Virginia · Nonprofit
CORNERSTONE CRAFTSMAN INC
CORNERSTONE CRAFTSMAN INC (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $232,945 to it, the largest being THE COMFORT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($76,945). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $388k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $233k
- Net assets
- $160k
What Cornerstone Craftsman Inc does
Mission
Provide youth with the instruction, tools, and mentoring required to earn a livable wage and have a viable career in the skilled trades.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Cornerstone craftsman operates a pre-apprenticeship workforce development program serving youth from underserved and at-risk communities in alexandria, virginia. The program provides vocational training in the skilled trades, mentorship, and career readiness support to promote long-term economic self-sufficiency.in 2025, the organization served 36 youth, with 28 actively participating on a weekly basis and maintaining a 97% retention rate. Participants engaged in hands-on technical training, workforce development workshops, and industry exposure, earning credentials including osha-10 (30 youth) and cpr/first aid certifications (27 youth). The program provides holistic support services to reduce barriers to employment, including assistance obtaining essential documents, enrolling in driver education programs, and completing requirements for driver's licenses. Additional services included academic tutoring through the organization's learning lab and the distribution of food to over 120 individuals to address food insecurity. Cornerstone craftsman also supports court-involved youth through mentorship and advocacy, helping participants achieve positive outcomes such as successful…
$201,297 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $201,297.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $75k to $160k (+114%).
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: 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of CORNERSTONE CRAFTSMAN INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
Roberto Gomez
Executive director
Board chair
Kate Comfort
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 CRAFTSMAN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 CRAFTSMAN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
“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.
Where its funders are
CORNERSTONE CRAFTSMAN INC draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 4 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 CRAFTSMAN INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CORNERSTONE CRAFTSMAN INC
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CORNERSTONE CRAFTSMAN INC: 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 CRAFTSMAN INC?
- CORNERSTONE CRAFTSMAN INC (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $232,945 to it, the largest being THE COMFORT FAMILY FOUNDATION ($76,945). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CORNERSTONE CRAFTSMAN INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $232,945 in grants to CORNERSTONE CRAFTSMAN INC.
- Who is the largest funder of CORNERSTONE CRAFTSMAN INC?
- THE COMFORT FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $76,945 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CORNERSTONE CRAFTSMAN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 8 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing