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Vanderbilt was active in numerous organizations, including the [[Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York]], [[YMCA]], [[Red Cross]], [[Salvation Army]], [[Trinity Church (Newport)|Trinity Church]], [[St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, New York|St. Bartholomew's Church]], [[Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission|Sunday Breakfast Association]], and the [[Newport Country Club]].<ref name="obit"/>
==Personal life and Death==
[[File:GENERAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH - The Breakers, Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI HABS RI,3-NEWP,67-6.tif|thumb|left|Vanderbilt's Newport cottage, [[The Breakers]], built in 1893 by [[Richard Morris Hunt]]]]
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* [[Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi|Gladys Moore Vanderbilt]] (1886–1965), who married [[László Széchenyi|Count László Széchenyi]] (1879–1938).<ref name="GladysEngagement1907">{{cite news|title=MISS VANDERBILT WILL WED A COUNT; Gladys, Youngest Daughter of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, the Financee of Laszlo Szechenyi. HUNGARIAN HERE FOR BRIDE Young Court Chamberlain Is a Guest at the Breakers, Newport – Betrothal Made in Europe Last Summer.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1907/10/04/archives/miss-vanderbilt-will-wed-a-count-gladys-youngest-daughter-of-mrs.html|access-date=April 15, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 4, 1907}}</ref>
A stroke in 1896 compelled him to reduce his active business involvement. He died of a [[cerebral hemorrhage]] shortly after 6 a.m. on September 12, 1899, at his [[Cornelius Vanderbilt II House|home]] on West Fifty-seventh Street in [[Manhattan, New York City]].<ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=MR. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT DEAD; Succumbed Suddenly Yesterday to Cerebral Hemorrhage. DUE TO STROKE OF PARALYSIS Wife and Daughter Gladys Only Members of His Family With Him. He Had Come to This City on Monday from Newport to Attend a Railroad Meeting – Funeral Services to be Held on Friday.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1899/09/13/archives/mr-cornelius-vanderbilt-dead-succumbed-suddenly-yesterday-to.html|access-date=April 15, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 13, 1899}}</ref>
Upon his death, family leadership passed to his first brother, [[William Kissam Vanderbilt]]. His philanthropy had been such that he did not increase the wealth that had been left to him.<ref name=fc/> His estate at the time of his death was appraised at $72,999,867, $20 million of which was real estate.<ref>{{cite news|title=C. Vanderbilt's Personal Estate|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/12/12/108283913.pdf|date=December 12, 1900|access-date=August 25, 2017}}</ref> $73 million is equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US|73000000|1900|r=-6}}}}{{Inflation-fn|US}} in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars.{{Inflation-fn|US}} His 70-room summer residence, [[The Breakers]], is today operated as a [[historic house museum]].
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