The Cordelia Corp directs a very small number of very large grants, primarily to higher-education institutions for capital and campus projects and to a specialized graduate education school for general support. Its funding profile favors elite universities (repeat support to Yale and a major gift to Stanford) while also making an outlier gift to urban transportation advocacy. The foundation appears to prioritize durable, place-based investments in campus infrastructure and institutional capacity over broad, diversified giving.
Cordelia Corp’s recent giving is defined by a handful of very large, project-specific grants, led by $7,000,000 to Yale University for 320 York St renovations and $5,000,000 to Alder Graduate School of Education for general support. That pattern makes the foundation stand out as a funder of institutional capacity rather than broad, distributed grantmaking. Its portfolio also includes a major campus project at Stanford University, where it gave $3,125,000 for The Frost Amphitheater renovation project. The foundation’s support is concentrated in higher education, with repeat funding at Yale and large gifts to Stanford and Alder Graduate School of Education. The grant list shows a mix of capital work, unrestricted support, and selected operating support, but the center of gravity is clearly institutional. An outlier grant to Transportation Alternatives shows that Cordelia Corp also funds advocacy outside academia, though that appears secondary to its campus and education investments. Across the recent record, the foundation gives only a small number of grants and does so at high dollar amounts.
Higher education is the clearest theme in Cordelia Corp’s grantmaking. It gave $1,989,103 to Yale University for 320 York St renovations, following a prior $7,000,000 grant for the same project. At Stanford University, it awarded $3,125,000 for The Frost Amphitheater renovation project, tying its funding to campus infrastructure and venue upgrades. The foundation also supports graduate education directly. In 2025, it gave $5,000,000 to Alder Graduate School of Education for general support, a grant that differs from the more project-specific university awards. Beyond academia, Cordelia Corp has made smaller grants to arts and cultural organizations in New York. These include $50,000 to New York City Ballet for Stravinsky Festival programming, $15,000 to Maysles Documentary Center for general support, and recurring support to Intandem Cycling over three years.
Cordelia Corp’s grant sizes are highly uneven. The typical grant size sits at p25 $25,000, median $87,500, and p75 $1,616,827, which reflects a pattern of a few very large awards alongside smaller support grants. The recent record also shows repeat grants to the same recipients across multiple years: Yale University, Transportation Alternatives, and Intandem Cycling each appear more than once. The foundation is a corporate funder, not a funder of individuals, and the grant list is dominated by project-specific and general support awards rather than program-related investments. Application procedures are not shown in the provided data.
$6.7M
$100.3M
$6.4M
$7.6M
Most grants fall between $25K and $1.6M, with a median of $88K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$88K
75th Percentile
$1.6M
About 0% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Highly concentrated: very few, very large grants with repeat support to major universities; mix of restricted capital gifts and large general operating support; geographically focused on prominent national universities rather than local grassroots giving.
Notable grantees: Yale University, Stanford University, Alder Graduate School of Education, Transportation Alternatives
Cordelia Corp gives most often in California, even though its headquarters are in Reno, Nevada and 0% of grants in the recent record went to Nevada recipients. New York City is a major landing point for its grants, including recipients in New York, NY across advocacy, arts, and cycling. California recipients include Redwood City, CA and Stanford, CA, while Connecticut recipients appear in New Haven, CT. All recent grants in the data went to US recipients.
Its recent grants are led by higher-education institutions, especially Yale University, Stanford University, and Alder Graduate School of Education. The foundation also makes smaller grants to arts, transportation advocacy, and cycling organizations, but education and campus-related work make up the clearest pattern.
The grant-size distribution is very wide: p25 is $25,000, median is $87,500, and p75 is $1,616,827. That spread indicates a mix of smaller operating or program gifts and a few very large capital or general-support awards.
Yes. Yale University appears twice for the 320 York St renovations project, Transportation Alternatives appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Intandem Cycling appears in all three of those years as well. That points to repeat support rather than purely one-time giving.
The foundation gives most often in California, followed by grants to New York and Connecticut recipients. The recent grants in the data are all to US organizations, and none went to Nevada recipients even though the foundation is headquartered in Reno.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION | REDWOOD CITY, CA | $5,000,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| MARTHA VINEYARD'S HOSPITAL | OAK BLUFFS, MA | $1,000,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| THE FILM FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $150,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY LONDON | NEW YORK, NY | $134,834 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| THE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE LONDON LIBRARY | NEW YORK, NY | $134,834 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES | NEW YORK, NY | $125,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET | SEATTLE, WA | $100,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| GRACE CHURCH | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $10,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| ENO RIVER PLAYERS INC | RIDGEWOOD, NY | $10,000 | 2026 | GENERAL |
| YALE UNIVERSITY | NEW HAVEN, CT | $1,000 | 2026 | PETER SALOVEY SCHOLARSHIP |
| ALDER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION | REDWOOD CITY, CA | $5,000,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES | NEW YORK, NY | $125,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| INTANDEM CYCLING | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| FLOWTHROUGH FROM SE VII DHC AIV LP | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $11 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| YALE UNIVERSITY | NEW HAVEN, CT | $1,989,103 | 2024 | 320 YORK STRENOVATIONS |
| TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES | NEW YORK, NY | $125,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| NEW YORK CITY BALLET | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | STRAVINSKYFESTIVAL |
| INTANDEM CYCLING | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| FLOWTHROUGH FROM SE VII DHC AIV LP | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $10 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| YALE UNIVERSITY | NEW HAVEN, CT | $7,000,000 | 2023 | 320 YORK STRENOVATIONS |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | STANFORD, CA | $3,125,000 | 2023 | THE FROST AMPHITHEATERRENOVATION PROJECT |
| TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES | NEW YORK, NY | $500,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| INTANDEM CYCLING | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| MAYSLES DOCUMENTARY CENTER | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
MARTHA VINEYARD'S HOSPITAL
$1,000,000GENERAL
THE FILM FOUNDATION
$150,000GENERAL
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY LONDON
$134,834GENERAL
THE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE LONDON LIBRARY
$134,834GENERAL
GENERAL
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET
$100,000GENERAL
GRACE CHURCH
$10,000GENERAL
NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
$10,000GENERAL
ENO RIVER PLAYERS INC
$10,000GENERAL
YALE UNIVERSITY
$1,000PETER SALOVEY SCHOLARSHIP
INTANDEM CYCLING
$25,000GENERAL
FLOWTHROUGH FROM SE VII DHC AIV LP
$11GENERAL
YALE UNIVERSITY
$1,989,103320 YORK STRENOVATIONS
INTANDEM CYCLING
$25,000GENERAL
FLOWTHROUGH FROM SE VII DHC AIV LP
$10GENERAL
YALE UNIVERSITY
$7,000,000320 YORK STRENOVATIONS
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$3,125,000THE FROST AMPHITHEATERRENOVATION PROJECT
INTANDEM CYCLING
$25,000GENERAL