The Tow Foundation
A family foundation backing innovative solutions to persistent inequality across justice, education, arts, and health.
Financial profile
The Tow Foundation · EIN 06-6484045 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $14,366,606 | $31,079,753 | $321,681,918 | Dec 2023 | ||
| FY2022 | $8,216,304 | $33,758,340 | $338,300,908 | Dec 2022 | ||
| FY2021 | $215,132,294 | $21,201,578 | $363,842,944 | Dec 2021 | ||
| FY2020 | $15,992,126 | $22,845,042 | $169,912,228 | Dec 2020 | ||
| FY2019 | $13,280,104 | $22,725,605 | $176,765,144 | Dec 2019 | ||
| FY2015 | $17,671,651 | $12,849,268 | $212,347,979 | Dec 2015 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies The Tow Foundation is read alongside.
HF
Hellman Foundation
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WF
Wyncote Foundation
A Philadelphia foundation founded in 2009 from Haas family trusts, strengthening culture, community, and the…
BF
Brinson Foundation
A Chicago foundation that funds education and frontier scientific research in the conviction that discovery…
GF
Goldhirsh Foundation
A foundation best known for LA2050, a civic innovation platform that finds emerging talent and gives them…
CCSF
Chris & Carrie Shumway Foundation
A family foundation that concentrates its giving on innovative organizations with the greatest potential for…
Who backs TF
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
The outside view
A family foundation backing innovative solutions to persistent inequality across justice, education, arts, and health.
- Authority
- Build
- Outward
- Operational
Their shape
The Frontier
At home at the edge of what comes next.
The Frontier is restless and pioneering, always testing what comes next. Its gift is innovation and adaptability, its challenge is focus, and not leaving its longtime members behind.
Also reads toward The Movement and The Legacy.
Strengths
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