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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
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States reached
$12M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2025 · 78 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
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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
GLENS FALLS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$250,000
PROCTORS COLLABORATIVE$250,000
TRUSTEES IF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$250,000
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$200,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$175,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +14% for those 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%
+14%

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
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

  • 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%
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.

03Its 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
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.

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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
Columbia College Chicago

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

Education
9
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
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
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Team Impact Inc; 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.
03the grantee network

258 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, 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.

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

14
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
254/258
Grantees still filing
170/258
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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+70 more: $7,681,661 · Other+70 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 & CultureCOMMON SENSE MEDIA: $500,000 · Arts & CultureARTS CENTER AND THEATRE OF SCHENECTADY INC: $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 · HealthGLENS FALLS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $250,000 · HealthST MARY'S HEALTHCARE: $250,000 · HealthLAHEY CLINIC HOSPITAL INC: $250,000 · Health+11 more: $836,850 · HealthTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT (4416): $1,200,000 · Human ServicesRELIEF FROM CANCER: $100,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $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$19,312,161Arts & Culture$13,040,000Philanthropy$8,735,104Health$3,611,850Human Services$1,761,500Community Improvement$1,117,835

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 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 budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $5,000,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 budgetNIAGARA UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNOAM INSTITUTE INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 97% 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 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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $265,000 over 3y, 0.0% 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 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.

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 & Cultu…James F & Marion L Mi…The Collins FoundationThe Jackson FoundationThe Oregon Community …The Community Foundat…Rose E Tucker Charita…Marie Lamfrom Charita…The Reser Family Foun…The Kinsman FoundationRonald W Naito Md Fou…The Autzen Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 210%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Cooperative Development Institute Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Oregon Council for the Humanities: 55% of income from government
  • Artists Repertory Theatre: 48% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Young Audiences of Oregon Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Oregon Arts Watch: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • The Portland Playhouse: 11% of income from government
  • Resonance Vocal Ensemble: 7% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Miracle Theatre Group: 6% of income from government
  • Coho Productions Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Third Rail Repertory Theatre: 5% of income from government
  • New Expressive Works: 5% of income from government
  • Corrib Theatre: 4% of income from government
  • Cappella Romana: 4% of income from government
  • Tuality Healthcare: 4% of income from government
  • Linfield University: 4% of income from government
  • Open Hearts Open Minds: 4% of income from government
  • Portland Revels: 3% of income from government
  • Tuality Healthcare Foundation: 3% of income from government
  • PlayWrite Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Lahey Clinic Hospital Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Third Angle New Music Ensemble: 3% of income from government
  • Chamber Music Northwest: 3% of income from government
  • Advance Gender Equity in the Arts: 2% of income from government
  • Handel and Haydn Society: 2% of income from government
  • Watkinson School: 2% of income from government
  • White Bird: 2% of income from government
  • Profile Theatre Project: 2% of income from government
  • The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven: 2% of income from government
  • Fear No Music: 2% of income from government
  • Stages Performing Arts Youth Academy: 2% of income from government
  • Essex County Community Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boom Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Portland Baroque Orchestra: 1% of income from government
  • Portland Center Stage: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Stumptown Stages: 1% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Youth Symphony: 1% of income from government
  • PassinArt - a Theater Company: 1% of income from government
  • Phame Academy: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Basic Rights Education Fund: 0% of income from government
  • Theatre Adventure Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Portland State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% 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, 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.
04Through Plinth

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 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home