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The Common Sense Fund Inc: 39 grants to organizations, $3.8 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Common Sense Fund Inc, a private foundation in Greenwich, CT, paid 39 grants to organizations totaling $3,790,000 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 14, 2025. The largest was $1,018,000 to Pef Israel Endowment Fund in New York, NY for to enable the organization's direct distribution of funds to selected and approved charitable organizations in israel..
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- EIN
- 133157570
- Based in
- Greenwich, CT
- Assets
- $27,964,654
- Grants paid
- $3,790,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202543189349103924. It reported $3,790,000 in grants paid; 39 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pef Israel Endowment Fund | New York, NY | To enable the organization's direct distribution of funds to selected and approved charitable organizations in israel. | $1,018,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Schwab Charitable Fund | San Francisco, CA | Contribution to a donor-advised fund account. | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Acadia Center | Hartford, CT | To support the organization's committment to build clean, low carbon and consumer friendly economies. characterized by reliable information, comprehensive advocacy and problem solving through innovati | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Inside Climate News | Brooklyn, NY | To support the organization's mission to produce clear, objective stories that give the public and decision-makers the information they need to navigate the heat and emotion of climate and energy deba | Social science | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Natural Capitalism Solutions | Longmont, CO | To support the organization's mission to build an economy in service to life through education, innovative solutions and youth empowerment. help companies, communities and countries implement more reg | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peoples Action for Clean Energy | West Simsbury, CT | To support the organization's mission to work throughout connecticut to promote the development of alternative, renewable sources of energy and encourage others to join in on the conversation | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Save the Sound | New Haven, CT | To support the organizations mission to fight climate change, save endangered lands, protect the sound and its rivers, and work with nature to restore ecosystems. | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sustainable CT Inc | Willimantic, CT | To support the organization's mission to provide municipalities with a menu of coordinated, voluntary actions, to continually become more sustainable; to provide resources and tools to assist municipa | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Heschel Center for Sustainability | Tel Aviv, IS | To support the work of the heschel center sustainability in israel in their work to build and strengthen the rapidly growing sustainaility movement in israel. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stuttering Association for the Young | New York, NY | To support stutterin association for the young's mission to build a community of acceptance where young people who stutter gain confidence and communication skills through summer camp, speech therapy, | Arts, culture and humanities | $95,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hartford Performs | Hartford, CT | To support hartford performs mission to bring visiting artists into hartford public schools to teach curriculum in creative new ways. the organization takes hartford kids out to area arts organization | Youth development | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Making Books Sing | New York, NY | To support the organization's mission to empower children to experience the performing arts and literature as captivating, accessible vehicles for their imaginations, artistic expression and learning. | Arts, culture and humanities | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Friends of Yedidim | Encino, CA | To support american friends of yedidim's mission to increase awareness & raise funds for yedidim is israel. | International, foreign affairs and national security | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cambodian Living Arts | Marion, MA | To support the mission of cambodian living arts to facilitate the transformation of cambodia through the arts. the organization works in collaboration with others to create an environment where cambod | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colab Theater Group | New York, NY | To enable the organization to provide individuals with developmental disabilities a creative and social outlet through theater arts. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Partners in Action | Hartford, CT | To support the organization's mission to partner with the state, us government, private funders, organizations, and businesses, the organization works to make a positive impact on the lives of adults | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Glassroots | Newark, NJ | To support the organization's mission to empower nj residents of all ages to think creatively and realize new visions of their futures through the art of glassmaking. renowned for excellence in collab | Youth development | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Groundswell | Brooklyn, NY | To support groundswell's mission to bring together youth, artists, and community organizations to use art as a tool for social change, for a more just and equitable world. groundswell's projects beaut | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Interwine Arts Inc | New York, NY | To support the organization's mission to inspire creativity, joy, and self-confidence through free-form weaving for people of all ages with disabilities or chronic illness. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Justice Dance Performance | Hartford, CT | To support the organization's mission of using the wisdom of the body in dance, spoken word, visual art, and song to call attention to pressing issues and marginalized people. | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Music Haven | New Haven, CT | To support music havens mission which is to use a string quartet to build a vibrant urban community through performance and music education that empowers young people, their families, and professional | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Orchestrating Dreams | New York, NY | To support the organization's mission to provide high-quality innovative and adaptive education programs that strengthen communities and help individuals develop a lifelong love for learning. develop | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Connecticut News Project Inc | Hartford, CT | To support the organization's mission is to produce original, in-depth, non-partisan journalism that informs connecticut residents about the impact of public policy, holds government accountable, and | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jazz Power Initiative | New York, NY | To promote youth development, and build more creative and inclusive communities through jazz music, theater and dance education and performance. | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Spring Street Climate Fund | Brooklyn, NY | To support high-impact policy campaigns that can make new york a model state for climate progress. to identify opportunities to win scalable climate solutions and invest in the grassroots climate camp | Environment | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Real Art Ways Inc | Hartford, CT | General operating | Arts, culture and humanities | $62,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Clay Art Center | Port Chester, NY | To support the organization in advancing its mission of growing the education, exhibitions, artist residency and outreach programs, which are all focused "to kindle a passion for the ceramic arts and | Arts, culture and humanities | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Climate Science Legal Defense Fund | New York, NY | To support the climate science legal defense fund's (csldf)mission to protect the scientific endeavor by providing support and resources to scientists who are threatened, harassed or attacked for doin | Science and technology | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Science Friday Initiative Inc | New York, NY | To support the organizations missing to covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, science friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, | Science and technology | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gunk Foundation | Woodstock, NY | Expenditure responsibility grant | Arts, culture and humanities | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arts Ignite | New York, NY | To support young people in discovering the joy and power of making artto share their voices, tell their stories, and transform their lives. | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Connecticut Public Broadcasting | Hartford, CT | To support the organization's efforts to serve diverse communities with a mix of educational, new, public affairs, children's, and entertainment programming and services. | Arts, culture and humanities | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Conservation Law Foundation | Boston, MA | To support the organization's mission to use law, economics and science to solve the environmental problems that threaten the people, natural resources and communities of new england. | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Israel Fund Washington DC | Washington, DC | To support the organization's mission to mobilize israelis to make positive, progressive change by strengthening israeli civil society and fighting the inequality, injustice, and extremism that dimini | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Our Climate Education Fund | Seattle, WA | To support the organization's mission to mobilize and empower young people to educate the public and elected officials about science-based, equitable climate policy solutions that build a livable worl | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Songwriting With Inc | Nashville, TN | To transform lives by using collaborative songwriting to build creativity, connections, and strengths. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mothers Out Front | Boston, MA | To support the organization's mission to build a cross-class, multiracial, multigenerational, national community that connects members and provides education, training, and resources. | Environment | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greenwich Alliance for Education | Greenwich, CT | To support the organization's mission to supporting students in the greenwich public schools by funding innovation, expanding opportunities, and inspiring educators. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Silvermind Guild of Artists Inc | New Canaan, CT | To support the organization's mission to foster art appreciation, education, and the cultural growth of the community. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $682,000 |
| Environment | $355,000 |
| Youth development | $165,000 |
| Science and technology | $120,000 |
| Social science | $100,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $75,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| New York | $2,018,000 |
| Connecticut | $957,000 |
| California | $225,000 |
| Massachusetts | $165,000 |
| Colorado | $100,000 |
| New Jersey | $75,000 |
| District of Columbia | $50,000 |
| Washington | $50,000 |
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Updated November 14, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.