Funding search · EIN 133693587 · New York, NY

The James & Merryl Tisch

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

38
grants reported
$83.0M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$26,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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4 grants matching “communal · $78.8M

  • $30.2M

    Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2025

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $19.8M

    Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $17.9M

    Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $11.0M

    Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

Grant history

All 38 reported grants, largest first.

  • $30.2M

    Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2025

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $19.8M

    Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $17.9M

    Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $11.0M

    Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $2.7M

    New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2022

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $250,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $250,000

    International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $160,000

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $120,000

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2025

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $65,000

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $60,000

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $50,000

    Alfred E Smith Memorial Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $50,000

    Alfred E Smith Memorial Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $50,000

    Mount Sinai Medical Center · New York, NY · 2024

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $50,000

    Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $50,000

    Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2022

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $40,000

    Peconic Hockey Foundation · Wading River, NY · 2023

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $38,000

    San Francisco Musuem of Art · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $28,000

    Citizen'S Budget Commission · New York, NY · 2023

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $25,000

    American Institute for Stuttering · New York, NY · 2024

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $20,000

    Alfred E Smith Memorial Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $20,000

    Research Institute for Contemporary Iran · Vienna, VA · 2022

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $19,000

    Citizen'S Budget Commission · New York, NY · 2024

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $15,000

    Alfred E Smith Memorial Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $15,000

    Washington Institute for Near East Policy · Washington, DC · 2022

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $10,000

    Uja-Federation of New York · New York, NY · 2025

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $10,000

    Nyoh Community Center Foundation · Clifton Park, NY · 2023

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $10,000

    American Skin Association · New York, NY · 2022

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $10,000

    Literacy Partners · New York, NY · 2022

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $7,500

    New York University · New York, NY · 2025

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $5,500

    Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2025

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $5,000

    New York City Police Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $5,000

    New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2025

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $5,000

    New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2024

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $5,000

    New York Public Library · New York, NY · 2023

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $5,000

    Washington Institute for Near East Policy · Washington, DC · 2023

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $3,000

    Police Athletic League · New York, NY · 2024

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

  • $2,500

    Center for Educational Innovation · New York, NY · 2025

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.