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Cornell University Foundation

The CORNELL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION is a donor advised fund providing a service for cornell alumni and friends who wish to make charitable gifts through the structure of a donor-advised fund.

$21M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
78
Grants FY2025
61
Organizations funded FY2024
39%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$12,072,105
Organizations funded a year
61 to 113
FY2020 to FY2024
Total assets, FY2025
$198M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 39% of the organizations Cornell University Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $785k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving74$21M43%
FY202461$13M39%
FY202380$23M26%
FY2022101$26M35%
FY2021109$40M53%
FY2020113$32Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$114MArts & Culture$13MPhilanthropy$11MHealth$9.8MYouth Development$7.9MHuman Services$4.2MReligion$3.1MEnvironment$672kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cornell University$93,334,93960%
University of Rochester$6,750,00030%
STEM Next Opportunity Fund$5,000,000546%
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc$4,000,000413%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$3,792,5004n/a
Tumblehome Inc$2,300,000575%
Roman Archbishop of Los Angeles a Corporation Sole$2,200,0001n/a
Saratoga Performing Arts Center Inc$2,200,00063%
Saratoga Regional YMCA$2,000,000110%
Skidmore College$1,560,00060%
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All grantees of Cornell University Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cornell University$93,334,93960%
University of Rochester$6,750,00030%
STEM Next Opportunity Fund$5,000,000546%
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc$4,000,000413%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$3,792,5004n/a
Tumblehome Inc$2,300,000575%
Roman Archbishop of Los Angeles a Corporation Sole$2,200,0001n/a
Saratoga Performing Arts Center Inc$2,200,00063%
Saratoga Regional YMCA$2,000,000110%
Skidmore College$1,560,00060%
The Young Men's Christian Association of the Capital District (4416)$1,200,00041%
Museum of Science$1,100,00031%
The Tech Interactive$1,050,00014%
Huntington's Disease Society of America Inc$1,048,00034%
Loyola High School of Los Angeles$1,000,0001n/a
Niagara University$1,000,00011%
Noam Institute Inc$1,000,000197%
University of Colorado Foundation$875,00060%
Vanguard Charitable$840,0003n/a
St Peter's Hospital Foundation Inc$750,00034%
University of Illinois Foundation$740,00030%
Ellis Hospital Foundation Inc the Foundation for Ellis Medicine$600,00027%
Saratoga Care Inc$550,0003n/a
Hudson Headwaters Health Network$525,00020%
Common Sense Media$500,00031%
Arts Center and Theatre of Schenectady Inc$500,0002n/a
Brunswick School Inc$480,00060%
Town of East Haddam Board of Ed$460,4552n/a
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$443,00061%
WGBH Educational Foundation$384,00010%
Nathan Littauer Foundation Inc$350,000217%
Trustees of Boston University$300,00030%
Proof School$300,00032%
Ranken Technical College$300,00060%
Saratoga Arts Inc$300,000116%
Onehope Foundation$275,0001n/a
Glens Falls Hospital Foundation$250,0001n/a
St Peters Health Partners$250,0001n/a
Franklin Community Center Inc$250,000114%
The Children's Museum at Saratoga$250,000111%
St Mary's Healthcare$250,00010%
Lahey Clinic Hospital Inc$250,00060%
Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music$240,000436%
Trustees of Purdue University$235,0005n/a
California Polytechnic State University Foundation$200,00010%
Saranac Lake Civic Center Inc$200,00016%
Oregon Health & Science University Foundation$200,00040%
St Lawrence University$200,00020%
Mercy Corps$195,00040%
The Roitman Chabad Center at Cornell Inc$182,8006n/a
Congregation Shir Shalom of Westchester and Fairfield Counties$182,8001n/a
45th Parallel$181,000421%
Kenyon College$180,00020%
Hand 2 Mouth$170,000322%
Girls Inc of the Greater Capital Region$165,00024%
The Portland Playhouse$165,000114%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$160,20060%
PassinArt - A Theater Company$160,000327%
Basic Rights Education Fund$160,000211%
Chamber Music Northwest$150,00035%
Southern Center for Human Rights$150,00022%
Paramount Center Inc$150,00034%
Great Harbor Yacht Club Foundation Inc$136,50056%
Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless Inc$132,50012%
'Iolani School$123,99850%
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of California Christ Churc$120,0001n/a
Oregon Environmental Council$120,00023%
UTEC Inc$120,00021%
Lost Tree Chapel Inc$114,5004n/a
