The Tow Foundation Launches New ‘Innovation Fund’
Release Date:
09/27/2022
The Tow Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded a total of $1.5 million in grant funding to support 10 exciting nonprofit programs.
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Tow Foundation Commits $2 Million to Multiple Myeloma Research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Release Date:
04/27/2022
This will support multiple myeloma research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and in particular, the work of C. Ola Landgren, M.D., Ph.D., a world-renowned hematologic oncologist.
The Tow Foundation Launches Historic $1 Million Innovation Fund
Release Date:
12/17/2021
The deadline to apply for the Innovation Fund to February 28, 2022 at 11:59pm EST.
Ryan Yoch and Sean Cade Join The Tow Foundation
Release Date:
11/17/2020
Ryan Yoch joins The Tow Foundation as a Communications Associate and Sean Cade joins as Grants Manager and Salesforce Administrator.
With Support From The Howard Gilman Foundation and Tow Foundation, Atlantic Theater Company to Present IMMIGRANT MIXFEST
Release Date:
07/30/2019
Co-producer Saheem Ali says, "I can't think of a more pertinent moment to be highlighting immigrant stories in the theater alongside our national discourse. I've been a huge fan of Atlantic Theater Company's annual MixFest series and am thrilled to...
Newly Established Phyllis Mailman Professorship Endowed by the Tow Foundation, Mailman Foundation, and Joshua Mailman Foundation
Release Date:
06/24/2019
In honor of philanthropist Phyllis Mailman, The Mailman Foundation, the Joshua Mailman Foundation, and The Tow Foundation, have together endowed the Phyllis Mailman Professorship to support groundbreaking emerging infectious disease research.
Magdalena Cwintal Joins Tow Foundation As Accountant
Release Date:
04/01/2019
The Tow Foundation is pleased to announce that Magdalena Cwintal has joined its team as accountant.
Tow Foundation and Chronicle of Social Change Announce 2019 Raise the Age Reporting Fellowships Recipients
Release Date:
02/26/2019
As part of an ambitious plan to reinvigorate watchdog journalism in the backyards of America's statehouses, The Chronicle of Social Change is proud to announce recipients of its 2019 Raise the Age Reporting Fellowships. The national nonprofit news...
Rahima Nasa, Named First FRONTLINE Fellow of Tow Foundation Journalism Program
Release Date:
02/06/2019
Rahima Nasa, an alum from the Class of 2017, has been selected as the first Newmark J-School fellow for FRONTLINE, PBS’s flagship investigative documentary series. The new year-long journalism fellowship program is funded by The Tow Foundation,...
The Public Theater Celebrates Leonard Tow, Founder and Chairman of The Tow Foundation at Its Annual Gala
Release Date:
06/12/2018
The Public's annual gala celebrated Leonard Tow, founder and chairman of The Tow Foundation. Marcia Dunn, Susan Edelstein, Kenny Leon , Wendi Rose, Josh Sapan, and Susan and Peter J. Solomon served as Gala Chairs.
Research Supported by The Tow Foundation Reveals Small Part Brain That Steadies The Body
Release Date:
02/06/2018
The study in mice found that a brain region called the lateral vestibular nucleus, or LVN, accomplishes this feat by moving muscles in a two-step, kneejerk response that first widens the animal's center of gravity, and then strengthens and...
With Support From the Tow Foundation, Soho Rep Gets a Safer Space for Its Dangerous Plays
Release Date:
02/05/2018
After nearly a year and a half in exile, Soho Rep has returned to Walker Street, and is kicking off its 43rd season with a typically startling play, Aleshea Harris’s “Is God Is,” which begins previews Feb. 6.
Tow Foundation Funded CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Announces First-Ever Endowed Chair, Professor Jeff Jarvis
Release Date:
11/21/2017
The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is excited to announce its first-ever endowed chair, in journalism innovation, and the first designee will be Professor Jeff Jarvis, a world-renowned thought leader on the future of the news business.
Tow-Playwright-in-Residence Featured in New York Times
Release Date:
11/02/2017
Ms. Bioh, a native New Yorker whose parents emigrated from Ghana in 1968, has made it her mission, theatrically and personally, to tell stories about African and African-American characters that buck expectation and defy stereotype.
Young Invincibles’ Jen Mishory & Skadden Fellow Yan Cao have joined The Century Foundation
Release Date:
10/04/2017
Cofounder and former Executive Director of Young Invincibles Jen Mishory and Skadden Fellow and attorney Yan Cao have joined The Century Foundation, a leading progressive public policy think tank with offices in New York and Washington, D.C.
Tow Foundation Funded News Integrity Initiative Awards $1.8 Million to Build Support for Quality Journalism
Release Date:
10/04/2017
The News Integrity Initiative at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism announced $1.8 million in grants that aim to improve people’s lives by fostering trust between newsrooms and the public and nurturing constructive, inclusive community...
Atlantic Theater Company Names Amy Staats Tow Playwright-in-Residence
Release Date:
09/28/2017
Atlantic Theater Company has announced that Amy Staats will be the 2017–2018 playwright-in-residence as well as the lineup for its upcoming Amplified Reading Series and two new commissions. The Tow Foundation supports the playwright-in-residence...
Ford, Tow Foundation Among Funders of An Anti-Fake News Initiative That is Starting to Take Shape
Release Date:
08/31/2017
Administered by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, News Integrity Initiative is focused on "helping people make informed judgments about the news they read and share online."
The Tow Foundation Announces Playwrights in Residence
Release Date:
08/03/2017
The Tow Foundation announces their 2017-2018 Tow Playwrights-in-Residence at seven New York nonprofit theater companies. Each theater has been awarded a $75,000 grant to support their selected playwright.
Ford Foundation, Tow Foundation and Others Launch $14M Fund To Support News Integrity
Release Date:
04/03/2017
Ford Foundation, Tow Foundation and others help launch $14M global News Integrity Initiative administered by CUNY to improve online news literacy.