· Private foundation
Cornerstone Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $1k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $105k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNITED WAY OF MASS BAY & MERRIMACK | $44,500 |
| FIRST METHODIST CHURCH | $15,569 |
| FAMILY HOMELESS SHELTER - FAMILY PROMISE | $15,000 |
| BETHANY HILL PLACE | $15,000 |
| WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER | $14,500 |
| THE SOCIETY OF JESUS OF NEW ENGLAND | $823 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF WORCESTER | $340 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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 FY2025, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc6× · 2017–2024 · $254k · revenue -3%- FMFIRST METHODIST CHURCH7× · 2017–2025 · $74k
SOUTHEAST ASIAN COALITION OF CENTRAL MA2× · 2022–2023 · $40k · revenue -3%
Funded once
THE LENNY ZAKIM FUNDone grant, 2021 · $42k · revenue -64%- CVCAPE VERDEAN WOMEN UNITED INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +91%
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +38%
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.
Urban Impact is dedicated to prioritizing the reduction of the impact of poverty for families in the Commonwealth. The organization offers a plethora of small business corporate and community opportunities. These opportunities include…
To advance the interests of the human services sector and providers through advocacy, education, and engagement of diverse stakeholders for collective impact.
The mission of the massachusetts nonprofit network is to unite and strengthen the nonprofit sector in the commonwealth through public policy, public awareness, and capacity building services.
Massachusetts education and career opportunities, inc. (massedco, inc.) is a statewide network of service sites that provides education and career advising to over 12,000 low-income, first generation individuals each year. massedco…
St. Mary's Center for Women and Children (SMC), a multi-service organization supporting women, children, and families, believes shelter is not enough to erase the devastation of cyclical poverty and homelessness.Grounded in social justice,…
The organization's mission is to empower women and girls and their families, and to eliminate racism. to accomplish these goals, the ywca provides a wide range of services in four areas: adult, youth, health, and residential.
Mfhc is committed to ending systemic housing discrimination and creating inclusive communities through education, outreach, advocacy, housing counseling and enforcement.
To strengthen and connect the statewide network of community action agencies and collectively advocate for an end to poverty.
The massachusetts workforce association (mwa) is a statewide membership association that leads, advocates and convenes on behalf of the massachusetts workforce development system.
Rental assistance received from a government agency under section 8 of the housing assistance payments program. providing technical assistance and training to low-income rural communities and other agencies in order to provide or enhance…
To empower individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers, while partnering with employers to hire, develop, and retain productive workforces.
Metro housing boston mobilizes wide-ranging resources to provide innovative and personalized services that lead families and individuals to housing stability, economic security, and an improved quality of life.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 21 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 United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc ↗
- Who funds THE LENNY ZAKIM FUND ↗
- Who funds SOUTHEAST ASIAN COALITION OF CENTRAL MA ↗
- Who funds BETHANY HILL PLACE ↗
- Who funds CAPE VERDEAN WOMEN UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds FATHERS UPLIFT INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds TRINITY BOSTON CONNECTS INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF WORCESTER ↗
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: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cornerstone Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cornerstone Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Cape Verdean Women United Inc: 37% of income from government
- United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
- Fathers Uplift Incorporated: 22% of income from government
How this is measured
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