The Tow Foundation Inc
New Canaan, CT · EIN 06-6484045. Reported 1,139 grants totalling $134.0M to 380 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Tow Foundation Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
10 of the organizations The Tow Foundation Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 37 grants totalling $7,187,389 to them. That is 6% of the $122.1M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | federated giving programme | Pennsylvania | $4,881,389 | 9 | 3 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Robin Hood Foundation | federated giving programme | New York | $1,200,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | community foundation | New York | $435,000 | 7 | 4 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Goodnation Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | New York | $355,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| The Miami Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | Florida | $300,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Adirondack Foundation | community foundation | New York | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | Its form does not ask |
| Martha's Vineyard Community | grantmaking organization | Massachusetts | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| The Lenfest Institute for Journalism | grantmaking organization | Pennsylvania | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Federation of Greater | federated giving programme | Pennsylvania | $2,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Givengain Foundation USA | grantmaking organization | Florida | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $75 and the largest $5,000,000.
Every organization it funded
380 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $15.4M | 16 | 5 | 2025 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $8,894,057 | 20 | 2 | 2025 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York Trustees of | New York, NY | $6,136,425 | 46 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Genome Center Inc | New York, NY | $5,700,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | Southeastern, PA | $4,881,389 | 9 | 3 | 2025 |
| Brooklyn College Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $3,540,170 | 13 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bard College | Annandaleonhudson, NY | $3,265,600 | 15 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $3,025,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Norwalk Hospital Association | Norwalk, CT | $3,016,999 | 10 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | New York, NY | $3,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | New York, NY | $2,858,800 | 14 | 5 | 2025 |
| Vera Institute of Justice Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $2,600,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of New Haven | West Haven, CT | $2,415,000 | 9 | 5 | 2025 |
| Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism CUNY Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $2,400,000 | 19 | 5 | 2025 |
| New York Society for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining | New York, NY | $2,240,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | New York, NY | $1,620,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth | Washington, DC | $1,525,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| New York Society for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining the Hosp | New York, NY | $1,240,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nys for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining the Hospital for Spec | New York, NY | $1,240,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Hospital for Special Surgeries | New York, NY | $1,240,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | $1,230,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Robin Hood Foundation | New York, NY | $1,200,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Connecticut Children's Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $1,132,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Immigrant Justice Corps | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New York Public Radio | New York, NY | $947,700 | 8 | 4 | 2025 |
| Justice Innovation Inc | New York, NY | $923,188 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Center for Children's Advocacy Inc | Hartford, CT | $900,275 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Catalyst Ct | Bridgeport, CT | $866,500 | 4 | 2 | 2025 |
| Tides Center | Venice, CA | $820,000 | 10 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Futuro Media Group | New York, NY | $800,000 | 4 | 2 | 2025 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $790,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $778,500 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fountain House Inc | New York, NY | $750,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Civil Rights Corps | Washington, DC | $650,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| National Black Theater Workshop Inc | New York, NY | $650,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| William J Brennan JR Center for Justice Inc | New York, NY | $650,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Marshall Project Inc | New York, NY | $628,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison Inc | Ossining, NY | $625,350 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Groundtruth Project Inc | Boston, MA | $600,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Solutions Journalism Network Inc | New York, NY | $550,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $535,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Osborne Association Inc | Bronx, NY | $516,900 | 8 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fortune Society Inc | Long Island City, NY | $505,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Better Angels Society | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center for Community Alternatives | Syracuse, NY | $500,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dwight Hall at Yale | New Haven, CT | $500,000 | 7 | 4 | 2025 |
| John Jay College Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Medical Justice Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Recidiviz Inc | Oakland, CA | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Roca Inc | Chelsea, MA | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Sentencing Project | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Youth Justice Network Inc | New York, NY | $500,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Juvenile Law Center | Philadelphia, PA | $484,640 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| New York Focus News | Brooklyn, NY | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Trace Media Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $435,000 | 7 | 4 | 2025 |
| Now Matters Now | Bellevue, WA | $415,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Legal Action Center of the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | $410,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Massachusetts General Hospital | Oak Bluffs, MA | $407,500 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Justleadershipusa Inc | New York, NY | $405,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Childrens Defense Fund | New York, NY | $400,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Domus Kids Inc | Stamford, CT | $400,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Justice Policy Institute | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pen American Center Inc | New York, NY | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Worth Rises Inc | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Youth Represent Inc | New York, NY | $400,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Community Partners in Action Inc | Hartford, CT | $390,000 | 10 | 5 | 2025 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $384,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Correctional Association of New York | Brooklyn, NY | $375,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Vivian Beaumont Theater Inc | New York, NY | $373,350 | 10 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Good Nation Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $360,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Connecticut Council for Philanthropy | Hartford, CT | $356,451 | 20 | 5 | 2025 |
