The Commonwealth Fund

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $2.3M

  The Commonwealth Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice: Authorization for 2024-25 Class

• $850,000

  President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  The Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard University, 2025-26

• $800,456

  Ssrs · Glen Mills, PA · 2024

  International Health Policy Survey, 2025

• $639,482

  Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

  Analysis of Policies Affecting Health Insurance Access, Affordability, Adequacy, and Equity in the Individual and Small-Group Markets, Year 14

• $638,814

  Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Testing, Scaling, and Disseminating the Racial Equity in Healthcare Progress Report, Phase 2

• $560,000

  Ssrs · Glen Mills, PA · 2024

  2025 Health Care Affordability Research, Adults 19 to 64

• $514,781

  Ssrs · Glen Mills, PA · 2024

  The Commonwealth Fund 2024 Biennial Health Insurance Survey

• $490,115

  Ssrs · Glen Mills, PA · 2024

  International Health Policy Survey, 2024

• $440,000

  Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  Modeling Policies That Could Expand and Improve Health Coverage and Affordability - or Roll Back Progress

• $430,800

  Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  Analyzing Emerging Health Reform Proposals

• $395,858

  Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

  Evaluating Proposed Medicare Policy Changes for Their Impact on Solvency, Spending, and Beneficiaries

• $384,000

  Bailit Health Purchasing Llc · Needham, MA · 2024

  Technical Assistance for Design and Implementation of State Strategies to Increase Affordability in Commercial Markets, Phase 2

• $336,742

  The Commonwealth Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  Harkness Fellowships Centennial Celebration: Authorization for Support

• $321,565

  President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  Winding Down the Maintenance-of-Eligibility Requirement for Medicaid: Impacts on Low-Income Adults in Four Southern States

• $312,570

  First Nation Development Institute · Longmont, CO · 2024

  Native American Experiences with Health Care and Maternal Care Systems

• $305,538

  Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024

  Educating Policymakers and Providing Strategic Guidance on Artificial Intelligence in Health Care and Primary Payment Reform

• $302,405

  Academyhealth · Washington, DC · 2024

  Planning Grant to Support the Design of the Commonwealth Fund's New International U.S. Leadership Program

• $300,000

  Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

  The Inflation Reduction Act's Price Negotiation Program: Implications for Patient Access to and Affordability of Medications

• $280,053

  Center for Health Policy Development · Washington, DC · 2024

  Supporting State Policymakers to Understand Private Equity in Health Care through Data

• $259,600

  The Brigham and Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

  Investigating Novel Strategies for Drug Pricing and Spending Reform: Patents, Negotiation, and Pricing Policy Innovation

• $254,310

  New York University · New York, NY · 2024

  Contributing to Health Reform: Analysis and Technical Assistance

• $248,881

  University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Informing the Future of Medicare Advantage Policy

• $240,000

  Health Care Without Harm · Reston, VA · 2024

  Safeguarding Access to Care Through IRA-Supported Investments in Essential Hospitals

• $229,538

  Center for Health Care Strategies · Hamilton, NJ · 2024

  Implementing Primary Care Population-Based Payments in Medicaid to Promote High-Quality, Equitable Care, Phase 2

• $227,725

  Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism · Columbia, MO · 2024

  U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowship and International Health Study Fellowship

• $220,000

  Primary Care Development Corporation · New York, NY · 2024

  PCDC Primary Care Investment Network, Phase 2

• $208,523

  National Association of Medicaid Directors · Washington, DC · 2024

  Strengthening Medicaid Programs Through Interdisciplinary Leadership

• $200,000

  United States of Care Campaign · Arlington, VA · 2024

  Identifying Better Primary Care from the People's Perspective

• $199,939

  The Health Initiative · Concord, MA · 2024

  Investing in Health: Unlocking Dollars to Improve Health (Phase II)

• $188,882

  The Commonwealth Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice: Authorization for 2025-26 Class

• $188,194

  Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024

  Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership at Yale University, 2024-26

• $184,516

  The Commonwealth Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice, 2023-24

• $180,292

  Center for Health Policy Development · Washington, DC · 2024

  State Health and Human Services Leadership Network (2024)

