New York · Private foundation
The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $8.5M
- Granted FY2020
- 11
- Grants FY2020
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2020
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99% of The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Communal Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $8M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $6,000,000
- States reached, FY2020
- 2
- Total assets, FY2020
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $6,694,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Mount Sinai Medical Center | $6,050,000 | 2 | 41% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $2,720,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $507,000 | 6 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Strong Future Maryland Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rockefeller University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Citizens Budget Commission Inc | $47,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($288k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc
- How much does The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc give?
- The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $8,467,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing.
- What does The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (83%), Health (13%), Education (3%).
- Who are The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ($6.7M), The Mount Sinai Medical Center ($6.0M), The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ($2.7M).
- Does The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc based?
- The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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