Grants awarded
Who does The Tow Foundation INC fund?
The Tow Foundation INC has awarded $153 million across 1,390 grants to 509 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $50,000, with most between $5,000 and $100,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $50,000 versus $35,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$153.2M
Typical grant
$50K
Grantees
509
Grants
1,390
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| M Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $17.4M | 19 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | $8.0M | 12 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Columbia University in the City of New York Trustees of | $6.8M | 49 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$6.0M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
New York Genome Center INC
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$5.0M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| V Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | $3.8M | 7 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism CUNY Foundation INC | $3.0M | 23 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$2.8M | 14 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$2.7M | 11 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$2.3M | 14 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | $2.3M | 15 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| N New York Society for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining | $2.2M | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$2.1M | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
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$2.0M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | FL | |
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$2.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$1.7M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth | $1.6M | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
University of New Haven
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$1.5M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| V Vera Institute of Justice INC | $1.4M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Vera Institute of Justice INC
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$1.4M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| N New York Genome Center INC | $1.4M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University of New Haven | $1.3M | 3 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New York Society for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining the Hosp | $1.2M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Hospital for Special Surgeries | $1.2M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Nys for the Relief of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining the Hospital for Spec | $1.2M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Robin Hood Foundation | $1.2M | 6 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Wgbh Educational Foundation
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$1.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| R Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership INC | $1.1M | 13 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Connecticut Children's Foundation INC | $1.1M | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hospital for Special Surgery | $1.1M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
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$1.1M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| C Center for Children's Advocacy INC | $1.1M | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Brooklyn College Foundation INC | $1.0M | 4 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University of Miami | $1.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Norwalk Hospital Association | $1.0M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts INC | $1.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Tides Center
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$890K | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $866K | 4 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $800K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Bard College | $775K | 3 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison INC | $710K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Black Theater Workshop INC | $650K | 4 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y Yale University | $640K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
New York Public Radio
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$625K | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| F Fortune Society INC | $605K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
William J Brennan JR Center for Justice INC
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$550K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Youth Justice Network INC
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$550K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$550K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
The Osborne Association INC
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$542K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Marshall Project INC
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$533K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Childrens Defense Fund | $528K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Recidiviz INC | $500K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Justice Innovation INC | $500K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Medical Justice Alliance INC | $500K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$500K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| B Better Angels Society | $500K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$475K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| I Individual recipient | $450K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Fountain House INC
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$450K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Youth Represent INC
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$450K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
The Sentencing Project
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$450K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
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$450K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Fund for the City of New York INC
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$435K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| V Vivian Beaumont Theater INC | $423K | 11 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Justice Innovation INC
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$423K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $415K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Community Partners in Action INC
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$410K | 13 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| T The Massachusetts General Hospital | $408K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Justleadershipusa INC
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$405K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T The Futuro Media Group | $400K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Center for Community Alternatives
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$400K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $400K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Futuro Media Group | $400K | 2 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| C Connecticut Council for Philanthropy | $388K | 23 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Prison Communities International INC | $380K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S St Anns Warehouse INC | $375K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
National Juvenile Justice Network
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$365K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Legal Action Center of the City of New York INC
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$360K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$355K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$355K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
Our Piece of the Pie INC
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$350K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CT | |
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$350K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
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$350K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Dwight Hall at Yale
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$350K | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
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$335K | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $334K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Our Children's Trust | $334K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tapestry Family Services | $334K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center | $334K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project | $334K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New York State Community Arch | $334K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New Venture Fund | $334K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $330K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $323K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Common Justice
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$315K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| K Katal Center for Health Equity and Justice INC | $302K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Civic News Company | $300K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$300K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T The Foundation for City College | $300K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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