundation Honolulu, HI
    7 shared funders · 667 funders in all
  5. Possibility Labs San Francisco, CA
    4 shared funders · 38 funders in all
  6. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY
    6 shared funders · 568 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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