Minnesota · Nonprofit
Cornerstone Advocacy Service
Cornerstone Advocacy Service (Minnesota) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,006,167 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($485,825). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.2M
- Funders on record
- 46
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $8.9M
What Cornerstone Advocacy Service does
Mission
Cornerstone disrupts violence through advocacy, support, and prevention. We partner with individuals, families, and organizations to build communities free of harm.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Day One Minnesota:Day One is a statewide program that operates a 24/7 call center, providing immediate access to safety and services for those affected by domestic violence, sexual assault or human trafficking. Day One maintains a secure and confidential online database allowing victim service agencies the ability to share information about available bed space and services. The Minnesota Day One Crisis Line immediately connects the caller directly to a safe location; annually, over 40,000 victim/survivors or concerned persons are immediately connected to an advocate. Day One also provides transportation for victims to reach safety throughout the state and provides leadership through collective victim service agencies, other professionals and community members to decrease barriers to access. Day One leads four collective Initiatives, including a partnership with Communication Services for the Deaf.
$1,303,214 spentof which $82,786 as grants25% of program spendingCommunity and Economic Empowerment Services (CEES):The Community and Economic Empowerment Services Program focuses specifically on helping victims achieve both safety and long term economic security. The program includes individual economic advocacy, financial literacy, matched savings accounts, employment planning and a variety of group supportive and educational services. All of our CEES Advocates work to help support victims as they deal with the practical problems of living that have resulted from the violence and abuse. Cornerstone's supportive housing component, SAFE (Safely Achieving Full Empowerment), combined two years of affordable housing and intensive supportive services for 39 adults and children in 2025. SAFE families receive affordable housing as they work with Cornerstone staff to address their goal plans, participate in job readiness training, and financial empowerment courses. Cornerstone's Rapid Rehousing program served 52 adults and children in 2025 through the provision of rental and utility assistance, and ongoing supports as they became stabilized.
$917,682 spentof which $146,877 as grants$62,549 earned by the program17% of program spendingEmergency Services:Cornerstone's Emergency Services program addresses the need for life saving crisis intervention and safe housing for those in imminent danger of interpersonal violence. Crisis advocates maintain a 24 hour/7 day a week phone line and ensure callers receive the resources they need, including transportation to our shelter. If pets are in need of boarding and safety, we utilize our Protection for Pets Program. Cornerstone's 35-bed Emergency Shelter is a departure from the traditional communal-living model, instead designed with family living spaces, one of which is wheelchair accessible. This allows for privacy, respects cultural diversity and provides a home-like environment in a time of crisis. Having the shelter connected to Cornerstone's comprehensive community-based programming allows families full access to our complete continuum of services for adults and children. When the shelter is full or when shelter is not an appropriate option, Cornerstone partners with local hotels and motels in order to provide immediate safe housing to victims. In 2025, we provided 111 adults and children with safe housing in our Emergency Services program.
$1,003,583 spentof which $29,258 as grants$28,061 earned by the program19% of program spendingCriminal and Civil Justice Intervention (CCJI)CCJI Advocates function as a liaison between victims and the judicial system in criminal court proceedings as well as at the civil level. Cornerstone also facilitates partnerships in the criminal justice system with local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and the courts to improve the justice process and protect victims by utilizing a Lethality Screen, increasing offender accountability and developing best practices for law enforcement response to domestic calls. In 2025, we served 1270 victim/survivors in this program.
$809,326 spentof which $7,336 as grants15% of program spendingGeneral Crime ProgramOur General Crime Advocates provide advocacy, resources, outreach and support to those who have experienced any type of crime victimization and administers the State of Minnesota's Crime Victim Emergency Fund. In 2025, we provided emergency funds and/or advocacy to 738 crime victims.
$518,736 spentof which $54,070 as grants10% of program spendingClinical ServicesCornerstone has earned a reputation as a leader in implementing innovative services to assist survivors of interpersonal violence. Our Clinical Services program provided individual therapy and support group services to 95 adults and children.
$383,176 spentof which $625 as grants7% of program spendingSchool-Based ServicesCornerstone's School-Based Services includes individual advocacy and violence education and prevention presentations on topics like consent and dating violence. 11,258 students participated in these presentations in 2025 and 175 students received individual advocacy.
$318,791 spent6% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,254,508.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $10M to $11M (+7%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 70% · 2018 76% · 2019 78% · 2020 84% · 2021 81% · 2022 79% · 2023 86% · 2024 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of Cornerstone Advocacy Service’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Artika Roller
Executive Director
Board chair
Lisa Wadsen
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 14 funders, grant income fell $328k → $303k.
12 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Cornerstone Advocacy Service’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Cornerstone Advocacy Service has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
79% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Cornerstone Advocacy Service.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 36% · 2019 40% · 2020 20% · 2021 15% · 2022 13% · 2023 21% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
45% of Cornerstone Advocacy Service's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
69% of Cornerstone Advocacy Service's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Cornerstone Advocacy Service receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $3.0M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Cornerstone Advocacy Service receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.2M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.0M
- Department of Justice$1.1M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Cornerstone Advocacy Service
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Cornerstone Advocacy Service: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Cornerstone Advocacy Service?
- Cornerstone Advocacy Service (Minnesota) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,006,167 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($485,825). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Cornerstone Advocacy Service have?
- IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $3,006,167 in grants to Cornerstone Advocacy Service, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Cornerstone Advocacy Service?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $485,825 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Cornerstone Advocacy Service find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 46 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing