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CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION INC

EIN 36-3289363 DES PLAINES, IL

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Revenue 2024
$1,640,173
Expenses 2024
$1,339,645

Program services were 89.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P200
Classification
7000
Street
1001 E TOUHY AVE STE 50

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA (EIN 41-1568278). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

RESPONDING TO THE GOSPEL, THE CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION IS THE ENDOWMENT ENSURING THE MINISTRIES AND FUTURE OF LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS (LSSI). THE CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING ACTIVE SUPPORT FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY LSSI. LSSI TOUCHES THE LIVES OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EACH YEAR, SERVING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, RACES, RELIGIOUS, AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. LSSI HAS MORE THAN 190 PROGRAMS AT MORE THAN 80 SITES IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. THESE PROGRAMS CARE FOR SENIOR ADULTS, STRENGTHEN FAMILIES, HELP CHILDREN AND ADULTS DURING TIMES OF CRISIS, AND ASSIST THOSE WHO HAVE CHALLENGES RELATED TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES OR ADDICTION PROBLEMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RESPONDING TO THE GOSPEL, THE CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION IS THE ENDOWMENT ENSURING THE MINISTRIES AND FUTURE OF LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS (LSSI). THE CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING ACTIVE SUPPORT FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY LSSI.

  • LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS PROGRAM SERVICE GRANTS.

    Expenses $1,200,039 · Grants $1,200,039

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Pr Michel Clark

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Carol A Poplawski

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Mary Ann Smith

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Thomas Cunniff

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Marcia A Anderson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Susan Bernardi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Stephen Bishop

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Pr Greg Busboom

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • William Bill S Fleck

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Connie Frankenfeld

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Pr John Freidheim

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Susan Gilpin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Ronald Kok-Alblas

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Nancy Nagel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Roland Person

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Charles Price

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Pr Art Puotinen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Jon A Theeke Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Mark Tomaw

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Bonalynn Wallach

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.4
  • Mark A Stutrud

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $428,199
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $373,419
    Other
    $54,780
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $309,279 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $60,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,140 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $44,979 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,801 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $428,199 related
  • David Novak

    VP OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $235,236
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $211,285
    Other
    $23,951
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $193,653 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $15,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $2,632 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,951 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $235,236 related
  • Lisa Sroga

    VP FINANCE/CFO

    Total calculated
    $229,572
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $227,129
    Other
    $2,443
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $201,172 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $25,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $957 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $2,443 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $229,572 related
  • David K Wilds

    DIR OF TREASURY SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,640,173
    Expenses
    $1,339,645
    Contributions
    $234,658
    Grants paid
    $1,200,039
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,237,849
    Expenses
    $959,992
    Contributions
    $2,444,416
    Grants paid
    $849,847
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,877,324
    Expenses
    $687,957
    Contributions
    $1,384,563
    Grants paid
    $580,386

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,125,942
    Expenses
    $630,305
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,575,495
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $753,222
    Expenses
    $453,201
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,910,792
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $513,599
    Expenses
    $828,467
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,863,285
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $785,217
    Expenses
    $915,052
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,119,717
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $332,487
    Expenses
    $966,500
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,424,170
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $386,467
    Expenses
    $866,243
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,728,512
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    -$799,620
    Expenses
    $688,071
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,527,943
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,322,886
    Expenses
    $1,010,278
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,135,844
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,298,384
    Expenses
    $838,204
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,539,644
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $816,223
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,596,914

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • LSSI ROCKFORD PROPERTY INC

    C · HOUSING · IL

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.