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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 FY2025still arriving
78
Grants FY2025still arriving
States reached
$12M
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202025.

Education$114MArts & Culture$13MPhilanthropy$11MHealth$9.8MYouth Development$7.9MHuman Services$4.2MReligion$3.1MEnvironment$672kOther$0
02FY2025 · 78 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $100k
  • $10k–50k34 grants · $695k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.7M
  • $250k+13 grants · $18M
$30,000
Median grant
States reached
$198M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$12,072,105
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$1,345,000
STEM NEXT OPPORTUNITY FUND$850,000
TUMBLEHOME INC$800,000
SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC$750,000
YMCA OF THE CAPITOL DISTRICT$500,000
SKIDMORE COLLEGE$352,500
SARATOGA COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL INC$300,000
HUDSON HEADWATERS HEALTH NETWORK$275,000
ST PETERS HEALTH PARTNERS$250,000
PROCTORS COLLABORATIVE$250,000
GLENS FALLS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$250,000
TRUSTEES IF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$250,000
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$200,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$175,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$139M · 121 repeat orgs$17M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +13% for the ones you funded once.

121 repeat relationships — 42 still active in FY2025, 79 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

121
130

Total granted

$139M
$15M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+13%

Still filing today

83%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthInternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • Cornell University
    6× · 2020–2025 · $93M · revenue +46%
  • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    3× · 2021–2025 · $6.8M · revenue +35%
  • SN
    STEM NEXT OPPORTUNITY FUND
    5× · 2020–2025 · $5.0M · revenue +92% · 46% of their budget

Funded once

  • RA
    ROMAN ARCHBISHOP OF LOS ANGELES A CORPORATION SOLE
    one grant, 2020 · $2.2M
  • SR
    Saratoga Regional YMCAgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2.0M · revenue +40%
  • TT
    THE TECH INTERACTIVE
    one grant, 2020 · $1.1M · revenue -43%

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

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
9
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
10
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
12
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Team Impact Inc and the most unlike its peers is Parkhurst Field Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsYmca Youth DevelopmentIndependent K-12 SchoolsJewish Community Organizati…Cancer Support ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Women & Girls Leadership De…Local Food System Organizat…Community FoundationsAnimal Rescue and ShelterSenior Support ServicesPregnancy Support ServicesMilitary Veterans SupportUnited Way AffiliatesFood Banks and PantriesDance Arts OrganizationsYouth Sports ProgramsCommunity College Foundatio…Christian Youth CampsYouth Development CentersEnvironmental Conservation …Lgbtq+ Community SupportLocal History MuseumsPolicy Research and AdvocacyCommunity Arts CentersHealth Access Advocacy and …Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr13%23%35–55yr16%35%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%4%10–20yr16%7%20–35yr13%7%35–55yr16%76%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 1% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%3/300
the rest of the field
13%
240,393/1,819,265

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 258 of the 300 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
254/258
Grantees still filing
169/258
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Cornell University — $93,334,939 · EducationCornell UniversityUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER — $6,750,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERSTEM NEXT OPPORTUNITY FUND — $5,000,000 · Education+38 more — $11,964,847 · Education+38 moreMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — $3,792,500 · OtherMASS GENERAL …ROMAN ARCHBISHOP OF LOS ANGELES A CORPORATION SOLE — $2,200,000 · OtherROMAN ARCHBIS…Saratoga Regional YMCA — $2,000,000 · OtherSaratoga Regi…HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC — $1,048,000 · OtherHUNTINGTON'S …LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES — $1,000,000 · OtherVANGUARD CHARITABLE — $840,000 · OtherST PETER'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $750,000 · Other+69 more — $7,651,661 · Other+69 moreThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc — $4,000,000 · Arts & CultureSARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC — $2,200,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF SCIENCE — $1,100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE TECH INTERACTIVE — $1,050,000 · Arts & CultureARTS CENTER AND THEATRE OF SCHENECTADY INC — $500,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMON SENSE MEDIA — $500,000 · Arts & Culture+37 more — $3,690,000 · Arts & CultureRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc — $5,000,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION — $1,449,162 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM — $1,388,900 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST — $406,035 · Philanthropy+5 more — $491,007 · PhilanthropyELLIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC THE FOUNDATION FOR ELLIS MEDICINE — $600,000 · HealthSARATOGA CARE INC — $550,000 · HealthHUDSON HEADWATERS HEALTH NETWORK — $525,000 · HealthNATHAN LITTAUER FOUNDATION INC — $350,000 · HealthST MARY'S HEALTHCARE — $250,000 · HealthLAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL INC — $250,000 · HealthGLENS FALLS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $250,000 · Health+12 more — $866,850 · HealthTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT (4416) — $1,200,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $100,000 · Human ServicesRELIEF FROM CANCER — $100,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES OF SARATOGA COUNTY INC — $100,000 · Human ServicesTHEATRE ADVENTURE INC — $60,500 · Human ServicesLutheran Community Services Northwest — $60,000 · Human ServicesA FUTURE FOR EVERY CHILD — $60,000 · Human Services+2 more — $81,000 · Human ServicesFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $877,335 · Community ImprovementSARANAC LAKE CIVIC CENTER INC — $200,000 · Community ImprovementCOOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INC — $40,500 · Community Improvement
Education$117,049,786Other$19,282,161Arts & Culture$13,040,000Philanthropy$8,735,104Health$3,641,850Human Services$1,761,500Community Improvement$1,117,835

