Virginia · Private foundation
Cornwell-Bireley Family Charitable Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $66k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2026
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $841k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 25% of the organizations Cornwell-Bireley Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 10 | $66k | 30% |
| FY2025 | 8 | $59k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $43k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $49k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $50k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $52k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluefield Union Mission Inc | $35,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Montgomery County Public Schools - Virginia | $31,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Agnes Scott College | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Freedom Ride Inc | $16,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc | $15,500 | 5 | 0% |
| St Michael Lutheran Church | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Soar | $900 | 1 | n/a |
| Bluefield University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Duke University | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Roanoke Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $100 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluefield Union Mission Inc | $35,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Montgomery County Public Schools - Virginia | $31,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Agnes Scott College | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Freedom Ride Inc | $16,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc | $15,500 | 5 | 0% |
| St Michael Lutheran Church | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Soar | $900 | 1 | n/a |
| Bluefield University | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Duke University | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Roanoke Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Reach Out and Read Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($198k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cornwell-Bireley Family Charitable Trust 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.
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How this is measured
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About Cornwell-Bireley Family Charitable Trust
- How much does Cornwell-Bireley Family Charitable Trust give?
- Cornwell-Bireley Family Charitable Trust reported 10 grants totaling $65,900 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Cornwell-Bireley Family Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (65%), Religion (12%), Health (12%).
- Who are Cornwell-Bireley Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Bluefield Union Mission Inc ($36k), Montgomery County Public Schools - Virginia ($32k), Agnes Scott College ($18k).
- Does Cornwell-Bireley Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cornwell-Bireley Family Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cornwell-Bireley Family Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charities Aid Foundation America, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Cornwell-Bireley Family Charitable Trust based?
- Cornwell-Bireley Family Charitable Trust is based in VA.
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