• $179,913

  Institute for Healthcare Improvement · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  Supporting Health Care Delivery Organizations to Accelerate Decarbonization, Phase 2

• $179,826

  The Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024

  Impact of Equity-Focused Initiatives and Financial Incentives on Racial Disparities in Ambulatory Care Quality

• $179,744

  Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024

  Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Equity Leadership at Yale University, 2023-25

• $160,000

  Regents of the University of California at San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024

  Informing the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Phase 2

• $160,000

  The George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024

  Current and Future Directions in Health Reform: Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act

• $160,000

  The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  Aspen Ideas: Health 2025

• $160,000

  Patient Centered Primary Care Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  Strengthening Primary Care and Medicare Through Primary Care Payment Reform, Phase 4

• $160,000

  Boston Globe Life Sciences Media Llc · Boston, MA · 2024

  STAT Reporting on Health Inequities, 2024-25

• $160,000

  The Century Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  Health Reform: Past Surprises to Inform Future Success

• $160,000

  National Association of Community Health Centers · Bethesda, MD · 2024

  Assessing the Capabilities to Advance Behavioral Health Integration in Community Health Centers

• $160,000

  Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024

  Aligning Innovators and Policymakers for Scalable Mental Health Transformation

• $160,000

  The Century Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  Examining Options for Medicaid Reform

• $160,000

  Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

  Postpartum Assessment of Health Survey (PAHS)

• $160,000

  Project Hope the People To People Health Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2024

  Health Policy at a Crossroads

• $160,000

  Manatt Phelps and Phillips Llp · New York, NY · 2024

  How Medicaid State Directed Payments Support Safety Net Providers and Risks of Funding Reductions

• $160,000

  Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

  Hospital Sustainability: Estimating the Financial, Health, and Environmental Costs and Benefits to the Hospital and to Society

• $159,984

  Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024

  Health Equity Fellow - AHE Team Support, Year 2

• $159,966

  United Hospital Fund of New York · New York, NY · 2024

  The United Hospital Fund's Health Equity Fellowship (HEF) for Doctor and Nurse Leaders

• $159,920

  Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  How Can Health Systems Ensure Accountability for Equitable Delivery of Health Care?

• $159,834

  The George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024

  Economic and Employment Impacts of Major Health Budget Proposals in 2025

• $159,760

  University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems

• $159,600

  Leavitt Partners Llc Dba Leavitt Partners An Hma Company · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

  Tribal Community Listening Sessions: Causes, Impacts and Potential Solutions to Physician Shortages

• $159,595

  The George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024

  Assessing the Responsiveness of the Medicaid Postpartum Expansion to Maternal Health Needs in the Implementation Phase

• $159,588

  Center for Health Policy Development · Washington, DC · 2024

  State Health and Human Services Leadership Network (2025)

• $159,515

  Mathematica · Princeton, NJ · 2024

  Administrative Burden in Primary Care: Causes and Potential Solutions

• $159,374

  National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2024

  Bolstering Legislative Expertise to Address Health System Access and Efficiency

• $158,611

  Institute for Medicaid Innovation · Washington, DC · 2024

  Updates & Accessibility Expansion: State Policies to Improve Perinatal Health Outcomes

• $158,048

  Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

  Monitoring and Analysis of Private Insurance Reforms, Year 13

• $157,968

  Health Care Cost Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  Trends in Hospital Outpatient Prices by Type of Hospital

• $156,338

  George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2024

  Climate Mitigation in US Community Health Centers

• $154,841

  Center for Improving Value in Health Care · Glendale, CO · 2024

  Utilization of Dental and Hearing Benefits for Medicare Advantage (MA) Members in Colorado

• $153,520

  Cascada Consulting Llc · Clarksville, MD · 2024

  A Roadmap to Integrating Care for Medicare and Medicaid Dually Eligible Beneficiaries Under Age 65

• $149,665

  Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  Assessing the Effects of State Medical Debt Protection Policies

• $142,014

  Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

  Climate Healthcare Leadership Accelerator

• $140,000

  Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024

  Securing the Safety Net for Older Adults: Medicare and Long-Term Care Services and Support Phase 2