| Alliance of Families for Justice | New York, NY | $350,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Council on Criminal Justice Inc | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Freedom Reads Inc | Hamden, CT | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Indiespace Inc | Astoria, NY | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Rivet Global Inc | Boston, MA | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Prison Communities International Inc | Purchase, NY | $340,380 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Our Piece of the Pie Inc | Hartford, CT | $335,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | $334,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project | Oxnard, CA | $334,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New York State Community Arch | Syracuse, NY | $334,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Our Children's Trust | Eugene, OR | $334,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center | New York, NY | $334,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tapestry Family Services | Ukiah, CA | $334,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Common Justice Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $330,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Tides Center | Jackson Heights, NY | $330,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Urban Justice Center | New York, NY | $325,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Center for Employment Opportunities Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Civic News Company | New York, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Connecticut News Project Inc | Hartford, CT | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Juvenile Justice Network | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New York City Environmental Justice Alliance Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| St Anns Warehouse Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Foundation for City College | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Gault Center | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Miami Foundation Inc | Miami, FL | $300,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | $286,240 | 5 | 2 | 2025 |
| Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc | Hartford, CT | $285,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| WNET | New York, NY | $269,850 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wesleyan University | Middletown, CT | $255,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Katal Center for Health Equity and Justice Inc | Hartford, CT | $252,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut | Farmington, CT | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Good Call Nyc Co | Brooklyn, NY | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hour Children Inc | Long Island City, NY | $250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Youth Justice Network | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Westchester Children's Association Inc | White Plains, NY | $240,250 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Coalition for Juvenile Justice | Washington, DC | $240,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Connecticut Voices for Children Inc | New Haven, CT | $240,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Connecticut Youth Services Association | Glastonbury, CT | $240,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Center for Nuleadership on Urban Solutions Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Inc | Hartford, CT | $225,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nunchi Health | San Mateo, CA | $212,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sanctuary for Families Inc | New York, NY | $208,500 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Committee to Protect Journalists Inc | New York, NY | $205,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Brooklyn Arts Council | Brooklyn, NY | $201,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Connecticut | Hartford, CT | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Church World Service Inc | Greensboro, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Connecticut Legal Services Inc | Middletown, CT | $200,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cortico | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Drug Policy Alliance | New York, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Forward Impact | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fostering Media Connections | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Frederick Douglass Project for Justice Inc | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Girltrek Incorporated | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girltrek Incorporated | Montgomery, AL | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Global Impact | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Katal Center for Equity Health and Justice Inc | Hartford, CT | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New York Womens Foundation | New York, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Project Model Offender Reintegration Experience Inc | New Haven, CT | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Just Trust for Education | Durham, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Research Foundation for the State University of New York | Buffalo, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Black Women's Justice Institute Inc | Berkeley, CA | $198,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Peer Health Exchange Inc | Oakland, CA | $198,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Utec Inc | Lowell, MA | $198,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Youth Continuum Inc | Hamden, CT | $195,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sunset Park Health Council Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $194,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Children's Law and Policy Inc | Washington, DC | $190,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Congregations Linked in Urban Strategy to Effect Renewal Inc | Yonkers, NY | $185,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Friends of Karen Inc | North Salem, NY | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kids in Crisis Inc | Cos Cob, CT | $170,200 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| North Carolina Community Action Association | Raleigh, NC | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| We Are Unchained Inc | Syracuse, NY | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Roundabout Theatre Company Inc | New York, NY | $165,224 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Actors' Fund of America | New York, NY | $159,200 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The College and Community Fellowship Inc | New York, NY | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Law School | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Clubbed Thumb Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Community Bonds Inc | New Haven, CT | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Innocence Project Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New 42ND Street Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Renaissance Philanthropy Fund | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Omowale Project Inc | Hastingsonhudson, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Opportunity Agenda | New York, NY | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | Madison, WI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Soho Repertory Theatre Inc | New York, NY | $142,425 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Clifford W Beers Guidance Clinic Inc | New Haven, CT | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Homebridge Ventures Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Women Against Mass Incarceration Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Theatre Workshop Inc | New York, NY | $115,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Business Capacity Development Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Soul Shoppe Programs | Oakland, CA | $112,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lineage Project Inc | New York, NY | $110,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Forum for Youth Investment | Washington, DC | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Fairfield County Community Foundation Inc | Norwalk, CT | $105,520 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| A Little Piece of