Illinois · Private foundation
The Cornerstone Center 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.
- $151k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 40
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations The Cornerstone Center Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 33 | $151k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $132k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $116k | 3% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $136k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $114k | 3% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $124k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $149k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 39 | $147k | 23% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheaton Academy | $201,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Outreach Community Ministries | $124,968 | 9 | 0% |
| Evangelical Child and Family Agency | $96,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Chicago West Side Christian School Association | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Mission Eurasia | $42,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $41,050 | 9 | n/a |
| Africa Inland Mission International Incorporated | $39,300 | 9 | n/a |
| Kids Alive International Inc | $37,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Medsend | $31,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Moody Church | $31,000 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 34 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheaton Academy | $201,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Outreach Community Ministries | $124,968 | 9 | 0% |
| Evangelical Child and Family Agency | $96,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Chicago West Side Christian School Association | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Mission Eurasia | $42,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $41,050 | 9 | n/a |
| Africa Inland Mission International Incorporated | $39,300 | 9 | n/a |
| Kids Alive International Inc | $37,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Medsend | $31,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Moody Church | $31,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Greater Europe Mission | $27,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Caring Network Nfp | $20,500 | 5 | 0% |
| World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals | $16,411 | 9 | 0% |
| Mesa Global | $12,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Cornerstone Academy co Richard Van der Molen | $11,800 | 8 | 1% |
| Casa Viva | $11,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Middle East Media | $8,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Pro-Life Action League Inc | $6,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Re-New | $6,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Lawndale Christian Reformed Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Care Net | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| New Moms Inc | $4,500 | 9 | 0% |
| The Life Center | $4,400 | 9 | 0% |
| Mens International Missions | $3,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Missionary Furlough Homes | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Global Outreach Mission Inc | $2,350 | 8 | 0% |
| Wheaton Bible Church | $1,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Inner City Impact | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Howtolife Movement | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Heritage Academy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Exodus World Service | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| A Family for Every Orphan | $470 | 2 | 0% |
| Slowik Music Institute | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Thrive Co | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($404k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cornerstone Center 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: Tyndale House Ministries · Barnabas Foundation · Clayton Brown Family Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · From His Hand Foundation · The Dupage Community Foundation · Seager Family Foundation · The Richard H and Janice R Popp Charitable Found · James E Elliot Charitable Trust · Richard James McCann Foundation · Van Dyke Family Charitable Foundation · Domanada Foundation
How this is measured
About The Cornerstone Center Foundation
- How much does The Cornerstone Center Foundation give?
- The Cornerstone Center Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $150,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 40 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Cornerstone Center Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (46%), Education (21%), Civil Rights (13%).
- Who are The Cornerstone Center Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wheaton Academy ($201k), Outreach Community Ministries ($125k), Evangelical Child and Family Agency ($96k).
- Does The Cornerstone Center Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cornerstone Center 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 The Cornerstone Center Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tyndale House Ministries, Barnabas Foundation, Clayton Brown Family Foundation.
- Where is The Cornerstone Center Foundation based?
- The Cornerstone Center Foundation is based in IL.
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