Philanthropy and Board Affiliations
Tisch served as the Vice-Chairman of The Welfare to Work Partnership, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Tufts University. Tisch, who graduated from Tufts University in 1976, gave an endowed gift of $40 million dollars to fund the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2011. Tisch is on the Board of the Tribeca Film Institute and is a co-owner of the New York Football Giants. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Giants and is the team's Treasurer. In 2010, Tisch joined Jets owner Woody Johnson as co-chairs of the bid committee established to bring Super Bowl XLVIII to the Metropolitan area. The bid was summarized by the tagline “Make Some History.” In an unprecedented decision by NFL team owners, the New York/New Jersey region was awarded the 2014 Super Bowl. The game will be played at MetLife Stadium, the first open-air stadium in a cold-weather region to host a Super Bowl. Tisch is a co-chair of the Host Committee. In 2011, Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch made a $10 million dollar gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art to support the creation of an exhibition space within the Costume Institute to be named The Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Gallery.
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