The Andrew and Ann Tisch Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and contributes only to organisations it preselects, so a cold application is unlikely to get a hearing.
- Check first whether your work fits its stated themes of education, Jewish agencies, human services, medical research and youth development.
- Most of its grants fall between $25,000 and $360,000, with a median of $60,000, so a request near the middle of that band would sit within its usual giving, although the largest grant was about $13,500,000, so the band is not a ceiling.
- Repeat funding dominates its grant dollars, with 87% of them in the filing going to organisations it had funded before, so any existing relationship matters a great deal.
- The filing sets out no deadlines or application cycle, so there is no timetable to plan around.
Overview
The Andrew and Ann Tisch Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and web pages about the foundation (cornell.edu, goucher.edu), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation is described as a generous supporter of education, Jewish agencies, human services and medical research. It is also described as supporting outstanding academic and youth development programmes and organisations. Its filings describe its contributions as furthering educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes. Recorded grants went to varied charitable organisations, including educational and cultural institutions, a medical centre and civic bodies. The foundation contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so it offers no open application process.
Themes
- Education
- Jewish agencies
- Human services
- Medical research
- Youth development
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in the United States and New York.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 87% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 41 grants to organisations were $60,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 87% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 87% of grant dollars went to organisations The Andrew and Ann Tisch Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 87% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 10 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $80,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Jewish Communal Fund · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.$7,042,1632024 tax year
- New-York Historical Society Museum & Library · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.$1,150,0002024 tax year
- New York City Police Foundation · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.$150,0002024 tax year
- American Museum of Natural History · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.$125,0002024 tax year
- Wildlife Conservation Society · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.$100,0002024 tax year
- Animal Medical Center · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.$60,0002024 tax year
- Metropolitan Museum of Art · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.$60,0002024 tax year
- Sesame Workshop · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.$50,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Barry L Bloom — Treasurer
- Alan H Hirschfeld — Secretary
- Ann R Tisch — Senior Vice President, Director
- Andrew H Tisch — President, Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $7,900,525 | $7,777,267 | $71,602,198 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $15,000,842 | $14,756,275 | $86,290,248 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $8,930,516 | $8,777,163 | $103,002,630 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Contact
- New York, NY