The Jonathan M Tisch Family Foundation

• The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to organisations it has preselected, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; a warm introduction through someone who already knows it is the realistic first step.
• Its grants cover education, religion, medical, cultural and environmental causes, and its filings describe its purposes in broad terms, so check whether your work sits within those areas before approaching anyone.
• Half of its grants to organisations are $50,000 or less, so a request of that order fits its usual pattern, though about 8 in 10 grants fall between $10,000 and $2,150,000 and its largest grant was about $15,500,000, so a larger request is not ruled out.
• Its filings show that 99% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in an earlier filing, so new organisations should expect a relationship-led process rather than a quick win.
• The foundation states no geographic focus, though its filings show grants mainly in New York and Massachusetts, so your location is worth weighing but is not a bar.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Jewish Communal Fund · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.
  $15,677,8722024 tax year
• Shed NYC · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.
  $3,200,0002024 tax year
• Tufts University · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.
  $1,750,0002024 tax year
• Target ALS Foundation · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• New Jersey Performing Arts Center · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Actors Fund of America · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Museum of Modern Art · To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.
  $107,5002024 tax year
• Hospital for Special Surgery Fund · 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.

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.