• $139,969

  Manatt Phelps and Phillips Llp · New York, NY · 2024

  Investing in Health 2025: A Framework for Federal Action

• $138,515

  Academyhealth · Washington, DC · 2024

  Building Capacity for HSR on the Impact of the Dobbs Decision on Equity in the U.S. Health Care System

• $132,915

  President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  Dental Coverage in Medicare: Availability, Access, and Out-of-Pocket Spending

• $127,860

  Regents of the University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage: Effects on Utilization, Spending, and Access

• $127,770

  The Commonwealth Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  Website Enhancements for Country Profiles Authorization

• $125,364

  President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  Understanding the Corporatization of U.S. Primary Care and Its Impact on Health Care Access, Quality, and Utilization

• $125,000

  Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  Analyzing Emerging Health Reform Proposals

• $123,930

  National Opinion Research Center · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Home and Community-Based Services Landscape Analysis & Model Case Studies

• $120,738

  President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  Behavioral Health Integration in Colorado Medicaid: Impact on Access, Quality, and Cost

• $120,000

  Local Media Foundation · Lake City, MI · 2024

  Word in Black: Data Journalist for Health Reporting and Health Data Project

• $120,000

  Families USA Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  Protecting and Expanding Medicaid at the State Level: 2024-2025

• $120,000

  Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2024

  Rapid Response for Medicaid Education

• $120,000

  The Commonwealth Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  Authorization for 2024 Election Advisors

• $120,000

  The George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024

  Maternal Health Accountable Communities for Health (ACH) Project

• $120,000

  Initiative for Medicines Access and Knowledge Imak · Lewes, DE · 2024

  Democratizing Patent Data to Advance Reform and Lower Drug Prices

• $120,000

  Capital Link · Boston, MA · 2024

  Scenario Planning for Health Centers: Analyzing the Impact of Potential Policy Changes on Patient Eligibility and Health Center Revenues

• $120,000

  Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024

  Decarbonizing Healthcare Systems: A State Policy Perspective

• $120,000

  Waxman Consulting · Washington, DC · 2024

  Public Financing for Contraceptives: Current Landscape, Challenges, and Opportunities

• $119,988

  University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

  Examining Barriers to Sustaining Integrated Behavioral Health Care for Medicaid Patients

• $119,853

  National Committee for Quality Assurance · Washington, DC · 2024

  Using a Quality Framework to Help Reduce Health Care's Carbon Footprint

• $118,928

  The Commonwealth Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  Catalyzing Community-Driven Solutions to Promote Reproductive/Maternal Health Equity-Summit

• $115,487

  University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

  Developing Low-Cost State Policies to Help Uninsured and Underinsured People Gain Quality Marketplace Coverage

• $112,000

  Lighthouse Policy Group Llc · Washington, DC · 2024

  Tracking and Targeted Analysis of Federal and State Health Policy Issues

• $111,285

  Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024

  Incorporating Planetary Health Metrics into the Commonwealth Fund Scorecard on State Health System Performance

• $110,974

  Uc College of the Law San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  Last-Man-Standing Analysis: Capturing extensions of market exclusivity in pharmaceuticals

• $110,200

  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024

  Prescription Drug Prices, Financial Incentives, and Cancer Care Quality in Medicare Part B

• $108,000

  Journalism and Women Symposium · Grandville, MI · 2024

  2024-25 JAWS Health Care Journalism Development Program

• $104,669

  Boston Globe Life Sciences Media Llc · Boston, MA · 2024

  STAT News: Health Equity and Climate Reporting Initiatives, 2022-24

• $103,916

  Touro University · Central Islip, NY · 2024

  State Regulation of Medicare Brokers

• $101,739

  Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024

  Transfer from RAND Corporation: Assessing the Impacts of Insurer-Provider Vertical Integration

• $100,000

  National Alliance for Caregiving · Washington, DC · 2024

  Act on RAISE Campaign - Driving Action on Our Nation's First-Ever National Caregiving Strategy

• $100,000

  Horizon Government Affairs Llc · Washington, DC · 2024

  Strategic Counsel on 2025 Priorities