Rebuilding Lives, Restoring Hope

Cornerstone was founded in 1983 to connect women in crisis due to domestic violence with support and safety. Since then, we’ve become a multifaceted nonprofit with accessible, innovative and comprehensive services for all adults and youth who are experiencing or have experienced domestic violence, sexual violence, human trafficking or crime.

We have locations in Bloomington, Brooklyn Center and Minneapolis and partner with numerous organizations in the Twin Cities and throughout Minnesota to provide seamless advocacy for people seeking help.

Throughout our nearly 40-year history, Cornerstone has continued to evolve our programming to meet the needs of our community. Today is no different. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have consistently assessed and modified our programs to maintain crisis response and supportive services while taking steps to ensure that staff and participants are safe. Many of our pandemic-driven innovations continue at Cornerstone to this day, including telehealth for therapy clients, a highly-regarded 40+ hour hybrid training for staff and volunteers, and online, interactive violence prevention presentations for students. Several support groups continue to be offered online and our staff are available to assist by phone, email or in-person.

Please help satisfy the shortfall we’ve experienced since the pandemic.  Not only have charitable contributions suffered, but the cost of doing business has increased. We have remained committed to providing high-quality services and those direct client needs during Covid was great in number.  

We thank you in advance!