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The Cornerstone Center Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$570kEducation$259kCivil Rights$162kHuman Services$113kInternational$81kHealth$52kHousing & Shelter$3kArts & Culture$150Other$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k27 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $102k
$2,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHEATON ACADEMY$25,000
KIDS ALIVE INTERNATIONAL$20,000
WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS$17,000
TRINITY HOUSE$16,000
OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES$12,800
EVANGELICAL CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY$11,000
REACH BEYOND$5,000
CHICAGO WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$5,000
MISSION EURASIA$4,000
MOODY CHURCH$3,000
CARING NETWORK$3,000
LITTLE LAMBS$3,000
KIM WICKES MINISTRIES$3,000
AFRICA INLAND MISSION$2,400
ILLINOIS RIGHT TO LIFE$2,150
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $225k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $17k → 7%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $16k → 7%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $15k → 7%EVANGELICAL CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY: $15k → 7%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $15k → 7%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $13k → 7%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $13k → 7%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $13k → 7%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $13k → 7%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $11k → 7%EVANGELICAL CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY: $11k → 7%EVANGELICAL CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY: $10k → 7%EVANGELICAL CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY: $10k → 7%NEW MOMS: $500 → 14%EVANGELICAL CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY: $10k → 7%EVANGELICAL CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY: $10k → 7%NEW MOMS: $500 → 14%EVANGELICAL CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY: $10k → 7%EVANGELICAL CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY: $10k → 7%NEW MOMS: $500 → 14%EVANGELICAL CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY: $10k → 7%NEW MOMS: $500 → 14%NEW MOMS: $500 → 14%NEW MOMS: $500 → 14%NEW MOMS: $500 → 14%NEW MOMS: $500 → 14%NEW MOMS: $500 → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AR
NC
SC
GA
FL
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 46 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

46 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
14

Total granted

$1.2M
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
0%

Still filing today

43%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
ReligionInternationalEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • WA
    WHEATON ACADEMY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $201k · revenue +61%
  • OC
    OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $125k · revenue +49%
  • EC
    EVANGELICAL CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $96k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • LC
    LAWNDALE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • CN
    Care Netgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +141%
  • IC
    Inner City Impact
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue -21%
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
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
2
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
3
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
4
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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5
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
6
Life Network

Life Network provides support and mentoring to women and men facing unexpected pregnancies; offers parenting support, material resources, and referrals; and promotes sexual risk avoidance through education to foster a culture that values…

Health
7
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
8
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
9
I58 Global

i58 Global is a Christian ministry dedicated to recruiting, sending and organizing relief workers to provide aid and share hope to refugees in various European countries.

Human Services
10
Global Mobilization Ministries Inc

To support christian ministries throughout the world

Religion
11
Servenow

Sharing Christ's Passion for the world by serving the most vulnerable through national churches and leaders.

Human Services
12
Every Generation Ministries Inc

Every generation minstries is an international, interdenominational, christian organization which ministers together with local churches to develop effective ministry to children and families. the organization strives to equip overseas…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Caring Network Nfp; the most unlike its peers is World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals. 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

25 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. 25 of the 60 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KIDS ALIVE: $131,500 · OtherKIDS ALIVECHICAGO WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $45,000 · OtherCHICAGO WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONREACH BEYOND: $43,800 · OtherREACH BEYONDWYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC: $41,050 · OtherWYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INCAFRICA INLAND MISSION INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED: $39,300 · OtherAFRICA INLAND MISSION INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDLITTLE LAMBS: $37,800 · OtherLITTLE LAMBSTRINITY HOUSE: $35,996 · OtherTRINITY HOUSETHE MOODY CHURCH: $31,000 · OtherKIM WICKES MINISTRIES: $24,500 · OtherJOHN PAUL 2 FELLOWSHIP: $22,348 · Other+30 more: $141,905 · Other+30 moreWHEATON ACADEMY: $201,000 · EducationWHEATON ACADEMYPROJECT MEDSEND: $31,000 · EducationPROJECT MEDSENDCornerstone Academy co Richard Van der Molen: $11,800 · EducationOUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $124,968 · Human ServicesOUTREACH COMMUNITY M…EVANGELICAL CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY: $96,000 · Human ServicesEVANGELICAL CHILD AN…+1 more: $4,500 · Human ServicesMISSION EURASIA: $42,500 · ReligionGREATER EUROPE MISSION: $27,000 · ReligionMIDDLE EAST MEDIA: $8,000 · Religion+2 more: $3,350 · ReligionKids Alive International Inc: $37,000 · InternationalWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $16,411 · InternationalCasa Viva: $11,000 · International+2 more: $1,220 · InternationalCARING NETWORK NFP: $20,500 · HealthPRO-LIFE ACTION LEAGUE INC: $6,500 · Civil RightsCare Net: $4,500 · Civil RightsTHE LIFE CENTER: $4,400 · Civil Rights
Other$594,199Education$243,800Human Services$225,468Religion$80,850International$65,631Health$20,500Civil Rights$15,400

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWHEATON ACADEMY: $201,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetOUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $124,968 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetEVANGELICAL CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY: $96,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetCHICAGO WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $45,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetMISSION EURASIA: $42,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetKids Alive International Inc: $37,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT MEDSEND: $31,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCARING NETWORK NFP: $20,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $16,411 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCornerstone Academy co Richard Van der Molen: $11,800 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCasa Viva: $11,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMIDDLE EAST MEDIA: $8,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetPRO-LIFE ACTION LEAGUE INC: $6,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCare Net: $4,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW MOMS INC: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIFE CENTER: $4,400 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMISSIONARY FURLOUGH HOMES: $3,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL OUTREACH MISSION INC: $2,350 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetInner City Impact: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOWTOLIFE MOVEMENT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHRISTIAN HERITAGE ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEXODUS WORLD SERVICE: $750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetA FAMILY FOR EVERY ORPHAN: $470 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSLOWIK MUSIC INSTITUTE: $150 over 1y, 0.0% 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 WHEATON ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds EVANGELICAL CHILD AND FAMILY AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO WEST SIDE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MISSION EURASIA ↗
  • Who funds Kids Alive International Inc ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT MEDSEND ↗
  • Who funds GREATER EUROPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds CARING NETWORK NFP ↗
  • Who funds WORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS ↗
  • Who funds Cornerstone Academy co Richard Van der Molen ↗
  • Who funds Casa Viva ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLE EAST MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds PRO-LIFE ACTION LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Care Net ↗
  • Who funds NEW MOMS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LIFE CENTER ↗

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.

Tyndale House Ministr…Barnabas FoundationClayton Brown Family …Natl Christian Charit…From His Hand Foundat…The Dupage Community …Seager Family Foundat…The Richard H and Jan…James E Elliot Charit…Richard James McCann …Van Dyke Family Chari…Domanada Foundation
Tyndale House MinistriesIL36.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 The Cornerstone Center Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cornerstone Center Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 67%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 60 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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