· Private foundation
Bernard and Judy Cornwell Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $52k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHARLESTON TO CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL | $51,500 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $10,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $10,000 |
| CHATHAM ORPHEUM THEATRE | $10,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF CAPE COD | $5,000 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER | $5,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $5,000 |
| HEIFER INTERNATIONAL | $5,000 |
| BREWSTER ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 89% of grant dollars ($2.9M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 11% that went abroad ($336k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $652k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 11% of all-years giving ($336k)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WCWE CAN CORPORATION7× · 2017–2023 · $397k · revenue +121%
UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD2× · 2017–2019 · $200k · revenue +13%- MCMONOMOY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC4× · 2019–2023 · $145k · revenue +58%
Funded once
- SHSTAGE HARBOR YACHT CLUB SAILING SCHOOLone grant, 2019 · $25k
- ATABF THE SOLDIER'S CHARITYone grant, 2022 · $25k
- CDCHARLESTON DEVELOPMENT ACADEMYgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +37%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To provide public broadcasting to lower cape cod massachusetts
Promotion of tourism on cape ann including the towns of rockport, gloucester, manchester, essex, and ipswich ma.
To encourage and assist in the acquisition, preservation and management of open space on cape cod
To improve the health of our community through the provision of equitable, patient centered, high quality, compassionate care to all, regardless of ability to pay.
To support the establishment, operation and maintenance of a regional communications network to enhance education, research and community development, by utilizing wireless and broadband technologies throughout cape cod, the islands of…
The purpose of the cape cod & islands association of realtors, inc. ("cc&iaor") is to unite and serve those involved in the real estate industry in our region and work in concert with the massachusetts association of realtors and the…
Cape cod chamber of commerce advocates on behalf of business to strenghten and promote regional economic vitality while addressing related cultural, environmental & community concerns.
The mission of the falmouth historical society, through the museums on the green, is to provide educational programs, and to preserve, share and celebrate the history and culture of the cape cod town of falmouth.
To inspire appreciation, understanding and stewardship of our natural environment through discovery and learning.
The cape cod center for the arts fosters creativity, enriches lives, and nurtures learning by providing exceptional cultural and artistic experiences. with a focus on live theatre, cinematic arts, education, and horticulture, it thrives…
Cape cod healthcare, the leading provider of healthcare services on cape cod, coordinates and delivers the highest quality, accessible health services which enhance the health of all cape cod residents and visitors. the mission of cape cod…
How this is measured
31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 57 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds WE CAN CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD ↗
- Who funds Cape Cod Shakespeare Festival in Chatham ↗
- Who funds MONOMOY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds Charleston Library Society ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds LOWER CAPE OUTREACH COUNCILINC ↗
- Who funds HOMELESS PREVENTION COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds Whole Child International ↗
- Who funds SOPHIA INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE FAMILY PANTRY OF CAPE COD CORP ↗
- Who funds CHARLESTON DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds CAPE AND ISLANDS UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds PLEASANT BAY COMMUNITY BOATING INC ↗
- Who funds TRANSPORT GROUP INC DBA TRANSPORT GROUP THEATRE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds CALMER CHOICE INC ↗
- Who funds HOPEHEALTH MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE FUNDS FOR CANCER RESEARCH ↗
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: Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Fleischmann Foundation · Cape Cod Healthcare Inc & Affiliates · Edward Bangs Kelley and Elza Kelley Foundation Inc · Weller Family Foundation Inc · Green Family Charitable Foundation · Bilezikian Family Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Watts Family Foundation · Lanbro Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bernard and Judy Cornwell Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bernard and Judy Cornwell Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Association to Preserve Cape Cod Inc: 100% of income from government
- Outer Cape Health Services Inc: 18% of income from government
- Calmer Choice Inc: 14% of income from government
- Lower Cape Outreach Councilinc: 6% of income from government
- Homeless Prevention Council Inc: 4% of income from government
- University of Hartford: 1% of income from government
- Chatham Historical Society Inc: 0% of income from government
- We Can Corporation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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