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Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Santa Monica, CA EIN: 27-3007450 Website

See statement othe mission of the Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation is to transform the way people help people by providing access to high-quality, free online training to build the effectiveness of nonprofits and humanitarian and development professionals around the world. Through our two open online learning portals, disasterready.org and nonprofitready.org - we collaborate with partners in the sector to curate and develop training content and leverage technology to enable access and engage learners. To date, 2.5 million nonprofit and humanitarian professionals from 195 countries have completed more than 8.2 million courses across our portals.

Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$165,280
+25.3% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$229,798
-24.4% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$201,328
-25.6% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.

Who Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

2 grants across all recorded years

2<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 2 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Santa Monica

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K2 grants2020 2 grants2021 Total only2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $10K (2022) to $115K (2020). In 2022 it reported $10K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Latechorg Santa Monica, CACorporate Sponsorship Program Awards$35,000
Casc Santa Monica, CACorporate Sponsorship Program Awards$25,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$165,280$229,798$201,328——
2024$131,884$303,869$270,445——
2023$111,432$237,182$238,796——
2022$147,778$417,110$533,855$10,000Total only
2021$241,025$470,878$436,174$60,0002
2020$187,059$546,433$399,434$115,0002

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation is a public charity, based in Santa Monica, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $165K in total assets.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation is led by Tina Bolding Start, Director & Executive Director on the 2025 filing; none of the 8 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Tina Bolding Start

    Director & Executive Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • George Devendorf

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marie McNamee

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter Kariuki

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Heather Moses Start

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jason Philips Start

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lynne Cripe

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Miriam Wardak Start

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (16)
  • Former: Bernd Leger (2025) — Director · Filing note: Until 3/2025
  • Former: Jacob Little (2025) — Director & Executive Director · Filing note: Until 11/2025
  • Former: Alec Green (2024) — Director & Executive Director · Filing note: Until 11/2024
  • Former: Bernd Leger Start (2024) — Director
  • Former: Jacob Little Start (2024) — Director & Executive Director
  • Former: Lynn Cripe Start (2024) — Director
  • Former: Adam Miller (2020–2023) — Director & President · Filing note: Until 3/2023
  • Former: Jay Banfield (2020–2023) — Director · Filing note: Until 3/2023
  • Former: Kim Jones (2020–2023) — Director · Filing note: Until 3/2023
  • Former: Preeta Nayak (2020–2023) — Director · Filing note: Until 3/2023
  • Former: Julie Brandt (2021–2023) — Director & Executive Director · Filing note: Until 3/2023
  • Former: Jim Gill (2022–2023) — Director · Filing note: Until 3/2023
  • Former: Alec Green Start (2023) — Director & Executive Director
  • Former: Peter Shiras (2021–2022) — Director · Filing note: Until 6/2022
  • Former: Julie Brandt Start (2020) — Director
  • Former: Peter Shiras Start (2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation

How large is Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation?

Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation reported $165K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $230K.

Where does Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation operate?

Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation has awarded grants in California.

What is Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation's EIN?

Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 27-3007450. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 27, 2023)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)

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