Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Cornerstone 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.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $160,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $52M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Cornerstone Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $330k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $2.2M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $1.9M | 18% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $1.7M | 9% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $1.6M | 27% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $1,575,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Island Institute | $1,125,000 | 4 | 5% |
| House of Ruth | $1,015,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Children's Literacy Initiative | $715,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Teach for America Inc | $665,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $390,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rock the Vote | $315,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Thurgood Marshall College Fund | $305,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Basic Fund | $265,000 | 5 | 1% |
| For Love of Children | $187,500 | 1 | 6% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $1,575,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Island Institute | $1,125,000 | 4 | 5% |
| House of Ruth | $1,015,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Children's Literacy Initiative | $715,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Teach for America Inc | $665,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $390,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rock the Vote | $315,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Thurgood Marshall College Fund | $305,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Basic Fund | $265,000 | 5 | 1% |
| For Love of Children | $187,500 | 1 | 6% |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cornerstone Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Cornerstone Foundation Inc
- How much does Cornerstone Foundation Inc give?
- Cornerstone Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $2,170,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Cornerstone Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Environment (30%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Cornerstone Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated ($1.6M), Island Institute ($1.1M), House of Ruth ($1.0M).
- Does Cornerstone Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cornerstone Foundation Inc 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 Cornerstone Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Cornerstone Foundation Inc based?
- Cornerstone Foundation Inc is based in DC.
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