Public Charity

COMMONWEAL FOUNDATION

Based in NEW YORK, NY, COMMONWEAL FOUNDATION operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $3.7M in revenue, $2.4M in expenses, $5.8M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 34 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $1.5M.

EIN: 133174407 NEW YORK, NY Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.7M
Total Expenses$2.4M
Total Assets$5.8M
Grant Records34
Funding Total$1.5M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

COMMONWEAL IS THE OLDEST INDEPENDENT LAY CATHOLIC JOURNAL OF OPINION IN THE UNITED STATES COVERING LITERATURE, THE ARTS, RELIGION, SOCIETY AND POLITICS. COMMONWEAL THROUGH ITS MAGAZINE AND WEBSITE PUBLISHES EDITORIALS, COLUMNS, ESSAYS AND POETRY, ALONG WITH FILM AND BOOK REVIEWS. COMMONWEAL MAINTAINS A RELATIVELY STRONG FOCUS ON ISSUES OF SPECIFIC INTEREST TO CATHOLICS.

Where $100 goes at Commonweal Foundation

How Commonweal Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$63 Programs the work itself
$28 Management running the organization
$9 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $63 for programs

$63
Publication and online distribution of information on public affairs, religion, literature and the arts
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Alice Mcdermott
DIRECTOR / CHAIR EMERITUS Barbara Rosiello
DIRECTOR Cathleen Kaveny
CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR Chris Lowney
DIRECTOR Daniel Murray
DIRECTOR Daniel Murtaugh

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,204,354 25 grants
Health & Medicine
$135,800 5 grants
Human & Social Services
$50,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$85,500 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.7M $2.4M $5.8M
2024 $3.4M $2.5M $4.9M
2023 $2.3M $2.4M $3.3M
2022 $1.7M $2.2M $3.6M
2021 $2.2M $2.0M $4.8M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.2M to $3.7M (+67%), with total assets most recently reported at $5.8M.

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