The Commonwealth Fund, founded in 1918 by philanthropist Anna M. Harkness, focuses on enhancing the common good by promoting a high-performing healthcare system. This involves achieving better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, especially for society’s most vulnerable groups, including low-income people, the uninsured, and people of color. The Fund supports independent research on health care issues and grants to improve healthcare practice and policy, with a spotlight on stimulating innovative policies and practices both in the U.S. and other industrialized countries.