Tiger Baron Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Its organisation grants are recorded as general support, and its listed recipients include performing arts and music groups, museums, parks and environmental groups, educational institutions, and community or human-service organisations, so a group in one of those fields has a clear reason to look at it.
- About 8 in 10 of its 520 grants to organisations fall between $2,000 and $60,000, with a median of $10,000, so a request in that region is typical rather than a ceiling, though its largest grant was about $1,700,000, to Vermont Community Foundation, an organisation that regrants to others.
- Repeat funding is common: 74% of its grant dollars to organisations in its latest filing went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so a first request should be carefully prepared and a group it has funded before may find it easier to return.
- Its application information asks for a copy of the 501(c)(3) approval, a contact name and phone number, a description of exempt purpose, the anticipated use of funds and an operating budget; the IRS filing gives no deadlines and says it accepts applications, so the filing sets no date by which a package must arrive.
- The filing states no geographic focus, although its grants are mainly in New York, New Jersey, Vermont and Massachusetts.
Overview
Tiger Baron Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation's organisation grants are recorded as general support. Recipients include performing arts and music organisations, museums, parks and environmental groups, educational institutions, and community or human-service organisations. The foundation also operates and maintains a community centre where community-based cultural, educational and human-service organisations can offer programmes to the community. Its application information asks for an organisation's 501(c)(3) approval, a contact name and phone number, a description of exempt purpose, the anticipated use of funds and an operating budget.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, New Jersey, Vermont and Massachusetts.
How to apply
Applications should include a copy of the organisation's 501(c)(3) approval, a contact name and phone number, a description of exempt purpose, anticipated use of funds and an operating budget.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 74% 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 520 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 1%
- The largest single recipient received 10% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 74% of grant dollars went to organisations Tiger Baron Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- <1% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (United Kingdom).
- 9% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 170 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $15,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Vermont Community Foundation · General support purposes$1,683,2542024 tax year
- Public Theater · General support purposes$1,215,0002024 tax year
- Princeton in Asia · General support purposes$425,0002024 tax year
- New York Philharmonic · General support purposes$416,0002024 tax year
- Williamstown Theatre Festival · General support purposes$313,0002024 tax year
- Natural Resources Defense Council · General support purposes$210,0002024 tax year
- New York City Ballet · General support purposes$194,0002024 tax year
- Wnetthirteen · General support purposes$160,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Sharon Lyu-Volckhausen — Vice President / Treasurer
- Alexander Louis Volckhausen — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $7,248,064 | $5,253,469 | $109,366,542 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $7,483,765 | $5,404,751 | $122,381,644 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $10,338,593 | $7,840,515 | $133,926,936 | 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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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (212) 273-3719
- New York, NY