The Tow Foundation Inc

EIN 066484045

Hartford, CT 06103 |(203) 761-6604

https://WWW.TOWFOUNDATION.ORG
Total Given 2016–2024
$159.7M
1,718 grants · $17.7M avg/year
based on 9 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$10M+/yr
major funder
capacity
$30K
typical mid grants · $5K–$75K
grant size
44%
supporter · 305/691 multi-year
repeat
$416.2M
Assets (2024)
691
Distinct Recipients

Focus Areas

Education Health Arts & Culture Human Services Youth Development

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals No — Preselected Only
Phone (203) 761-6604

Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2016 $17.3M $226.8M $8.3M 161
2017 $16.8M $232.9M $17.5M 170
2018 $19.4M $212.4M $11.3M 203
2020 $19.2M $226.1M $16.0M 251
2021 $16.0M $435.1M $215.1M 224
2022 $20.9M $380.3M $8.2M 274
2023 $23.9M $403.5M $14.4M 222
2024 $26.2M $416.2M $21.4M 213

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 1718 grants on record

Minimum
$75
25th Pctl
$5K
Median
$30K
Average
$93K
75th Pctl
$75K
Maximum
$5.2M

Geographic Distribution


Texas Counties Served

0.2% of US grants · Rank #16 of 30 states $17K across 4 grants 3 of 254 counties

Top 3 counties

  1. 1 Collin 2 grants · $10K
  2. 2 Travis 1 grant · $5K
  3. 3 Bexar 1 grant · $2K

Officers & Directors

Grants Awarded (1,718 total)

Purpose
Barnard College New York, NY $5,220,500 2016 Annual Gala donation, The Tow Family Award for Pedagogy and Pro 2016
Barnard College New York, NY $5,220,300 2017 ANNUAL GALA DONATION 2017
Barnard College New York, NY $5,213,275 TOW FOUNDATION PUBLIC SERVICE INTERNSHIP AND RESEARCH FELLOWS PROGRAM 2018
Barnard College New York, NY $5,000,000 BOLD STANDARD CAMPAIGN: 10 CLAIRE TOW ENDOWED PROFESSORS 2020
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY $3,020,000 Michael G. Harris Facility Grant, The Tow Foundation Fellowship Program in Molecular Imaging and Nan 2016
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY $2,515,000 MSK SKIN CANCER INFORMATICS PROGRAM PROPOSAL 2018
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY $1,600,000 THE INITIATIVE IN RADIOTHERANOSTICS AT MSK 2023
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY $1,600,000 THE INITIATIVE IN RADIOTHERANOSTICS 2024
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY $1,600,000 THE INITIATIVE IN RADIOTHERANOSTICS AT MSK 2022
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY $1,500,000 CREATION OF THE CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTAL ONCOLOGY 2021
New York Genome Center Inc New York, NY $1,500,000 RESTRICTED FUNDING - NEW SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT 2021
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY $1,500,000 CREATION OF THE CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENTAL ONCOLOGY 2022
New York Genome Center Inc New York, NY $1,400,000 WOMEN'S GENETICS CENTER -THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN WOMENS CLINICAL GENOMIC HEALTHCARE 2023
New York Genome Center Inc New York, NY $1,400,000 THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN WOMENS CLINICAL GENOMIC HEALTHCARE 2024
New York Society for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining the Hosp New York, NY $1,240,000 REALIZING THE PROMISE OF PRECISION MEDICINE AND TISSUE REGENERATION IN AUTOIMMUNE AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES 2023
Nys for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining the Hospital for Spec New York, NY $1,240,000 PRECISION MEDICINE AND TISSUE REGENERATION IN AUTOIMMUNE AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES 2024
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY $1,225,000 CHALLENGE GRANT FOR RESEARCH AND CLINICAL CARE 2017
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY $1,200,000 THE TOW INITIATIVE IN COMPUTATIONAL IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY 2024
Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY $1,120,000 LEVERAGING GENOMICS TO PREVENT AND REPAIR TISSUE DAMAGE 2018
Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY $1,120,000 LEVERAGING GENOMICS TO PREVENT AND REPAIR TISSUE DAMAGE 2020
New York Society for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining New York, NY $1,120,000 LEVERAGING GENOMICS TO PREVENT AND REPAIR TISSUE DAMAGE 2021
Hospital For Special Surgery New York, NY $1,120,000 David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center 2016
Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY $1,120,000 HSS: 2013 DAVID Z. ROSENSWEIG GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER 2017
New York Society for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining New York, NY $1,120,000 LEVERAGING GENOMICS TO PREVENT AND REPAIR TISSUE DAMAGE 2022
Cuny Graduate School of Journalism Foundation New York, NY $1,055,000 STEPHEN B. SHEPARD PRIZE FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING ANNUAL AWARDS 2017