Minnesota · Private foundation
4 Cornerstones Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $530,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 26
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $51M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 58% of the organizations 4 Cornerstones Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 26 | $2.4M | 19% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $2.3M | 58% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $2.2M | 41% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $2.6M | 72% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oregon Foundation | $2,912,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sport and Entertainment Corporation of Maryland | $750,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Unitedhealthcare Children's Foundation | $638,129 | 5 | 2% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of the North | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Minnesota Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Aim Higher Foundation | $400,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Academy of the Holy Angels | $391,175 | 3 | n/a |
| Little Way Pregnancy Resource Center Inc | $380,000 | 2 | 16% |
| St Raphael Catholic School | $300,650 | 2 | n/a |
| Marist Catholic High School Eugene Oregon | $300,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
4 Cornerstones Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About 4 Cornerstones Foundation
- How much does 4 Cornerstones Foundation give?
- 4 Cornerstones Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $2,410,477 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 26 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does 4 Cornerstones Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Recreation & Sports (35%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are 4 Cornerstones Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: University of Oregon Foundation ($2.9M), Sport and Entertainment Corporation of Maryland ($750k), Unitedhealthcare Children's Foundation ($638k).
- Does 4 Cornerstones Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 4 Cornerstones Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as 4 Cornerstones Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation.
- Where is 4 Cornerstones Foundation based?
- 4 Cornerstones Foundation is based in MN.
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