The Tang Fund concentrates on large, institutional support for cultural and educational organizations, primarily in New York City but with at least one high-profile international academic gift. Their giving favors museums, performing arts institutions, independent/private schools, and elite higher-education scholarship or publishing initiatives. They make few but very large grants and often provide repeat support to marquee institutions.
Concentrated, high-value grants to a small number of established institutions; repeat funding for flagship grantees rather than many small awards.
The Tang Fund’s most distinctive recent gift is its $3.3 million charitable grant to Americans for Oxford Incoxford University Press in 2023, a signal of how the foundation supports scholarship, publishing, and elite academic initiatives alongside cultural institutions. Across the recent grant list, that pattern sits beside major support for New-York Historical Society and the New York Philharmonic, showing a funder that backs established organizations with national or international reach as well as New York-based civic and arts institutions. The foundation also appears repeatedly in private-school and museum settings, with grants to The Masters School, Rectory School Inc, Asia Society, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Its giving is not spread thinly across many sectors; instead, it concentrates on a relatively small set of large organizations and often returns to the same recipients in later years. The result is a portrait of a donor focused on institutional capacity, cultural preservation, and educational prestige rather than individual or grassroots support.
In cultural giving, The Tang Fund backed the New-york Historical Society with $2,260,950 in 2024 and $2,210,000 in 2025, indicating repeated support for a major history institution. In the performing arts, it gave $2,169,485 to the New York Philharmonic in 2025 and $1,405,418 in 2024. Education is another clear lane: The Masters School received $685,390 in 2024 and $641,000 in 2025, while Rectory School Inc. received $505,000 in both 2023 and 2024. The foundation also supported international and intercultural initiatives through Asia Society with a $500,000 grant in 2024 and Committee of 100 Inc. with $303,500 in 2025 and $153,000 in 2023.
Typical grants are in the low thousands at the bottom of the distribution and much larger at the top, with a p25 of $2,000, a median of $5,000, and a p75 of $22,575. The recent list shows a pattern of repeat support rather than one-time gifts: several recipients appear in multiple years, including New-york Historical Society, New York Philharmonic, The Masters School, Rectory School Inc., Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, Committee of 100 Inc., and Vail Mountain School. The Tang Fund is a private foundation, not a fund for individuals, and the grants shown are charitable. Its giving pattern includes a mix of very large institutional awards and smaller follow-on grants.
$17.9M
$38.8M
$3M
$18.2M
Most grants fall between $2K and $23K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$23K
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Notable grantees: New-York Historical Society, New York Philharmonic, Americans for Oxford / Oxford University Press, The Masters School
Most grants land in New York, which accounts for 56% of recipient-state giving. New York City itself appears often, including grants to the New York Philharmonic, Asia Society, Committee of 100 Inc., the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Rethink Food USA Inc. Outside New York, the foundation gives to places such as Dobbs Ferry, Saratoga Springs, and Bronx in New York State, plus Pomfret, Connecticut; Andover and Deerfield, Massachusetts; and Vail and Avon, Colorado. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based in the data provided.
The recent grants show a strong focus on cultural and educational institutions: New-York Historical Society, New York Philharmonic, The Masters School, Rectory School Inc., Asia Society, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art all appear in the grant list. The pattern centers on established museums, performing arts groups, schools, and scholarship or publishing-related initiatives.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including New-york Historical Society in 2024 and 2025, New York Philharmonic in 2023, 2024, and 2025, The Masters School in 2024 and 2025, and Rectory School Inc. in 2023 and 2024. Committee of 100 Inc. and Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium also recur.
The distribution is small at the lower end and much larger at the upper end: p25 is $2,000, median is $5,000, and p75 is $22,575. The recent grant list also includes several awards well above that range, such as $3.3 million to Americans for Oxford Incoxford University Press.
