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Cornerstone Security Foundation at a glance

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Cornerstone Security 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.

$164k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$82k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$1.5MInternational$355kEducation$205kHuman Services$160kHealth$69kArts & Culture$5kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $72k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $82k
$11,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE FALLS CHURCH ANGLICAN$82,250
FIVE TALENTS USA$36,000
DANIEL BOONE BAPTIST CHURCH$15,000
FIVE TALENTS INTERNATIONAL$11,000
OASIS LIFE NETWORK$10,000
OLD FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN$5,000
CSEHY SUMMER SCHOOL OF MUSIC$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $149k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 5%OASIS LIFE NETWORK: $50k → 6%OASIS LIFE NETWORK: $44k → 6%OASIS LIFE NETWORK: $35k → 6%OASIS LIFE NETWORK: $10k → 6%OASIS LIFE NETWORK: $10k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 10 repeat orgs$269k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +7% since the first grant, against -83% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
12

Total granted

$2.0M
$244k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
-83%

Still filing today

50%
8%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionEducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesInternationalHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • OL
    Oasis Life Network
    5× · 2020–2025 · $149k · revenue +11% · 48% of their budget
  • HI
    HOPE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
    3× · 2022–2024 · $45k · revenue +7%
  • TH
    THE HEIGHTS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $30k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • GC
    GATE CITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $60k
  • HV
    HOLSTON VIEW METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE INTERNATION RELIEF
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Olivet University

Providing guality Christian education to the network generation

Education
2
Colleyville Covenant Christian

The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.

Education
3
Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development Inc

Ministerial services

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4
Cbm of the Upper Cumberland Region of Tn Inc

Our mission is reaching children and families teaching them to love God His Word and His created world. Camp Ozone provides summer camps retreats and teaching to instruct children and families in Biblical principles.

Religion
5
Summit Classical Christian School

Summit Classical Christian School is a PreK-12 school that exists to cultivate generations of joyful disciples of Christ by partnering with faithful Christian families to educate their children from a Biblical worldview using classical…

Education
6
Cornerstone Christian School

To empower students to reflect Gods character by knowing Jesus walking with Him learning to be like Him and joining Him in transforming the world around them.

Education
7
Christian Education Ministries

To provide undergrad, graduate and doctoral programs and training for individuals desiring education in preparation for Christian Ministry

Education
8
South Mountain Baptist Camp Inc

The camp provides facilities, programs, and activities to promote spiritual growth and fellowship of participants through retreats, camps, and daily activites.

Religion
9
Reformed Youth Movement Inc dba Reformed Youth Ministries

Providing Christian conferences, summer camps, internship programs,and ministry mentorship for youth across the United States.

Youth Development
10
Christmount Christian Assembly

Providing a place for all to discover community, acceptance, and purpose.

Recreation & Sports
11
Camp Nathanael

Provide a summer camp ministry for boys grades 3 to 12. the ministry focus isdeveloping boys christian faith and character through bible study and many outdooractivities.

Religion
12
Children's Bible Ministries of East Tennessee Inc

Children's Christian summer Bible camp, retreats, Bible lessons and release time

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kingdom Alignment Partners Inc; the most unlike its peers is Oasis Life Network. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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 25 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/9
Grantees still filing
3/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHURCH AT THE FALLS - THE FALLS CHURCH: $1,275,750 · OtherCHURCH AT THE FALLS - THE FALLS CHURCHFIVE TALENTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $254,000 · OtherFIVE TALENTS INTERNATIONAL INCSIENA ACADEMY: $65,400 · Other+14 more: $310,697 · Other+14 moreOasis Life Network: $148,750 · Human ServicesCornerstone College & Seminary: $110,000 · EducationFive Talents USA: $51,000 · InternationalHOPE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA: $45,000 · HealthKingdom Alignment Partners Inc: $10,000 · ReligionOld Faithful Christian Ranch Inc: $5,000 · ReligionCSEHY SUMMER SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureUrban Mountain Adventures INC: $2,500 · Youth Development
Other$1,905,847Human Services$148,750Education$110,000International$51,000Health$45,000Religion$15,000Arts & Culture$5,000Youth Development$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOasis Life Network: $148,750 over 5y, 48% of budgetFive Talents USA: $51,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetHOPE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA: $45,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetTHE HEIGHTS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCSEHY SUMMER SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetOld Faithful Christian Ranch Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUrban Mountain Adventures INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budget
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 Oasis Life Network ↗
  • Who funds Cornerstone College & Seminary ↗
  • Who funds Five Talents USA ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds THE HEIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Kingdom Alignment Partners Inc ↗
  • Who funds CSEHY SUMMER SCHOOL OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds Old Faithful Christian Ranch Inc ↗
  • Who funds Urban Mountain Adventures INC ↗

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.

Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Servant FoundationKS12× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Cornerstone Security Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cornerstone Security Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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