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Cornell Douglas Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
57
Grants FY2025still arriving
18
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Environment$6.1MInternational$810kArts & Culture$620kFood & Nutrition$570kPhilanthropy$565kPublic Safety & Disaster$550kEducation$440kScience & Tech$300kOther$0
02FY2025 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $305k
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $3.0M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.1M
$50,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$64M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$500,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$500,000
COMM FD OF JACKSON HOLE$450,000
EARTH JUSTICE$400,000
SO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CTR$250,000
CENTER BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY$200,000
NY BOTANICAL GARDEN$200,000
SKY TRUTH$200,000
GRAND CANYON TRUST$175,000
GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION$150,000
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIV$150,000
CERES$150,000
END FUND$150,000
GRAND TETON NAT'L PK FD$125,000
NATIONAL PARK CONS ASSOC$100,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 43% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%MIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $10k → 14%LITTLE FALLS VILLAGE: $2k → 8%LITTLE FALLS VILLAGE: $1k → 8%BETHESDA CARES: $10k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MT
NY
MA
OR
WY
PA
CA
CO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
DC
HI
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 17 repeat orgs$7.6M to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 53 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
42

Total granted

$3.5M
$2.3M

Still filing today

0%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’21’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’21’24’25
EnvironmentFood & NutritionInternationalHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CF
    Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
    2× · 2019–2024 · $540k
  • CF
    Center for Biological Diversity
    2× · 2019–2024 · $510k
  • NY
    New York Botanical Garden
    2× · 2019–2024 · $300k

Funded once

  • E
    Earthworks
    one grant, 2019 · $250k
  • S
    SkyTruth
    one grant, 2024 · $175k
  • GY
    Greater Yellowstone Coalition
    one grant, 2024 · $150k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
3
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
4
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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5
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
6
Environment Next Inc

Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…

Environment
7
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
8
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah

Heal utah's mission is to protect utah's environment and its people by promoting clean air, clean energy, and comprehensive solutions to radioactive and toxic waste.

Environment
9
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
10
Climate Catalyst Inc

Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.

Environment
11
Conservation X Labs Inc

To improve the efficacy, speed, cost, sustainability, and scaling of conservation solutions through harnessing exponential technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship to prevent human-induced extinction.

Animals
12
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildearth Guardians; the most unlike its peers is Project Hawaii Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 112 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
15/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Community Foundation of Jackson Hole: $540,000 · OtherCommunity Foundation of Jackson HoleCenter for Biological Diversity: $510,000 · OtherCenter for Biological DiversityCOMM FD OF JACKSON HOLE: $450,000 · OtherCOMM FD OF JACKSON HOLENew York Botanical Garden: $300,000 · OtherGrand Canyon Trust: $275,000 · OtherWorld Central Kitchen: $275,000 · OtherEarthworks: $250,000 · OtherSO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CTR: $250,000 · OtherCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIV: $250,000 · Other+72 more: $4,359,060 · Other+72 moreEARTHJUSTICE: $400,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICESKYTRUTH: $200,000 · EnvironmentSKYTRUTHTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC: $175,000 · EnvironmentTHE GRAND CANYON TR…CERES INC: $150,000 · EnvironmentCERES INCGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $150,000 · EnvironmentGREATER YELLOWSTONE…GREEN SCIENCE POLICY INSTITUTE: $100,000 · EnvironmentJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $100,000 · EnvironmentLIGHTHAWK: $80,000 · EnvironmentFRACTRACKER ALLIANCE: $75,000 · EnvironmentCOMING CLEAN INC: $65,000 · Environment+10 more: $450,000 · Environment+10 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $500,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTR…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SA…The End Fund Inc: $150,000 · InternationalThe End Fun…CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $200,000 · AnimalsGREEN AMERICA: $45,000 · AnimalsCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionFOODCORPS INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationEARTH LAW CENTER: $65,000 · Social Science
Other$7,459,060Environment$1,945,000International$1,150,000Animals$245,000Food & Nutrition$120,000Education$100,000Social Science$65,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $400,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSKYTRUTH: $200,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetTHE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC: $175,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCERES INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $150,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetGREEN SCIENCE POLICY INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHAWK: $80,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetFRACTRACKER ALLIANCE: $75,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $60,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetConservation Lands Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOODCORPS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMONTANA AUDUBON: $50,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetGREEN AMERICA: $45,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPesticide Action Network North America: $40,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIRIAM'S KITCHEN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Falls Village Corporation: $3,200 over 1y, 1.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds SKYTRUTH ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GRAND CANYON TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds CERES INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION ↗
  • Who funds The End Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREEN SCIENCE POLICY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Marisla FoundationWallace Genetic Found…Resources Legacy FundPatagoniaorgWallace Genetic Found…Tortuga Charitable Fo…Park Foundation IncThe Keith Campbell Fo…Clif Family FoundationTides FoundationNetwork for GoodAmerican Endowment Fo…
The Marisla FoundationCA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Marisla Foundation · Wallace Genetic Foundation II Inc · Resources Legacy Fund · Patagoniaorg · Wallace Genetic Foundation Inc · Tortuga Charitable Foundation · Park Foundation Inc · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · Clif Family Foundation · Tides Foundation · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Cornell Douglas Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cornell Douglas Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Bethesda Cares Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Foodcorps Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Ceres Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Infact Dba Corporate Accountability: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 112 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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