The Tiffany & Co Foundation
Whippany, NJ · EIN 13-4096178. Reported 39 grants totalling $13.0M to 16 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Tiffany & Co Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $150,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $100,000 and $500,000; the smallest was $50,000 and the largest $1,200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $4,050,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | New York, NY | $2,065,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Conservation International Foundation | Arlington, VA | $1,600,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Xprize Foundation Inc | Culver City, CA | $1,200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $700,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Resolve Inc | Washington, DC | $555,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Earthworks | Washington, DC | $550,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Geographic Society | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oceana Inc | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Clark Fork Coalition | Missoula, MT | $255,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Earthworks | Berkeley, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Great Barrier Reef Foundation USA Inc | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wild Earth Allies Inc | Chevy Chase, MD | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Coral Reef Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pact Inc | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Woods Hole, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
9 of 16 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 75%, across 1 year-to-year transition. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Xprize Foundation Inc
SUPPORT FOR THE XPRIZE CORAL RESTORATION, A PRIZE TO HELP SAVE THE WORLDS OCEANS BY CREATING AND ACCELERATING INNOVATION TO RESTORE THE LARGEST AREAS OF CORAL REEFS AT AN UNMATCHED SPEED AND SCALE. - Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
SUPPORT FOR OCEANS 5, WHICH IS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING THE WORLD'S OCEANS, WITH A FOCUS ON ESTABLISHING MARINE PROTECTED AREAS. - Conservation International Foundation
SUPPORT FOR THE BLUE NATURE ALLIANCE, AN UNPRECEDENTED EFFORT TO DOUBLE THE WORLD'S MARINE PROTECTED AREAS BY 2025. - Wildlife Conservation Society
SUPPORT FOR REEFS FOR THE FUTURE, WHICH WORKS TO PROTECT THE MOST RESILIENT REEFS IN THE WORLD. - Earthworks
SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE RESPONSIBLE MINING WITH A FOCUS ON DEVELOPING BEST PRACTICES AND STANDARDS IN MINE SITE TAILING MANAGEMENT. - Resolve Inc
SUPPORT TO SCALE THE PEACE DIAMONDS+ RESTORATION INITIATIVE IN SIERRA LEONE TO ADVANCE RESPONSIBLE ARTISANAL DIAMOND MINING PRACTICES.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | $5,000,000 | $150,000 |
| 2022 | 20 | $6,000,000 | $150,000 |
| 2024 | 6 | $2,000,000 | $250,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Tiffany & Co Foundation has 21 of them, worth $14.6M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $4,000,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $2,000,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $2,000,000 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | New York, NY | $1,065,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | New York, NY | $700,000 |
| Conservation International Foundation | Arlington, VA | $700,000 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | New York, NY | $700,000 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | New York, NY | $400,000 |
| National Geographic Society | Washington, DC | $350,000 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | New York, NY | $300,000 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $250,000 |
| Conservation International Foundation | Arlington, VA | $200,000 |
| Conservation International Foundation | Arlington, VA | $200,000 |
| Clark Fork Coalition | Missoula, MT | $130,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 47% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $150,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Tiffany & Co Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Tax Dept 100 Bayer Blvd B100, Whippany, NJ, 07981. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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