Corm helped finance several Lebanese state buildings and entities including the Lebanese Parliament, the National Museum, the National Library and other state and cultural landmarks[1][2] at a time when the nascent Lebanese state lacked funds, freshly independent from its French mandate status. He also personally financed the Lebanese pavilion at the 1939 World Fair in New York City,[6][1] for which Mayor LaGuardia made him Citizen of Honor of New York City, the highest distinction given out by the city.[3][4][6]