Watkinson School$112,62040%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$110,25030%
University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc$110,00020%
Linfield University$110,00020%
Artists Repertory Theatre$110,00023%
Stumptown Stages$110,000212%
IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation$107,00020%
Student Advocacy Inc$106,00062%
Portland State University Foundation$105,00020%
Columbus School for Girls$105,00011%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$102,0251n/a
Siena University$100,00010%
University of California Santa Barbara$100,0001n/a
Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Council of Hfm Counties Inc$100,00014%
Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation$100,00041%
Ogdensburg Boys & Girls Club Inc$100,000111%
Third Angle New Music Ensemble$100,000217%
Suny Cobleskill College Foundation$100,00013%
Relief From Cancer$100,000221%
The Salvation Army$100,0001n/a
Saint Anne Institute$100,00011%
Luzerne Music Center Inc$100,00017%
Stomping Ground Camp Inc$100,000110%
Amer Tr for Oxford Univ & Eastman 067381-000$100,00012%
The Sequoyah Educational Center$100,00011%
Parkhurst Field Foundation Inc$100,000115%
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Corporation$100,00011%
Young Men's Christian Association$100,00018%
Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation$100,00020%
American Glaucoma Society Foundation$100,000213%
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts$100,0001n/a
Portland Center Stage$100,00021%
St Peter's Health Partners$100,00010%
Vassar Brothers Hospital Foundation$100,00011%
Glow Young Men's Christian Association Inc$100,00012%
Paul Smiths College$100,00010%
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America$100,0001n/a
Domestic Violence & Rape Crisis Services of Saratoga County Inc$100,00013%
The Charlton School$100,00012%
Miracle Theatre Group$95,00028%
Corrib Theatre$90,000138%
Metroarts Inc Dba Cognizart$90,000319%
Advance Gender Equity in the Arts$90,000239%
Forward Together$90,00030%
The Vincent Smith School$80,00031%
Happiness Is Camping$80,00033%
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$75,46010%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$75,0001n/a
Miami University$75,0003n/a
Oregon Arts Watch$75,000216%
Fear No Music$70,000228%
Pro-Choice Oregon Foundation$70,000315%
Johns Hopkins University$70,00020%
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc$70,00040%
Northfield Mount Hermon School$67,92960%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$66,85020%
Turning Point USA Inc$65,00030%
Theatre Adventure Inc$60,500510%
American Jewish Committee$60,25030%
Akshaya Patra Foundation (Usa)$60,00010%
Western Glaucoma Foundation$60,000230%
Coho Productions Inc$60,000114%
Lutheran Community Services Northwest$60,00020%
Portland Revels$60,000116%
Oregon Council for the Humanities$60,00021%
A Future for Every Child$60,00053%
Phame Academy$60,00018%
Shaking the Tree Inc$60,00029%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$57,72110%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$55,0005n/a
Theatreworks Silicon Valley$53,00060%
Uc San Diego Foundation$51,30050%
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$50,10010%
Ohr Kodesh Congregation$50,0004n/a
Regents of the University of Michigan$50,0003n/a
Oregon Children's Theatre Company$50,00012%
Defunkt Theater$50,0001n/a
Red Hook Initiative$50,00011%
Profile Theatre Project$50,00018%
Buckley Country Day School$50,00020%
United States Catholic Conference$50,0001n/a
Theatre Company$50,000152%
Miami University Foundation$50,00010%
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc$50,00010%
Portland Baroque Orchestra$50,00016%
United States Soccer Federation$50,00010%
New London Barn Playhouse Inc$50,00021%
Handel and Haydn Society$50,00011%
World Stage Theatre$50,00027%
American Council of Trustees and Alumni$50,00021%
White Bird$50,00013%
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints$46,5002n/a
Metropolitan Youth Symphony$46,00032%
Boom Arts Inc$45,000214%
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church$45,0002n/a
Scholarship America Inc$44,00010%
Cooperative Development Institute Inc$40,50031%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$40,00020%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$40,00020%
Resonance Vocal Ensemble$40,0002n/a
Child Aid$40,00011%
Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation$40,00011%
The New London Hospital Association Inc$40,00030%
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc$40,00030%
Staged-Portlands Musical Theatre Series$40,000257%
Steven K and Winifred a Grinspoon Hillel Center for Jewish Community$38,00020%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$36,00010%
