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Key facts about The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
In short: The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations gave $81K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $27K), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- EIN
- 13-1887440
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025
- Annual giving (2025)
- $81,143
- Grants made (2025)
- 3
- Average grant
- $27,048
- Median grant
- $21,143
- Total assets
- $3,093,728,703
- Primary geography
- New York (88% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Financial Overview
From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing
Total Assets
$3.1B
+13.0% YoY
Annual Giving
$81K
+47.0% YoY
Grant Count
3
+50.0% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$27K
-2.0% YoY
How The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations gives
- Giving grew 62% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
About The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Based on IRS filings
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations is a public charity focused on Education, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $3.1B in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $81K. Net investment income was $129.0M.
Focus Areas
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Cullman Center Fellowship Grant
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Amount
US $90,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Short-Term Research Fellowship Program Grant
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Amount
US $1,000 - US $4,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.
Cities
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $39K (2019) to $105K (2023). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $81K.
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 3 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Brooklyn Public Library ($50K). Together the top 3 received $81K.
Grant Size Distribution
11 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 8 grants of 11 (73%).
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn, NY | See Part IV | $50,000 |
| Teachers College Columbia University New York, NY | See Part IV | $21,143 |
| American Library Association Chicago, IL | See Part IV | $10,000 |
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $3,093,728,703 | $2,738,561,736 | $2,583,808,812 |
| Revenue | $693,176,891 | $397,108,128 | $394,312,630 |
| Expenses | $425,370,648 | $389,659,256 | $393,521,704 |
| Net Investment Income | $128,996,613 | $48,465,550 | $78,422,399 |
Data update history
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 11, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 22, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations is led by Anthony W. Marx, Trustee, President & Chief Executive Officer since 2023 (on filings since 2019); 25 of 59 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Anthony W. Marx
Trustee, President & Chief Executive Officer
Trustee, President & CEO → Trustee, President & Chief Executive Officer, 2023
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$812K (2019) → $1.1M (2025)
Roberta Da Silva Pereira
Executive Director & Library for the Performing Arts
New on the 2025 filing
35 hrs/week
$270K (2025)
Abby S. Milstein
Chair & Trustee
Vice Chairman & Trustee → Chairman & Trustee, 2023
Chairman & Trustee → Chair & Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian Bannon
Merryl, James Tisch & Director
Merryl & James Tisch Director → Merryl, James Tisch & Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
35 hrs/week
$151K (2020) → $465K (2025)
Peter Rummel
Director & Investments
On filings since 2021
35 hrs/week
$352K (2021) → $585K (2025)
Brent Reidy
Andrew W. Mellon & Director
Interim Andrew W. Mellon Director → Andrew W. Mellon & Director, 2023
On filings since 2022
35 hrs/week
$216K (2022) → $467K (2025)
Doris Zhao
Director & Investments
On filings since 2022
35 hrs/week
$263K (2022) → $577K (2025)
Marjoel Montalbo
Snr Director & Budget
On filings since 2022
35 hrs/week
$231K (2022) → $266K (2025)
Garrett Charles Bergen
Snr. Director & Facilities Management
On filings since 2023
35 hrs/week
$196K (2023) → $234K (2025)
Joy Bivins
Director & The Schomberg Center
Director & The Schomburg Center → Director & The Schomberg Center, 2024
On filings since 2023
35 hrs/week
$273K (2023) → $292K (2025)
Andres Santo Domingo
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Solomon
Trustee
On filings since 2019
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Anthony A. Yoseloff
Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Beth Kojima
Trustee
On filings since 2019
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dinakar Singh
Trustee
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Evan Robert Chesler
Trustee
Chairman & Trustee → Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James S. Tisch
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jane Lauder
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katharine J. Rayner
Foundation Trustee
Foundation Trustee → Trustee, 2022
Trustee → Foundation Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisette Nieves
Executive Officio Trustee & Rep of Comptroller
On filings since 2019
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Luis A. Ubinas
Trustee
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos
Trustee
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peter Baldwin
Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Raymond J. McGuire
Vice Chair & Trustee
Trustee → Vice Chairman & Trustee, 2023
Vice Chairman & Trustee → Vice Chair & Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susan Morgenthau
Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tali Farhadian Weinstein
Trustee
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William Gray
Trustee
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Howard L. Morgan
Foundation Trustee
Trustee → Foundation Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Annette Gordon-Reed
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hubert Joly
Trustee
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Byungju Kim
Trustee
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul M. Romer
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maria Torres-Springer
Executive Officio Trustee & Rep of Mayor
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carl H. Pforzheimer III
Foundation Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Hughes
Trustee
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jelani Cobb
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John T. Chao
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kristin Fisher
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Aysha E. Schomburg
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Merryl H. Tisch
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter Boyce II
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Fay Rosenfeld
Vice President & Public Programs
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$223K (2019) → $260K (2025)
Geetanjali Gupta
Chief Investment Officer
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$580K (2019) → $1.5M (2025)
George Mihaltses
Vice President, Gov't & Community Affrs
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$198K (2019) → $253K (2025)
Iris Weinshall