Grants are concentrated in New York, which is the top state by grant count and receives 56% of recipient-state giving. New York City recipients appear repeatedly, alongside a smaller number of organizations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Colorado.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY | NEW YORK, NY | $2,255,680 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC | NEW YORK, NY | $2,029,998 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| THE MASTERS SCHOOL | DOBBS FERRY, NY | $630,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| SKIDMORE COLLEGE | SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY | $520,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| COMMITTEE OF 100 INC | NEW YORK, NY | $403,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| TRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY | DEERFIELD, MA | $400,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| YALE UNIVERSITY | NEW HAVEN, CT | $320,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| RETHINK FOOD USA INC | NEW YORK, NY | $248,648 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN | BRONX, NY | $197,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| MESERVE-KUNHARDT FOUNDATIONGORDON PARKS FOUNDATION | PLEASANTVILLE, NY | $100,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION | AVON, CO | $93,241 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $82,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| WALKING MOUNTAIN SCIENCE CENTER | AVON, CO | $63,020 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| VAIL MOUNTAIN SCHOOL | VAIL, CO | $60,100 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| THE SANTA FE OPERA | SANTA FE, NM | $50,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE | MIDDLEBURY, VT | $27,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $25,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| WILLIAMS COLLEGE | WILLIAMSTOWN, MA | $25,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| MAD FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES | CAMBRIDGE, MA | $25,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME | NEW YORK, NY | $23,250 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| YOUTHPOWER365 | AVON, CO | $20,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION | DENVER, CO | $20,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INC | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| CELEBRATE THE BEAT | DENVER, CO | $16,666 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHANGHAI MUSEUM | NEW YORK, NY | $14,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| CITY HARVEST | BROOKLYN, NY | $10,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITYGALLATIN SCHOOL | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | DURHAM, NC | $10,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| STORM KING ART CENTER | NEW WINDSOR, NY | $6,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| RECTORY SCHOOL INC | POMFRET, CT | $5,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| BREARLEY SCHOOL | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| JUILLIARD SCHOOL | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| FOUNDATION FOR HISTORIC CHRIST CHURCH | IRVINGTON, VA | $5,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| STEAMBOAT MUSEUM AT IRVINGTON INC | IRVINGTON, VA | $5,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| NEW MUSEUM CONTEMPOARY ART | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY | ELMHURST, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| MILLBROOK SCHOOL | MILLBROOK, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MONTAUK INC | MONTAUK, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| MONTAUK PLAYHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION | MONTAUK, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH | WASHINGTON, DC | $4,750 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| MANZANITA OUTREACHTEWA HOLIDAY | COTTONWOOD, AZ | $3,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| BRYN MAWR COLLEGE | BRYN MAWR, PA | $2,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| ENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC | NEW YORK, NY | $2,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
| ST JOHNSBURY ACADEMY | ST JOHNSBURY, VT | $2,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE |
NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
$2,255,680CHARITABLE
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
$2,029,998CHARITABLE
CHARITABLE
YALE UNIVERSITY
$320,000CHARITABLE
RETHINK FOOD USA INC
$248,648CHARITABLE
VAIL MOUNTAIN SCHOOL
$60,100CHARITABLE
THE SANTA FE OPERA
$50,000CHARITABLE
MAD FOUNDATION
$25,000CHARITABLE
AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME
$23,250CHARITABLE
CELEBRATE THE BEAT
$16,666CHARITABLE
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SHANGHAI MUSEUM
$14,000CHARITABLE
NEW YORK UNIVERSITYGALLATIN SCHOOL
$10,000CHARITABLE
RECTORY SCHOOL INC
$5,000CHARITABLE
BREARLEY SCHOOL
$5,000CHARITABLE
JUILLIARD SCHOOL
$5,000CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION FOR HISTORIC CHRIST CHURCH
$5,000CHARITABLE
STEAMBOAT MUSEUM AT IRVINGTON INC
$5,000CHARITABLE
NEW MUSEUM CONTEMPOARY ART
$5,000CHARITABLE
CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MONTAUK INC
$5,000CHARITABLE
MANZANITA OUTREACHTEWA HOLIDAY
$3,000CHARITABLE
ST JOHNSBURY ACADEMY
$2,500CHARITABLE