California · Private foundation
Cornerstone Legacy Foundation
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.
- $399k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $295,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $785k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Cornerstone Legacy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M 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 | 8 | $399k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.7M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $800k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $421k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $782k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $760k | 45% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $297k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoag Hospital Foundation | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pacifica Christian High School Orange County Inc | $101,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pacifica Christian High School | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Seed Company Inc | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $80,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Mariners Church | $71,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Homeword | $64,100 | 3 | 4% |
| Fosterall | $55,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Orange County Rescue Mission Inc | $50,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Mariners Christian School | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cornerstone Legacy Foundation 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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Caprock Partners Giving Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Krislynn Foundation · California Community Foundation · Servant Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bowie Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Cornerstone Legacy Foundation
- How much does Cornerstone Legacy Foundation give?
- Cornerstone Legacy Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $398,640 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Cornerstone Legacy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (69%), Religion (10%), Health (6%).
- Who are Cornerstone Legacy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hoag Hospital Foundation ($250k), Pacifica Christian High School Orange County Inc ($101k), Pacifica Christian High School ($100k).
- Does Cornerstone Legacy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cornerstone Legacy 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 Cornerstone Legacy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Caprock Partners Giving Foundation, Orange County Community Foundation.
- Where is Cornerstone Legacy Foundation based?
- Cornerstone Legacy Foundation is based in CA.
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