Funding search · EIN 205848514 · Buffalo, NY

Tower Family Fund

Name: Tower Family Fund grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

501
grants reported: $30.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarships campaign center recovery research camp special summer

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo6 grants · $2.1M
Martha'S Vineyard Hospital2 grants · $2.0M
Power of Place Learning Communities3 grants · $1.7M
Ymca of the North Shore8 grants · $1.6M
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute5 grants · $1.3M
Cape Ann Museum7 grants · $1.2M
Stillpoint Martha'S Vineyard3 grants · $1.2M
Navigator Homes1 grant · $1.0M
Harborlight Community Partners Dba Harborlight Homes1 grant · $1.0M
Harborlight Homes1 grant · $1.0M

Giving over time

$6.6M

2022

$6.4M

2023

$8.0M

2024

$9.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 501 grants.

$2.0M
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2025
The buffalo together fund
$1.1M
Stillpoint Martha'S Vineyard · Chilmark, MA · 2023
Special grant
$1.0M
Harborlight Community Partners Dba Harborlight Homes · Beverly, MA · 2025
General support
$1.0M
Martha'S Vineyard Hospital · Oak Bluffs, MA · 2025
Workforce housing grant
$1.0M
Harborlight Homes · Beverly, MA · 2024
Housing grant
$1.0M
Martha'S Vineyard Hospital · Oak Bluffs, MA · 2024
Workforce housing grant
$1.0M
Navigator Homes · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2024
Senior housing
$1.0M
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2022
Byrnes family clinical research fund
$1.0M
Ymca of the North Shore · Beverly, MA · 2022
Special grant
$900,000
Cape Ann Museum · Gloucester, MA · 2023
Capital campaign for education center improvements
$811,036
Power of Place Learning Communities · Burlington, MA · 2024
Learning community project grant
$647,895
Power of Place Learning Communities · Burlington, MA · 2025
Learning community project grant
$300,000
Sawyer Library Foundation · Gloucester, MA · 2024
New building fund
$300,000
Ymca of the North Shore · Beverly, MA · 2022
Challenge grant
$250,000
Buffalo Akg Art Museum · Buffalo, NY · 2025
General support - installment 1 of 4
$250,000
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra · Buffalo, NY · 2025
General support - installment 1 of 4
$250,000
Burchfield-Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2025
General support - installment 1 of 4
$250,000
Chilmark Preschool · Chilmark, MA · 2024
Construction funding
$250,000
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Release the breakthroughs campaign
$250,000
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Immune monitoring program
$200,000
Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute · Gloucester, MA · 2025
General support
$200,000
Ymca of Martha'S Vineyard · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2025
General support
$200,000
Power of Place Learning Communities · Burlington, MA · 2023
Learning community project grant
$150,000
Penikese Island School · Woods Hole, MA · 2025
General support & girls' science and nature summer camp
$150,000
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General support
$150,000
Burchfield-Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2022
General support
$125,000
Walnut Hill School of the Arts · Natick, MA · 2025
General support, scholarships
$125,000
Burchfield-Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Grant agreement
$125,000
Burchfield-Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Grant agreement
$125,000
Burchfield-Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Grant agreement
$110,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Brookline, MA · 2025
Byrnes family fund for older adult research
$105,000
Ymca of Martha'S Vineyard · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2024
General support
$105,000
Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute · Gloucester, MA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Essex County Community Foundation · Beverly, MA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2025
The thrive center for children, families and communities
$100,000
Healthy Aging Mv · Edgartown, MA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Island Grown Initiative · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2025
Endowment fund
$100,000
Luminary Impact Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
Arms recovery coach program & recovery research institute
$100,000
New Profit · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Pathways for Children · Gloucester, MA · 2025
General support
$100,000
The Open Door · Gloucester, MA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Ymca of the North Shore · Beverly, MA · 2025
General support, scholarships
$100,000
Artpark & Company · Lewiston, NY · 2024
Artpark bridges program & general support
$100,000
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General support
$100,000
Burchfield-Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General support
$100,000
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General support
$100,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Essex County Community Foundation · Danvers, MA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute · Gloucester, MA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute · Gloucester, MA · 2024
General support, support for director of communications
$100,000
Island Grown Initiative · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2024
General support, food pantry
$100,000
Kenan Center · Lockport, NY · 2024
General support
$100,000
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital - Mental Health Innovation Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$100,000
New Profit · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Pathways for Children · Gloucester, MA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Rockport Music · Rockport, MA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General support
$100,000
Burchfield-Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023
General support
$100,000
Cape Ann Museum · Gloucester, MA · 2023
Capital campaign for museum improvements
$100,000
Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Essex County Community Foundation · Danvers, MA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute · Gloucester, MA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Island Grown Initiative · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2023
Food pantry endowment
$100,000
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital - Mental Health Innovation Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$100,000
New Profit · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Pathways for Children · Gloucester, MA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Rockport Music · Rockport, MA · 2023
Jazz workshop and annual fund
$100,000
Sawyer Library Foundation · Gloucester, MA · 2023
Capital campaign
$100,000
The Health Initiative · Attleboro, MA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Walnut Hill School of the Arts · Natick, MA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Ymca of Martha'S Vineyard · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Island Grown Initiative · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022
Food pantry endowment at the portuguese american club in oak bluffs
$100,000
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital - Mental Health Innovation Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$100,000
New Profit · Boston, MA · 2022
Inclusive impact initiative
$100,000
Pathways for Children · Gloucester, MA · 2022
General support
$100,000
The Health Initiative · Attleboro, MA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Walnut Hill School of the Arts · Natick, MA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Ymca of Martha'S Vineyard · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022
General support
$85,000
Wellspring House · Gloucester, MA · 2025
General support
$80,000
Schooner Adventure · Gloucester, MA · 2025
General support
$75,000
Choate Rosemary Hall · Wallingford, CT · 2025
General support
$75,000
Rockport Music · Rockport, MA · 2025
General support
$75,000
Martha'S Vineyard Community Services · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2024
Healthy aging mv
$75,000
Walnut Hill School of the Arts · Natick, MA · 2024
General support
$75,000
Martha'S Vineyard Community Services · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2023
Healthy aging mv coalition
$75,000
Niagara Lutheran Health Foundation · Lancaster, NY · 2023
Leadership council campaign
$75,000
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2022
Fund lead investigator in pancreatic cancer
$75,000
Martha'S Vineyard Community Foundation · West Tisbury, MA · 2022
Climate action fund and army corps psa comprehensive carrying capacity & supply change study
$75,000
Open Door Cape Ann Food Pantry · Gloucester, MA · 2022
General support & food pantry services
$75,000
Rockport Music · Rockport, MA · 2022
General support
$75,000
Ymca of the North Shore · Beverly, MA · 2022
Scholarship/mental health initiative
$70,000
Feedmore Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2024
General support
$65,000
Martha'S Vineyard Community Foundation · West Tisbury, MA · 2025
General support & the sam feldman fund
$60,000
Choate Rosemary Hall · Wallingford, CT · 2024
General support
$60,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Recovery research institute
$60,000
Choate Rosemary Hall · Wallingford, CT · 2023
General support
$60,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
Recovery research institute
$60,000
The Field Fund · Chilmark, MA · 2023
General support

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