COO & Treasurer
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$429K (2019) → $541K (2025)
Jadrien F. Steele
Vice President & Development
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$281K (2019) → $368K (2025)
Michele Coleman Mayes
Former Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary → Former Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2019
$381K (2019) → $171K (2025)
Shannon Sharp
CFO & Assistant Treasurer
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$17K (2019) → $394K (2025)
Terrance Neal
Vice President & Human Resources
On filings since 2019
35 hrs/week
$228K (2019) → $376K (2025)
Garfield L. Swaby
Vice President & Information Technology
Senior Director → Vice President & Information Technology, 2022
On filings since 2020
35 hrs/week
$235K (2020) → $278K (2025)
Gesille Dixon
Vice President, Branch Programs & Services
Vice President & Branch Libraries → Vice President, Branch Programs & Services, 2023
On filings since 2022
35 hrs/week
$171K (2022) → $249K (2025)
Sam Rubin
Chief Strat Pln Officer & Chief of Staff
Chief of Staff → Chief Strat Pln Officer & Chief of Staff, 2024
On filings since 2022
35 hrs/week
$234K (2022) → $303K (2025)
David Lem
Vice President, Capital Planning & Construction
Vice President, Capital Planning & Constr → Vice President, Capital Planning & Construction, 2024
On filings since 2023
35 hrs/week
$184K (2023) → $284K (2025)
Stephen Betts
Interim & Chief Digital Officer
On filings since 2023
35 hrs/week
$173K (2023) → $240K (2025)
Bridget Smith
General Counsel & Secretary
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$412K (2025)
Jennifer Fermino
Vice President, Communications & Marketing
On filings since 2024
35 hrs/week
$298K (2024) → $308K (2025)
Jennifer Lopez
Chief Digital Officer
New on the 2025 filing
35 hrs/week
$201K (2025)
Former officers (51)
- Former: Carey Maloney (2019–2025) — Trustee · Filing note: Ended 11/2018
- Former: Caryl Matute (2019–2025) — Vice President, Branch Libraries & Patron Svcs · Filing note: Ended 92019
- Former: Theodore Golf (2022–2025) — Executive Officio Trustee & Rep of Spkr · Filing note: Ended 12/2021
- Former: John H. Banks III (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Lisa J. Blau (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Vanessa Novak Spray (2021–2024) — Snr. Director, Earned Revenue & Visitor Exper
- Former: Anthony Ageh (2024) — Former Chief Digital Officer
- Former: Arthur Koenig (2019–2023) — Foundation Trustee · Filing note: Ended 11922
- Former: Carrie Welch (2019–2023) — Chief External Relations Offcr · Filing note: Ended 53121
- Former: Catherine C. Marron (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: David Remnick (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Ethan Hawke (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Gayfryd Steinberg (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Gennaro J. Oliva (2019–2023) — Senior Director & Facilities Management · Filing note: Ended 42222
- Former: George Stephanopoulos (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Harold W. McGraw III (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Hrh Princess Firyal (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Richard Cohen (2019–2023) — Trustee · Filing note: Ended 11922
- Former: Richard L. Plepler (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Risa Honig (2019–2023) — Vice President, Capital Planning & Constr · Filing note: Ended 11822
- Former: Robert Liberman (2019–2023) — Foundation Trustee · Filing note: Ended 11922
- Former: Scott D. Malkin (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Stephen A. Schwarzman (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Tony Ageh (2019–2023) — Chief Digital Officer
- Former: William Kelly (2019–2023) — Andrew W. Mellon Director · Filing note: Ended 41522
- Former: Zadie Smith (2020–2023) — Trustee · Filing note: Began 52020
- Former: Angela Montefinese (2022–2023) — Vice President, Communications & Mkting · Filing note: Ended 7122
- Former: Jennifer Schantz (2022–2023) — Fleischman Executive Director & Lpa · Filing note: Ended 7122
- Former: Tracy K. Smith (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Jennifer Ferminostart (2023) — Vice President, Communications & Mkting
- Former: Joshua L. Steiner (2023) — Trustee
- Former: John B. Hess (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Matthew R. Ailey (2019–2022) — Executive Officio Trustee & Rep of Spkr · Filing note: Ended 10/2021
- Former: The Mayor Of Nyc (2020–2022) — Executive Officio Trustee · Filing note: Began 122019
- Former: Jennifer Levesque (2022) — Snr. Director Hr Operations
- Former: Kevin L. Young (2019–2021) — Director & The Schomburg Center · Filing note: Ended 11121
- Former: Robert A. Katzmann (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Salvatore Scibona (2019–2021) — Director, Scholars & Writers
- Former: Jennifer Friedman (2019–2020) — Director, Cptl & Re Initiatives
- Former: Jessye Norman (2019–2020) — Trustee · Filing note: Ended 919
- Former: Jill H. Bright (2019–2020) — Executive Officio Trustee & Rep of Mayor · Filing note: Ended 122019
- Former: David J. Callahan (2020) — Associate Director, Ref & Access Svcs
- Former: Christopher D. Platt (2019) — Chf Branch Lib Officer
- Former: Jacqueline F. Bausch (2019) — Fmr Vice President, Dep General Counsel & Assistant · Filing note: Ended 817
- Former: Jacqueline Z. Davis (2019) — Executive Director & Lpa
- Former: Leigh M. Miller (2019) — Executive Officio Trustee & Rep of Comptroller · Filing note: Ended 11/2018
- Former: Lorraine Karlen (2019) — Controller
- Former: Louise Shea (2019) — Vice President & Human Resources · Filing note: Ended 718
- Former: Michael Dardia (2019) — Vice President, Finance & Assistant Treasurer · Filing note: Ended 119
- Former: Victor Marrero (2019) — Foundation Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $1.5M, to Geetanjali Gupta (Chief Investment Officer). 26 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
How much does The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations give each year?
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations gave $81K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $55K across 2 grants.
What is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations's typical grant size?
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations's median grant in 2025 was $21,143, and its average grant was $27,048, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations give grants?
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations gives mostly in New York: 88% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was Illinois (12%).
Does The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "See Part IV" (3 grants).
How large is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations?
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations reported $3.1B in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $693.2M.
What is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations?
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations is a public charity focused on Education, based in New York, NY. It holds $3.1B in total assets as of 2025.
What is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations's EIN?
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 13-1887440. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
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