Ohio · Private foundation
Cornwell 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.
- $131k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,872
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $85,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 54% of the organizations Cornwell Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k 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 | 16 | $131k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $83k | 54% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $87k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $50k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $43k | 73% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $24k | 90% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Shelter Dogs Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 9% |
| City of Athens | $29,892 | 4 | n/a |
| Alexander Local School District | $29,317 | 4 | n/a |
| John Clem Recovery House | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Project Go Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Good Works Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Southeast Ohio Free Pharmacy Dba Rising Sun | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Wildflower Legacy Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Federal Valley Resource Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Ohio University Foundation | $5,300 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Shelter Dogs Inc | $115,000 | 5 | 9% |
| City of Athens | $29,892 | 4 | n/a |
| Alexander Local School District | $29,317 | 4 | n/a |
| John Clem Recovery House | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Project Go Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Good Works Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Southeast Ohio Free Pharmacy Dba Rising Sun | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Wildflower Legacy Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Federal Valley Resource Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Ohio University Foundation | $5,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Retpositive Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bella Run Equine | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Southeast Ohio Independent News | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Nelsonville Food Cupboard Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Living Water Worship Center | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Beta Theta Pi Foundation | $3,120 | 2 | 0% |
| Alexanders Future Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Christ Community Wesleyan Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Plant | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shriners International | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Turn It Gold | $400 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($124k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cornwell 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.
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How this is measured
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About Cornwell Foundation Inc
- How much does Cornwell Foundation Inc give?
- Cornwell Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $131,325 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Cornwell Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (28%), Education (15%), Health (11%).
- Who are Cornwell Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Friends of the Shelter Dogs Inc ($115k), City of Athens ($30k), Alexander Local School District ($29k).
- Does Cornwell Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cornwell 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 Cornwell Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Athens County Foundation, Sisters of St Joseph Charitable Fund Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is Cornwell Foundation Inc based?
- Cornwell Foundation Inc is based in OH.
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