Organization · EIN 15-0532082 · Ithaca, NY · Education
Who funds Cornell University?
463 private foundations reported paying Cornell University $79.5M on returns for tax year 2023.
463 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers
Funders 463
| Foundation | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Seattle, WA |
$8,550,773 12 grant lines |
DISCOVERY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES; TUBERCULOSIS +6 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Selander Foundation Greenwich, CT · Preselected only |
$3,894,687 | EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 11/2024 |
| The Rimora Foundation Charlottesville, VA · Preselected only |
$3,510,000 | CORNELL ANNUAL FUND FOR STUDENT AND CAMPUS LIFE & POLO | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Wellcome Leap San Diego, CA · Preselected only |
$3,428,758 | MCPSYCH | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 09/2024 |
| Stephen M Ross Foundation Portsmouth, NH · Preselected only |
$3,000,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Simons Foundation New York, NY · Preselected only |
$2,611,045 22 grant lines |
SUPPORT FOR ARXIV MMODERNIZATION +21 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Palo Alto, CA · Preselected only |
$2,452,981 | SCHMIDT AI IN SCIENCE POSTDOCS | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation Incline Village, NV · Preselected only |
$2,380,000 | DUFFIELD INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL BEHAVIOR | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation New York, NY |
$2,120,189 12 grant lines |
TO CONDUCT THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE AND METHODOLOGICALLY RIGOROUS SURVEY ON MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND CULTURE IN RESEARCH LABORATORIES +11 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Stephanie and Peter Nolan Foundation Hermosa Beach, CA · Preselected only |
$2,097,381 | As needed | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Schleifer Family Foundation Albany, NY · Preselected only |
$1,999,960 | GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Jpb Foundation New York, NY · Preselected only |
$1,500,000 2 grant lines |
TARGETING MALADAPTIVE INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO TREAT PD +1 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Sequoia Climate Foundation Irvine, CA · Preselected only |
$1,500,000 | TO SUPPORT AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS THAT ADVANCE ANTI-HUNGER AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 11/2024 |
| The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation Princeton, NJ · Preselected only |
$1,466,980 | GENERAL | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 08/2024 |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation Palo Alto, CA · Preselected only |
$1,352,987 4 grant lines |
TO SUPPORT INVESTIGATION OF OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS IN QUANTUM MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE STRONG CORRELATION PROBLEM AND QUANTUM DYNAMICS OF MAN… +3 more | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Abby S & Howard P Milstein Foundation New York, NY · Preselected only |
$1,099,582 | IRC SEC. 501(C)(3) ORG. | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Seneca Foods Foundation Fairport, NY |
$1,000,000 | CORNELL FOOD VENTURE CENTER ENDOWMENT FUND | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 03/2024 |
| Charina Endowment Fund New York, NY · Preselected only |
$1,000,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Conine Family Foundation Boston, MA · Preselected only |
$1,000,000 | COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCE BUILDING | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Richard Riney Family Foundation New York, NY · Preselected only |
$1,000,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.
Foundations that fund organizations like Cornell University
These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Cornell University, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.
- The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $15.4M to them - Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Irvine, CA
Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $5.49M to them - Carnegie Corporation of New York New York, NY
Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $12.2M to them - Good Ventures Foundation Palo Alto, CA
Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $42.5M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - The Spencer Foundation Chicago, IL
Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $2.81M to them - Doris Duke Charitable Foundation New York, NY
Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $5.38M to them - John Templeton Foundation West Conshohocken, PA
Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $21M to them - Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Flint, MI
Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $1.31M to them
Organizations with the most funders in common
- The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY
75 shared funders · 568 funders in all - Yale University New Haven, CT
80 shared funders · 550 funders in all - President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA
80 shared funders · 831 funders in all - New York University New York, NY
65 shared funders · 359 funders in all - The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Redwood City, CA
58 shared funders · 560 funders in all - Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
64 shared funders · 628 funders in all
Where this comes from
Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.
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