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The Jane and Alan Cornell Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Jane and Alan Cornell Family Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$792k
Granted FY2022
21
Grants FY2022
4
States reached
$330k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.

Philanthropy$536kInternational$283kReligion$210kArts & Culture$165kHuman Services$98kHealth$79kCivil Rights$73kEducation$48kOther$0
02FY2022 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k12 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $71k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $363k
  • $250k+1 grant · $330k
$3,600
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORNELL FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$330,303
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$100,000
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHAM$100,000
HALUTZA JEWISH NATIONAL FUND REF$100,000
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$63,000
RUTH RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$36,250
HANDS ON TZEDAKAH$15,000
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE$10,000
US HOLOCAUST MUSEUM$7,500
INNOCENCE PROJECT$3,600
B'NAI TORAH CONGREGATION$3,600
HILLEL OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH INC$2,300
OLD OAKS FOUNDATION$2,000
ESOPHAGEAL CANCER ACTION NETWORK$1,800
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%MAX CURE FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%HANDS ON TZEDAKAH: $15k → 11%HANDS ON TZEDAKAH: $10k → 11%HANDS ON TZEDAKAH: $10k → 11%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $4k → 17%VISIONS SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $2k → 17%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.
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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$682k · 16 repeat orgs$599k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2022, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
16

Total granted

$682k
$148k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+19%

Still filing today

75%
94%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $451k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22
InternationalHealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
    3× · 2020–2022 · $73k · revenue +68%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    3× · 2020–2022 · $65k · revenue +57%
  • RN
    RUTH & NORMAN RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $63k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $45k · revenue +17%
  • Cornell University
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +23%
  • II
    IMPACTISRAEL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +64%
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
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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2
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
3
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
4
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
5
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
6
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
7
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
8
Zichron Avrohom Yosef
Philanthropy
9
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
10
American Society for Technion Israel Institute of Technology Inc

The american technion society supports the technion's critical research and (continued on sch o)

International
11
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
12
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University

We fundraise in the u.s. to support, and raise awareness of, bar-ilan university in israel.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Society for Yad Vashem Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cornell Family Charitable Foundation. 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

35 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. 35 of the 41 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
21/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HALUTZA JEWISH NATIONAL FUND REF: $200,000 · OtherHALUTZA JEWISH NATIONAL FUND REFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID: $100,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVIDIMPACTISRAEL (FKA FRIENDS OF YEMIN ORDER): $90,000 · OtherIMPACTISRAEL (FKA FRIENDS OF YEMIN O…Cornell University: $20,000 · Other+13 more: $71,800 · Other+13 moreCORNELL FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $330,303 · PhilanthropyCORNELL FAMILY CHARITABLE…+2 more: $4,300 · PhilanthropyJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $224,200 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND …IMPACTISRAEL INC: $20,000 · InternationalIMPACTISRAEL INCBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $16,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOU…The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $10,000 · International+3 more: $12,800 · InternationalAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN SOC…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $65,000 · Arts & CultureThe United S…RUTH & NORMAN RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $63,310 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $45,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Health+3 more: $3,300 · HealthAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $73,000 · Civil RightsHANDS ON TZEDAKAH INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $3,600 · Human Services+2 more: $2,500 · Human Services
Other$481,800Philanthropy$334,603International$283,000Arts & Culture$165,000Health$116,610Civil Rights$73,000Human Services$51,100

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 budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $224,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $73,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRUTH & NORMAN RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $63,310 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHANDS ON TZEDAKAH INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCornell University: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACTISRAEL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $13,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ETHIOPIAN JEWRY INC: $13,200 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORISM FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD OAKS FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL OF BROWARD AND PALM BEACH INC: $3,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $2,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA RATON POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetESOPHAGEAL CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBYRAM HILLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetARMONK INDEPENDENT FIRE COMPANY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetVISIONSSERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAX CURE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER NY & CT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Jewish Communal FundCornell Family Charit…The Anikstein Family …National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY21.5× affinity10 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Cornell Family Charitable Foundation · The Anikstein Family Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 The Jane and Alan Cornell Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jane and Alan Cornell Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    7get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Jane and Alan Cornell Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Jane and Alan Cornell Family 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 41 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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