The Investment Fund For Foundations

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In 1991, a network of foundations founded a cooperative-style investment organization whose structure and eligibility criteria have evolved over time but whose essential mission has not. Known colloquially as TIFF, the organization's mission is:

to seek to enhance the investment returns of non-profit organizations

to reduce the investment and administrative expenses of non-profit organizations

to broaden the universe of investment choices available to non-profit organizations

to assist non-profit organizations in deploying their assets in a manner that will

support charitable expenditures while preserving the purchasing power of their

assets

to help non-profit organizations monitor and evaluate their investment

performance

to promote within the non-profit community an understanding of investment

management