Stages Performing Arts Youth Academy$36,000121%
Cappella Romana$35,00013%
PlayWrite Inc$35,000121%
Paleontological Research Institution$35,00011%
Young Audiences of Oregon Inc$35,00012%
Jewish National Fund-Usa Inc$33,0001n/a
Open Hearts Open Minds$33,000117%
United Way of Acton-Boxborough Inc$32,50016%
Arizona Humane Society$31,30030%
Silver Bay Association for Christian Conferences and Training$31,00010%
Chehalem Center Association dba Chehalem Cultural Center$30,00012%
Tuality Healthcare$30,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$30,00010%
Tuality Healthcare Foundation$30,00012%
Judicial Watch Inc$30,00020%
New York Cares Inc$30,00020%
City Sprouts Inc$30,00014%
Batavia First United Methodist Church$25,9321n/a
Schenectady Hindu Temple and Community Services$25,0001n/a
Second Chance Cars Inc$25,000111%
Rumsey Hall School Inc$25,00010%
Jennifer Kane Scholarship & Charitable Trust$25,000160%
South Florida Pbs Inc$25,00010%
Lahey Clinic Foundation Inc$25,00011%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$25,00010%
New Expressive Works$25,00017%
Our House Nantucket Inc$25,00013%
Third Rail Repertory Theatre$25,00015%
Chabad Lubavitch of Rockland$24,0002n/a
Corvallis Zen Circle$24,0002n/a
Chinese American International School$21,00010%
Institute for Justice$20,05020%
Overlook Foundation$20,00010%
Anti-Defamation League$20,00010%
The Corporation of Yaddo$20,00011%
The Loomis Institute D/B/A the Loomis Chaffee School$20,00020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$20,00030%
Providence Newberg Health Foundation$20,00012%
Pepperdine University$20,00010%
Ilitch Charities Inc$20,00011%
Central Fund of Israel$20,00010%
The Regent of the University of Michigan$20,0002n/a
Acton-Boxborough Monday Nite Quarterbacks Association$20,000159%
Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery$19,00020%
Judea Reform Congregation$18,0002n/a
Chabad House of Harvard Square Inc$18,0001n/a
St Anne-St Augustine Parish$17,5002n/a
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$16,86030%
Unidos Bridging Community$15,00015%
Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation$15,0001n/a
Rye Country Day School$15,00010%
Nantucket Islands Land Bank$15,0001n/a
United Methodist Church & Its Affiliated Organizations$14,7931n/a
Boys and Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains$14,50010%
Henry Street Settlement$14,00010%
Animal Care and Control of New York City Inc$14,00010%
United Church of Christ Board$13,9202n/a
Yale Youth Hockey Association Inc$12,50011%
Arizona Jewish Historical Society$11,5131n/a
Albuquerque Academy$11,50010%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$11,4001n/a
Sierra Club Foundation$10,03110%
Jewish World Watch$10,00011%
Voteorg$10,0001n/a
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$10,00010%
Direct Relief$10,00010%
Little Caesars Aaa Hockey Club$10,00010%
Priory in the USA of the Most Venerable Order of the Hosp / St John of Jerusalem$10,00010%
Friends of School in the Square Inc$10,00010%
Center for Transformative Action$10,00010%
Spirit of America Worldwide$10,00010%
Feeding America$10,00010%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America$10,0001n/a
Voteamerica$10,00011%
Westchester Jewish Community Services Inc$10,00010%
McMinnville Film Festival Foundation$10,000119%
Afton Central School John & Ruth Gregg Memorial Scholarship$10,0001n/a
Branches Long Island Inc$10,0001n/a
Sowelu Theater$10,0001n/a
Love4lucas Foundation$10,000110%
Friends of Givat Haviva$10,0001n/a
Metropolitan Family Service$10,00010%
Team Impact Inc$10,00010%
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church$10,0001n/a
American Friends of Meir Panim$10,00010%
Chabad at Columbia Inc$10,0001n/a
The Benjamin Private School Inc$10,00010%
The Peddie School$10,00010%
Chadwick Ministries Inc$10,0001100%
New England Historic Genealogical Society$10,00010%
Gulls Amateur Hockey Association$9,50011%
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc$8,00010%
Alliance for Hospitality Equity and Diversity$8,0001n/a
Friends Academy$7,50010%
The Jewish Museum$7,20010%
The Albany Academies Inc$7,20010%
University Liggett School$7,00010%
First Baptish Church of Highland Park$7,0001n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$6,55010%
University of Richmond$6,50010%
Hartford Symphony Orchestra Inc$6,50010%
New Village Charter School Inc$6,00010%
Meade Canine Rescue Foundation$6,00011%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5,70010%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$5,60010%
Cato Institute$5,50010%
Boy Scouts of America 388 Greater Hudson Valley Council$5,50010%

