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Private foundation (trust)EIN 066484045Est. 2000-03

THE TOW FOUNDATION INC

NEW CANAAN, CT 068404737

Total Assets

$416.2M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$26.2M

FY 2024

Grants Made

213

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$123K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$300–$1.6M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$21.4M

Total Expenses

$31.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$29.7M

Distributable Amount

$20.4M

Min. Investment Return

$20.7M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

213 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $300 through median $50K to maximum $1.6M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2022 to 2024. Peak $26.2M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
$9.8M
10 grants
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK TRUSTEES OF
$5.5M
38 grants
NEW YORK GENOME CENTER INC
$2.8M
2 grants
BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
$2.3M
8 grants
BARD COLLEGE
$2.2M
10 grants
LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
$2M
2 grants
NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
$1.9M
10 grants
NORWALK HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
$1.7M
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
73
grants
$10–50K
159
grants
$50–250K
216
grants
$250K–1M
42
grants
$1–5M
10
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

16 states

New York
$48.4M
73% of total
Connecticut
$8.0M
12% of total
District of Columbia
$2.8M
4% of total
Massachusetts
$2.3M
3% of total
California
$1.8M
3% of total
Pennsylvania
$1.5M
2% of total
Florida
$1.1M
2% of total
North Carolina
$170K
0% of total
Wisconsin
$150K
0% of total
Washington
$75K
0% of total

+6 more states

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