Cornell Family Charitable Foundation

• The filing names no subject-specific purpose, and its recorded recipients range from medical and cancer institutions and universities to youth groups and local community and religious charities, though Jewish communal and Israel-related recipients feature prominently.
• Half of its 98 grants to organisations were $5,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $1,000 and $64,000, so a modest request in that band fits its usual pattern, although its largest grant was about $170,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
• The filing states there is no specific form and gives no deadlines, so no date in the filing constrains when you can write, but 86% of the grant dollars it paid to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so a first request may face established recipients and needs a clear, modest case.
• No geographic focus is stated, so you should not assume your location rules you out, although most recorded grant value went to organisations in New York, with substantial giving in Florida and Maryland.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Friends of Israel Defense Forces · Unrestricted
  $169,4002024 tax year
• PEF Israel Endowment Funds · Unrestricted
  $120,0002024 tax year
• Jewish National Fund · Unrestricted
  $103,6002024 tax year
• American Jewish Committee · Unrestricted
  $80,0002024 tax year
• ImpactIsrael · Unrestricted
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Boys and Girls Club of Mount Vernon · Unrestricted
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Afmda · Unrestricted
  $41,0002024 tax year
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Unrestricted
  $40,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.