The Cormura Foundation concentrates its giving on a single local faith institution, directing all recorded support to St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Newport Beach for educational purposes tied to the church's mission. The grants indicate a preference for faith-based, parish-centered educational programming rather than broad public charities or secular causes.
Highly concentrated: all documented funding went to one repeat grantee (two grants to the same parish), indicating targeted, small-scale support for a single local religious organization rather than diversified giving.
Notable grantees: St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
The Cormura Foundation’s recorded giving is centered on educational support tied to St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, with the largest grant in the file going there for $50,762 in 2024 and a second grant of $26,470 in 2023 for the same bylaws-based purpose. That pattern makes the foundation’s priorities unusually clear: it funds education through a mission-specific, faith-based channel rather than a broad mix of public-facing programs. The recent grants also show that this focus is not limited to one place name on a ledger. Alongside the church support, the foundation made smaller education grants to institutions such as Newport Aquatic Center, Gill St Bernards School, and The Haverford School, each described in the records as support for educational purposes described in bylaws. The grant list suggests a foundation that uses restricted support to advance educational programming within organizations whose work fits its governing terms. Its annual giving totaled $124,172, and the recorded portfolio remains compact relative to its assets, pointing to a narrowly directed grantmaking style built around education and institutional mission support.
Education is the throughline in the Cormura Foundation’s recent grants, but the form of that support varies by institution. In 2023, it gave $7,500 to Newport Aquatic Center in Newport Beach and $6,500 to Gill St Bernards School in Gladstone, both for educational purposes described in bylaws. It also sent $5,000 to Verbum Dei High School in Los Angeles, indicating support for school-based education. Another grant went to Padres Unidos in Garden Grove for $5,000, extending the foundation’s education-related giving beyond formal schools. Later gifts continued that pattern: $1,400 went to Solutions for Urban Agriculture in Irvine, and $95 went to Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, each described in the same education-purpose language. Across these grants, the foundation’s cause areas look institution-centered rather than programmatic at large scale, with support flowing to schools, cultural institutions, and community organizations that can connect their work to educational use under their bylaws.
The Cormura Foundation’s typical grant size is modest: the 25th percentile is $1,150, the median is $2,500, and the 75th percentile is $6,000. The recent record shows both larger outliers and many smaller awards, with repeated support to the same recipients across 2023 and 2024 rather than one-off gifts only. It is a private foundation rather than an operating charity, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. The grant descriptions are consistently restricted to education purposes described in bylaws, which suggests mission-bound support rather than open-ended grantmaking. The filing year on file is 2024.
$124K
$608K
$60K
$67K
Most grants fall between $1K and $6K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$6K
About 47% of grants go to recipients in WA.
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The foundation gives nationally, and every recent grant in the list went to a U.S. recipient. California appears frequently, including Newport Beach, Los Angeles, Irvine, Garden Grove, and Corona del Mar. The top state by grant count is Washington, driven by multiple grants in the record, including recipients in Tacoma and Washington, DC. Outside California, recent grants also reached Gladstone, Haverford, Hartford, and Tacoma. The recipient map therefore shows a U.S.-only pattern with a strong California base and a wider spread across a handful of other states.
Its recent grants go to schools, a church, a community foundation, a museum, an aquatic center, and other institutions that can describe the support as educational purposes in their bylaws. The consistent theme is education-oriented institutional support rather than individuals or unrestricted public charity funding.
The typical grant size is small to mid-sized: p25 is $1,150, the median is $2,500, and p75 is $6,000. The record also includes larger awards, such as $50,762 and $26,470 to the same church recipient in different years.
Yes. The recent grants show repeated awards to the same organizations across years, including St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Gill St Bernards School, Trustees of Trinity College, Orange County Community Foundation, and The Haverford School. That points to recurring support rather than one-time-only giving.
The top state by grant count is Washington, while 47% of grants were given to recipients in California, the foundation’s headquarters state. The recipient list includes multiple California cities as well as grants to organizations in Washington, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and the District of Columbia.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST MARGARET'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | WASHINGTON, DC | $50,762 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | $6,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| TRUSTEES OF TRINITY COLLEGE | HARTFORD, CT | $2,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| GILL ST BERNARDS SCHOOL | GLADSTONE, NJ | $1,500 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| SOLUTIONS FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE | IRVINE, CA | $1,400 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| THE HAVERFORD SCHOOL | HAVERFORD, PA | $1,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND | TACOMA, WA | $1,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM | LOS ANGELES, CA | $95 | 2024 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| ST MARGARET'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | WASHINGTON, DC | $26,470 | 2023 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| NEWPORT AQUATIC CENTER | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | $7,500 | 2023 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| GILL ST BERNARDS SCHOOL | GLADSTONE, NJ | $6,500 | 2023 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| THE HAVERFORD SCHOOL | HAVERFORD, PA | $6,000 | 2023 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| VERBUM DEI HIGH SCHOOL | LOS ANGELES, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| PADRES UNIDOS | GARDEN GROVE, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| TRUSTEES OF TRINITY COLLEGE | HARTFORD, CT | $2,500 | 2023 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | $1,150 | 2023 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
| SHERMAN LIBRARY & GARDENS | CORONA DEL MAR, CA | $295 | 2023 | SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS |
ST MARGARET'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
$50,762SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$6,000SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
TRUSTEES OF TRINITY COLLEGE
$2,000SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
GILL ST BERNARDS SCHOOL
$1,500SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
SOLUTIONS FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE
$1,400SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
THE HAVERFORD SCHOOL
$1,000SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND
$1,000SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
$95SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
ST MARGARET'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
$26,470SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
NEWPORT AQUATIC CENTER
$7,500SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
GILL ST BERNARDS SCHOOL
$6,500SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
THE HAVERFORD SCHOOL
$6,000SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
VERBUM DEI HIGH SCHOOL
$5,000SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
PADRES UNIDOS
$5,000SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
TRUSTEES OF TRINITY COLLEGE
$2,500SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$1,150SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS
SHERMAN LIBRARY & GARDENS
$295SUPPORT FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN BYLAWS