Light Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Womens Community Justice Association Inc | New York, NY | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| California School Based Health Alliance | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Resources for Justice | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kennesaw State Unversity Research and Service Foundation Inc | Kennesaw, GA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ladies of Hope Ministries Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Women in Film | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Norris Square Community Alliance | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Partners for Justice Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership Inc | Calabasas, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sing Sing Prison Museum | Ossining, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The City University of New York School of Law Foundation Inc | Long Island City, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Council of State Governments | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Legal Aid Society | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Volunteers of Legal Services Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $98,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Atlantic Theater Company | New York, NY | $97,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ars Nova Theater I Inc | New York, NY | $96,850 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| African Caribbean American Parents of Children With Disability Inc | Hartford, CT | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Flea Theater Inc | New York, NY | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art Ltd | New York, NY | $84,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Berklee College of Music Inc | Boston, MA | $83,500 | 4 | 1 | 2024 |
| Civilians Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $82,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble Inc | New York, NY | $82,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Group Inc | New York, NY | $82,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Page Seventy-Three Productions Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $82,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Teatro Circulo Ltd | New York, NY | $82,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Bushwick Starr Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $82,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Womens Project & Productions | New York, NY | $82,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vineyard Theater and Workshop Center Inc | New York, NY | $82,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Als Association Greater New York Chapter | New York, NY | $81,900 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc | Hartford, CT | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Philanthropy New York Inc | New York, NY | $79,820 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Life Unbolted Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $78,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network | Lacey, WA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mockingbird Incubator | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Juvenile Defender Center | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York City, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| African Caribean American Parents of Children With Disability Inc | Hartford, CT | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Connecticut Foundation Incorporated | Hartford, CT | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Theatre Wing Inc | New York, NY | $63,810 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Theatre for a New Audience Inc | New York, NY | $57,250 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Arnold Gold Foundation | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of the Deaf | Washington, DC | $52,500 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Aopa Foundation | Frederick, MD | $50,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Drop Lwop New England | Cambridge, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foster Forward | Scarsdale, NY | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lit Fund Incorporated | Queens, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Louisiana Parole Project Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ny Public Radio | New York, NY | $48,355 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Technology Association of Grantmakers Inc | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc | Washington, DC | $44,900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Als Association of Greater Philadelphia | Ambler, PA | $42,154 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Grantmakers for Effective Organizations | Washington, DC | $40,280 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Congregations Linked in Urban Strategy to Effect Inc | Yonkers, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth Policy Institute of Iowa | Scarsdale, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ballona Wetlands Land Trust | Playa Del Rey, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Media Impact Funders Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $26,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Als Association | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Museum of the Moving Image | Queens, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Capital B News | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Day One Early Learning Community | Poughkeepsie, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Future 5 Inc | Stamford, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Irish Repertory Theatre Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Producer Hub Inc | Nyc, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Music Heals US Inc | Reno, NV | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Re-Entry Rocks | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rutgers University Foundation | New Brunswick, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Signature Theatre Company | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Brigid Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project | Santa Monica, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Citizens Options Unlimited Inc | Glen Head, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eye to Eye Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Strong Communities Inc | Windsor, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Primary Stages Company Inc | New York, NY | $17,170 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Career Resources Inc | Bridgeport, CT | $16,250 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Beam Center Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Connecticut State University Foundation | New Britain, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
222 of 380 (58%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 63%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH BUILDING - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
THE INITIATIVE IN RADIOTHERANOSTICS AT MSK - New York Genome Center Inc
RESTRICTED FUNDING - NEW SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT - Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
DONOR ADVISED FUND CONTRIBUTION 1 - New York Society for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining the Hosp
REALIZING THE PROMISE OF PRECISION MEDICINE AND TISSUE REGENERATION IN AUTOIMMUNE AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES - Nys for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining the Hospital for Spec
PRECISION MEDICINE AND TISSUE REGENERATION IN AUTOIMMUNE AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 849 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 224 | $16.0M | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 274 | $20.9M | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 222 | $23.9M | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 213 | $26.2M | $50,000 |
| 2025 | 206 | $46.8M | $100,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
69% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Tow Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 50 Locust Avenue Ste 1, New Canaan, CT, 06840. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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