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCornell University — $93,334,939 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER — $6,750,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc — $5,000,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION — $1,449,162 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM — $1,388,900 over 2y, 0.0% 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 budgetNOAM INSTITUTE INC — $1,000,000 over 1y, 97% of budgetNIAGARA UNIVERSITY — $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $877,335 over 2y, 0.0% 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 budgetUCLA FOUNDATION — $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRUNSWICK SCHOOL INC — $480,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC — $443,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST — $406,035 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation — $384,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATHAN LITTAUER FOUNDATION INC — $350,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetPROOF SCHOOL — $300,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRanken Technical College — $300,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $265,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AT SARATOGA — $250,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetST MARY'S HEALTHCARE — $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRANKLIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $250,000 over 1y, 14% 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 budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY — $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 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 budgetTHE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE — $165,000 over 1y, 14% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — 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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Cornell University Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 210%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 3%
  • Cooperative Development Institute Inc58% of income from government
  • Oregon Council for the Humanities55% of income from government
  • Artists Repertory Theatre48% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps47% of income from government
  • Utec Inc46% of income from government
  • Young Audiences of Oregon Inc23% of income from government
  • Oregon Arts Watch13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University12% of income from government
  • The Portland Playhouse11% of income from government
  • Resonance Vocal Ensemble7% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc7% of income from government
  • Miracle Theatre Group6% of income from government
  • Coho Productions Inc5% of income from government
  • Third Rail Repertory Theatre5% of income from government
  • New Expressive Works5% of income from government
  • Corrib Theatre4% of income from government
  • Cappella Romana4% of income from government
  • Tuality Healthcare4% of income from government
  • Linfield University4% of income from government
  • Open Hearts Open Minds4% of income from government
  • Portland Revels3% of income from government
  • Tuality Healthcare Foundation3% of income from government
  • PlayWrite Inc3% of income from government
  • Lahey Clinic Hospital Inc3% of income from government
  • Third Angle New Music Ensemble3% of income from government
  • Chamber Music Northwest3% of income from government
  • Advance Gender Equity in the Arts2% of income from government
  • Handel and Haydn Society2% of income from government
  • Watkinson School2% of income from government
  • White Bird2% of income from government
  • Profile Theatre Project2% of income from government
  • The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven2% of income from government
  • Fear No Music2% of income from government
  • Stages Performing Arts Youth Academy2% of income from government
  • Essex County Community Foundation Inc2% of income from government
  • Boom Arts Inc1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation1% of income from government
  • Portland Baroque Orchestra1% of income from government
  • Portland Center Stage1% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation1% of income from government
  • Stumptown Stages1% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Youth Symphony1% of income from government
  • PassinArt - a Theater Company1% of income from government
  • Phame Academy0% of income from government
  • Museum of Science0% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc0% of income from government
  • Basic Rights Education Fund0% of income from government
  • Theatre Adventure Inc0% of income from government
  • Portland State University Foundation0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
21get no government money at all
37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 300 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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