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Cornerstone Ondemand Foundation FY2020 filing

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Santa Monica, CA501(c)(3)Since 2011Foundations & GrantmakersEIN 27-3007450Revenue $546K in FY2020

On file with the IRScornerstoneondemand.org1601 Cloverfield Blvd Ste 620s, 90404-4178 · Santa Monica, CATax-exempt since Apr 2011Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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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.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $21K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $60K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$546K
Spent
$399K
To programs
90%
Net assets
$182K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$546K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$546K
FY2021$471K
FY2022$417K
FY2023$237K
FY2024$304K
FY2025$230K
Expenses
$399K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$399K
FY2021$436K
FY2022$534K
FY2023$239K
FY2024$270K
FY2025$201K
Net assets
$182K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$182K
FY2021$217K
FY2022$100K
FY2023$98K
FY2024$132K
FY2025$160K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2011.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $358K Management & general 10% · $41K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Jay Banfield
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Kin Jones
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Preeta Nayak
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides free online learning to empower nonprofit professionals worldwide.

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1 program · $358K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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Online Learning Initiatives 2020

Our mission at the cornerstone ondemand foundation is to transform the way people help people. Through our free online learning programs, we reached and served over 450k nonprofit professionals globally through DISASTERREADY.ORG, NONPROFITREADY.ORG.

$358Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$60K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$60K
Grants paid · 4 grants · $175K · 2020–2021
LatechorgCA · FY2021$35,000
CascFY2021$25,000
CascFY2020$85,000
LatechorgCA · FY2020$30,000

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$546K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$546K
Money outPt IX
$399K
Ln 25
Programscol B$358K
Managementcol C$41K
Owns and owesPt X
$182K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$187K
Total assetsLn 16$187K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$546K
Total revenueLn 12$546K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$187K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$187K
Total assetsLn 16$187K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K
Net assetsLn 32$182K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$40K$187K
Total assetsLn 16$40K$187K
LiabilitiesLn 26$5K$5K
Net assetsLn 32$35K$182K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$115K$115K
Accounting feesLn 11c$11K$11K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$17K$17K
Office expensesLn 13$310$310
Information technologyLn 14$3K$2K$2K
TravelLn 17$10K$624$9K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$242K$224K$18K
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$399K$358K$41K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $230K$201K$28K$160K 990 PDF
FY2024 $304K$270K$33K$132K 990 PDF
FY2023 $237K$239K−$2K$98K 990 PDF
FY2022 $417K$534K−$117K$100K 990 PDF
FY2021 $471K$436K$35K$217K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $546K$399K$147K$182K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $546,433 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $432,659$546,433
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $432,659$546,433
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $50,000$115,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $325,557$284,434
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $375,557$399,434
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $57,102$146,999
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $546,433 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$250,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$296,433
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$546,433
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$546,433
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $399,434 across 8 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $115,000$115,000
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $11,076$11,076
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $17,074$17,074
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $310$310
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,761 · Management $1,604$3,365
IX-17 TravelPrograms $624 · Management $8,959$9,583
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $223,735 · Management $17,899$241,634
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $1,392$1,392
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $358,194 · Management $41,240 · Fundraising $0$399,434
Part X · Balance sheet $187,059 assets, 7 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $40,323$187,059
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $40,323$187,059
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,207$4,944
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,207$4,944
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $35,116$182,115
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $35,116$182,115
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $40,323$187,059
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $182,115 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$546,433
XI-2 Total expenses$399,434
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$146,999
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$35,116
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$182,115

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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