Where it is load-bearing

Cornell University Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCornell University: $93,334,939 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Rochester: $6,750,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTEM Next Opportunity Fund: $5,000,000 over 5y, 46% of budgetThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc: $4,000,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetTumblehome Inc: $2,300,000 over 5y, 75% of budgetSaratoga Performing Arts Center Inc: $2,200,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetSaratoga Regional YMCA: $2,000,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetSkidmore College: $1,560,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Capital District (4416): $1,200,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMuseum of Science: $1,100,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetThe Tech Interactive: $1,050,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetHuntington's Disease Society of America Inc: $1,048,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetNiagara University: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNoam Institute Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 97% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $875,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt Peter's Hospital Foundation Inc: $750,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $740,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEllis Hospital Foundation Inc the Foundation for Ellis Medicine: $600,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetHudson Headwaters Health Network: $525,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommon Sense Media: $500,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBrunswick School Inc: $480,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe University of Texas Foundation Inc: $443,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $384,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNathan Littauer Foundation Inc: $350,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProof School: $300,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetRanken Technical College: $300,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSaratoga Arts Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetFranklin Community Center Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe Children's Museum at Saratoga: $250,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSt Mary's Healthcare: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLahey Clinic Hospital Inc: $250,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music: $240,000 over 4y, 36% of budgetCalifornia Polytechnic State University Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSaranac Lake Civic Center Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetOregon Health & Science University Foundation: $200,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSt Lawrence University: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Corps: $195,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budget45th Parallel: $181,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetKenyon College: $180,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHand 2 Mouth: $170,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetGirls Inc of the Greater Capital Region: $165,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetThe Portland Playhouse: $165,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $160,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPassinArt - A Theater Company: $160,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetBasic Rights Education Fund: $160,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetChamber Music Northwest: $150,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetSouthern Center for Human Rights: $150,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Regional Arts & Culture CouncilOR62.5× affinity30 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Regional Arts & Culture Council · James F & Marion L Miller Foundation · The Collins Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Reser Family Foundation · The Kinsman Foundation · Ronald W Naito Md Foundation · The Autzen 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.

Compare Cornell University Foundation with peer funders

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Cornell University Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Cornell University Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Cornell University Foundation

How much does Cornell University Foundation give?
Cornell University Foundation reported 78 grants totaling $21,111,742 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 61 and 113 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Cornell University Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (68%), Arts & Culture (8%), Philanthropy (7%).
Who are Cornell University Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Cornell University ($93M), University of Rochester ($6.8M), STEM Next Opportunity Fund ($5.0M).
Does Cornell University Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Cornell University Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Regional Arts & Culture Council, James F & Marion L Miller Foundation, The Collins Foundation.
Where is Cornell University Foundation based?
Cornell University Foundation is based in NY.

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 300 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 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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