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Who funds Cornell University?

Cornell University has received $1.5 billion across 4,928 grants from 1,489 funders between 2019 and 2025. Its largest funder is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.

Total received
$1.5B
Funders
1,489
Grants
4,928
Years
2019–2025

Funders of this organization

Each funder's grants to this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 1,489 funders
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Funder Total givenGrantsYearsLatest Follow
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund $344.7M72019–20242024
Jewish Communal Fund $97.6M62019–20242024
Cornell University Foundation $93.3M62019–20242024
National Philanthropic Trust $92.2M72019–20242024
Donor Advised Charitable Giving INC $72.6M62019–20242024
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $64.4M622020–20242024
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $60.9M52020–20242024
B Brooks Family Foundation $30.0M32020–20242024
S Stephanie and Peter Nolan Foundation $18.5M42021–20242024
T The Rimora Foundation $15.5M52020–20242024
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Instit $15.5M52020–20242024
S Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate Schl Mgmt of Cornell Univ Endowment Tr $15.2M52020–20242024
G Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management INC $14.9M52020–20242024
Srcco INC $14.0M32020–20242024
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund $13.0M282019–20242024
T The Ayco Charitable Foundation $12.9M62019–20252025
President and Fellows of Harvard College $11.2M102019–20242024
F Friends of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology INC $10.0M52021–20242024
D Dave and Cheryl Duffield Foundation $10.0M42022–20242024
Andrew W Mellon Foundation $9.7M112020–20242024
J Jill Roberts Charitable Foundation INC $9.7M120212021
Simons Foundation INC $9.6M882020–20242024
Johns Hopkins University $9.4M62019–20242024
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston INC $9.1M62019–20242024
W Weill Family Foundation $8.0M22020–20242024
Freedom Together Foundation $7.5M102020–20242024
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $7.2M62019–20242024
American Online Giving Foundation INC $7.0M62019–20242024
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation $7.0M232020–20242024
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust INC $6.8M222020–20242024
M Meinig Family Foundation $6.6M62020–20242024
S Samuel Pearsall Trust Uw 361582 $6.6M62020–20252025
American Endowment Foundation $6.3M192020–20242024
H Hopper-Dean Foundation $6.3M52020–20222022
T The David R and Patricia D Atkinson Foundation $6.3M52019–20232023
S Stephen M Ross Foundation $6.0M22020–20232023
Alfred P Sloan Foundation $6.0M312020–20232023
A Abraham J & Phyllis Katz Foundation Ua 060794 $6.0M62020–20242024
Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego $5.6M52019–20242024
Marin Community Foundation $5.6M62019–20242024
Northwestern University $5.5M62019–20242024
T The Bluebell Foundation C/O Judith L Biggs Trustee $5.5M32020–20222022
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation INC $5.5M62019–20242024
New York Farm Viability Institute INC $5.5M52020–20242024
A Abby S and Howard P Milstein Foundation $5.4M52020–20242024
Centro Internacional De Mejoramiento De Maiz Y Trigo $5.4M52020–20242024
Climate Jobs National Resource Center INC $5.2M32022–20242024
Sequoia Climate Foundation $4.8M52021–20232023
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation $4.6M162020–20242024
S Schleifer Family Foundation $4.4M32022–20242024
The Kavli Foundation $4.3M220222022
The Mastercard Foundation $4.2M32020–20222022
E Esl Esperance Trust Uw 348763 FBO $4.2M62020–20252025
Silicon Valley Community Foundation $4.2M42020–20232023
Laura and John Arnold Foundation $4.1M262020–20242024
C Charina Endowment Fund INC $4.0M42021–20242024
C Conine Family Foundation $4.0M42020–20232023
Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund INC $3.9M52020–20242024
S Selander Foundation $3.9M120232023
University of Notre Dame Du Lac $3.6M52019–20242024
F Fried Foundation INC $3.5M62019–20242024
T The Essex Avenue Foundation $3.5M22021–20222022
Wellcome Leap INC $3.4M120232023
A Alex and Laura Hanson Cgf INC $3.3M42021–20232023
Charles Koch Foundation $3.0M52020–20242024
The Pew Charitable Trusts $3.0M152019–20242024
Windward Fund $3.0M120242024
Bank of America Charitable Foundation INC $3.0M1182020–20232023
T The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation $2.9M52023–20242024
Tulsa Community Foundation $2.9M62020–20242024
B Block Freidman Family Foundation INC $2.9M42020–20242024
The Duffield Family Foundation $2.8M132019–20242024
T The E&ss Foundation INC $2.6M52020–20242024
National Collegiate Athletic Association $2.6M52019–20232023
Yale University $2.5M72019–20242024
C Crankstart Foundation $2.5M32023–20242024
Trustees of Boston University $2.5M62019–20242024
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving INC $2.4M82020–20252025
Cancer Research & Treatment Fund INC $2.3M52020–20242024
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated $2.3M32021–20242024
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $2.2M192020–20242024
University of Chicago $2.2M52019–20242024
Charities Aid Foundation America $2.2M92019–20242024
K Karin Bain and John Kukral Foundation $2.2M52020–20242024
The Heising-Simons Foundation $2.2M162020–20242024
The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment $2.2M32022–20242024
D Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts Tr $2.1M92020–20252025
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (consolidated) $2.1M132020–20242024
T The Wright Foundation INC $2.1M132020–20242024
M Mueller Health Foundation INC C/O Bessemer Trust Company $2.0M42021–20242024
S Suna Family Foundation $2.0M42021–20242024
T The Queen Road Foundation INC $2.0M42021–20242024
Nevada Community Foundation INC $2.0M120212021
P Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation $2.0M120242024
D Dunaway Foundation $2.0M120242024
W Wal-Mart Foundation $2.0M32021–20232023
T The George Washington University $2.0M42020–20232023
Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation $2.0M62019–20242024
Pershing Square Foundation $1.9M112022–20242024
The Blackbaud Giving Fund $1.9M52021–20242024

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