The Tow Foundation Inc
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Year 2025 is still partial because many returns have not been filed or released yet. That is a freshness issue — coverage in our dataset is tax years 2019–2025.
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| Recipient | Location | Purpose (as filed) | Amount | Tax yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH BUILDING | $5,000,000 | 2025 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | THE INITIATIVE IN RADIOTHERANOSTICS | $1,600,000 | 2025 |
| Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | Southeastern, PA | DONOR ADVISED FUND CONTRIBUTION 1 | $1,422,021 | 2025 |
| New York Genome Center Inc | New York, NY | WOMEN'S GENETICS CENTER | $1,400,000 | 2025 |
| The Hospital for Special Surgeries | New York, NY | REALIZING THE PROMISE OF PRECISION MEDICINE AND TISSUE REGENERATION IN AUTOIMMUNE AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES | $1,240,000 | 2025 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | THE TOW INITIATIVE IN COMPUTATIONAL IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY | $1,200,000 | 2025 |
| Vera Institute of Justice Inc | Brooklyn, NY | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $1,000,000 | 2025 |
| University of New Haven | West Haven, CT | COMMUNITY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CENTER | $1,000,000 | 2025 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | AI-BASED MYELOMA RESEARCH | $1,000,000 | 2025 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | New York, NY | WEST PROJECT CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $1,000,000 | 2025 |
| Immigrant Justice Corps | New York, NY | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $1,000,000 | 2025 |
| Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | Southeastern, PA | DONOR ADVISED FUND CONTRIBUTION 3 | $700,000 | 2025 |
| Norwalk Hospital Association | Norwalk, CT | THE CLAIRE TOW INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) AT NORWALK HOSPITAL | $600,000 | 2025 |
| Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | Southeastern, PA | DONOR ADVISED FUND CONTRIBUTION 5 | $500,000 | 2025 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP/LINDA P. FRIED DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR | $500,000 | 2025 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | AI AND JOURNALISM: A RESEARCH INITIATIVE AT THE TOW CENTER FOR DIGITAL JOURNALISM | $500,000 | 2025 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LEONARD TOW PROFESSORSHIP OF JOURNALISM | $500,000 | 2025 |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | New York, NY | THE PUBLIC THEATER'S CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $500,000 | 2025 |
| National Black Theater Workshop Inc | New York, NY | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $500,000 | 2025 |
| Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation Inc | New York, NY | RELAUNCH OF THE TOW-KNIGHT CENTER | $500,000 | 2025 |
| Connecticut Children's Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | STRENGTHENING THE CONNECTIONS TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR PREVENTION ENGAGEMENT (SCOPE) | $500,000 | 2025 |
| Brooklyn College Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | TOW MENTORING INITIATIVE | $500,000 | 2025 |
| Better Angels Society | Washington, DC | KEN BURNS FILM: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN AMERICA | $500,000 | 2025 |
| Bard College | Annandaleonhudson, NY | THE LEONARD AND CLAIRE TOW CHAIR IN DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION | $500,000 | 2025 |
| Vera Institute of Justice Inc | Brooklyn, NY | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $450,000 | 2025 |
Grants to individuals are counted but not named.
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