Laurie Tisch is the President of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, dedicated to increasing access and opportunity for all New Yorkers and fostering healthy, vibrant communities. Ms. Tisch’s philanthropy stems from her family’s legacy of giving in New York City, from years of experience serving on boards, building institutions, and developing partnerships, and from an engaged civic life.
She serves on the Board of Trustees at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Aspen Institute, and the Women’s Sports Foundation. She and her daughters are co-owners of the New York Football Giants and Gotham FC, the NY/NJ National Women’s Soccer League team.
Ms. Tisch is a founding board member of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) and led CMOM’s transformation and expansion from a neighborhood-based storefront into a citywide institution that is widely recognized as a national leader in health, education, and the arts. Currently, she is co-chairing a capital campaign to build a new home for CMOM on Central Park West and 96th Street, which will also become a base for their citywide programs serving families in the shelter system and incarcerated parents and their children.
Ms. Tisch was twice presented the Key to the City of New York at Gracie Mansion and was twice named one of the 50 Most Powerful Women by Crain’s New York Business and as a 2025 Notable Leader in Philanthropy. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from New York Foundation for the Arts and was honored with the United Way of New York City’s 10th Anniversary Power of Women to Make a Difference Award and by the New York Women’s Foundation. She has also received the Lincoln Center Distinguished Service Award and received an honorary doctorate from Yeshiva University.
