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COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVES

EIN 23-2473845 HARRISBURG, PA

Revenue 2024
$12,034,533
Expenses 2024
$8,874,444

Program services were 72.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W05
Classification
1200
Street
223 STATE ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION TRANSFORMS FREE-MARKET IDEAS INTO PUBLIC POLICIES, EMPOWERING ALL PENNSYLVANIANS TO THRIVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TRANSFORMS FREE-MARKET IDEAS INTO PUBLIC POLICIES, EMPOWERING ALL PENNSYLVANIANS TO THRIVE.

  • POLICY ANALYSIS: THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION CONDUCTS VIGOROUS RESEARCH TO DEVELOP DATA-DRIVEN FREE-MARKET POLICY SOLUTIONS, IN ADDITION TO OFFERING ANALYSIS OF EXISTING POLICIES AND PROGRAMS, DISSEMINATING THESE RESOURCES THROUGH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $4,022,920

  • GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS: THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION WORKS DIRECTLY WITH LAWMAKERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND THEIR TEAMS TO EDUCATE THEM AND ADVOCATE FOR FREE-MARKET POLICIES THROUGH MEETINGS, BRIEFINGS, AND OTHER FORMATS, INCLUDING EMAIL, MAIL, AND HAND DELIVERY TO THE STATE CAPITOL.

    Expenses $1,277,118

  • PUBLIC AFFAIRS & MEDIA: THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION DISTILLS AND DISSEMINATES ITS POLICY INFORMATION THROUGH COMPELLING MESSAGING TO REACH KEY AUDIENCES, INCLUDING LAWMAKERS, OTHER POLICY-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE INTERESTED PUBLIC.

    Expenses $1,085,550 · Grants $92,681

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • George Gh Coates Jr

    DIRECTOR & CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William E Sordoni

    DIRECTOR & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • C Bruce Kern II

    DIRECTOR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gerard Alexander

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas E Beach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Montgomery B Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Emily Wk Cox

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brittney N Paul

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah Y Simkiss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen L Bloom Thru 41625

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $261,282
    From this org
    $226,810
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,472
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,028
    Bonus
    $30,482
    Other
    $1,300
    Deferred
    $9,395
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,077
    Filer's total
    $261,282

  • Nathan A Benefield

    CHIEF POLICY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $237,340
    From this org
    $221,195
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,145
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,674
    Bonus
    $42,221
    Other
    $1,300
    Deferred
    $8,996
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,149
    Filer's total
    $237,340

  • Erik M Telfordthru 41625

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $113,156
    From this org
    $108,804
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,352
    Hours/week
    40

  • Andrew J Lewis

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $85,971
    From this org
    $82,273
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,698
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mark R Wilson

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $81,975
    From this org
    $78,389
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,586
    Hours/week
    40

  • C Roger Custerthru 41625

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $78,627
    From this org
    $75,166
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,461
    Hours/week
    40

  • Megan L Martineffect41625

    COO & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $14,624
    From this org
    $14,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $562
    Hours/week
    40

  • Abbey Haslam

    DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $143,515
    From this org
    $122,930
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,585
    Hours/week
    40

  • David Osborne

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF LABOR POLICY

    Total calculated
    $143,282
    From this org
    $113,659
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,623
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elizabeth Stelle

    VICE PRESIDENT OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $135,847
    From this org
    $125,070
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,777
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kevin Kane

    DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $126,599
    From this org
    $111,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,939
    Hours/week
    40

  • James Miller

    DIGITAL MARKETING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $123,208
    From this org
    $118,469
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,739
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $12,034,533
    Expenses
    $8,874,444
    Contributions
    $11,747,367
    Grants paid
    $92,681
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,137,868
    Expenses
    $10,993,169
    Contributions
    $11,808,248
    Grants paid
    $217,484
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,554,022
    Expenses
    $9,040,362
    Contributions
    $9,348,387
    Grants paid
    $300,652

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,505,576
    Expenses
    $8,227,600
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,120,050

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,295,526
    Expenses
    $7,265,423
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,571,108

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,578,694
    Expenses
    $5,451,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,161,411

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,704,965
    Expenses
    $4,301,074
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,921,436

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,911,259
    Expenses
    $3,649,227
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,377,725

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,486,350
    Expenses
    $2,993,022
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,050,050

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,661,832
    Expenses
    $3,480,789
    Assets (EOY)
    $492,902

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,929,099
    Expenses
    $3,838,154
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,018,031

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,810,324
    Expenses
    $2,665,762
    Assets (EOY)
    $919,970

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,648,046
    Assets (EOY)
    $696,947

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.