Total Portfolio
Multi-Asset Class Portfolios
Globally diversified investment solutions designed around each client's objectives, spending requirements, risk tolerance and mission.
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Investing for the long term.Built around what matters.
TIFF provides investment advice, OCIO solutions and differentiated access across public and private markets for institutions and sophisticated investors.
For more than 35 years, TIFF has aligned investment expertise with the financial objectives and long-term missions of its clients.
Investing With TIFFOur Approach
35+
Years
Investing across market cycles
Independent
+ Employee-Owned
Long-term alignment with clients
Certified
B Corporation
Purpose and accountability embedded in the organization
Who We Are
Investment resources built around the institutions we serve.
TIFF was founded to give mission-driven organizations access to institutional investment capabilities, differentiated managers and sophisticated portfolio construction.
Today, TIFF partners with endowments, foundations, nonprofits, family offices, RIAs and other institutional organizations.
About TIFFOur History
Investing With TIFF
Built around the portfolio.Not around a product shelf.
TIFF combines total-portfolio advice with differentiated strategies across public and private markets.
Public Markets
Marketable Investments
Asset-class-specific strategies designed to complement client portfolios through differentiated manager access and investment opportunities.
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Private Markets
Private Markets
Private equity, venture capital, independent sponsors, secondaries and other opportunities supported by TIFF's relationships and underwriting experience.
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Our Approach
Access creates opportunity.Judgment determines what belongs in the portfolio.
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Client Objectives First
Portfolio decisions begin with the organization's mission, liabilities, spending needs and long-term objectives.
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Differentiated Access
Deep relationships help TIFF identify managers and opportunities that may not be broadly available.
- 03
Disciplined Underwriting
Investment opportunities are evaluated with independent judgment rather than simply following market consensus.
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Long-Term Partnership
Portfolio decisions should remain grounded in long-term objectives through changing market environments.
Who We Serve
Different institutions. Different objectives.The same responsibility to steward capital well.
Endowments
Balance current spending requirements with preserving purchasing power for future generations.
Foundations
Align investment strategy with grant-making needs, liquidity and long-term mission.
Nonprofits
Build institutional investment resources without requiring a large internal investment staff.
Family Offices
Access institutional investment capabilities and differentiated strategies.
RIAs
Complement existing client portfolios with specialized institutional investment strategies.
Institutional Investors
Customized portfolio and alternative investment solutions designed around specific objectives.
Private Markets
TIFF Closes $300 Million PE Direct Fund V
A fifth vintage investing alongside independent sponsors.
The fund continues TIFF's long-running direct co-investment program, partnering with independent sponsors on lower-middle-market companies sourced through relationships built over decades of private markets underwriting.
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$300M
Private EquityFund VIndependent Sponsors
Why TIFF
Institutional resources.Independent perspective.
Relationships
Deep investment-manager relationships built across decades.
Alignment
An independent, employee-owned structure designed around long-term partnership.
Purpose
Investment strategy connected to the mission the portfolio ultimately exists to support.
Our People
Experience matters when markets get complicated.
TIFF brings together investment professionals across portfolio construction, public markets, private markets, research and client solutions.
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Insights
Perspectives for increasingly complex markets.
All Insights
CIO CommentaryJuly 2026
What Could Define the Second Half of 2026?
AIIPO MarketGeopoliticsPortfolio Positioning
Read More- Private MarketsJune 2026
TIFF Closes PE Direct Fund V at $300 Million
A fifth vintage continuing TIFF's direct co-investment program alongside independent sponsors.
Read More - EndowmentsMay 2026
Financial Pressure Is Putting Endowment Liquidity in Focus
Spending policies, private markets pacing and liquidity planning under a tighter funding environment.
Read More - OCIOApril 2026
Understanding the OCIO Mindset
What changes when a committee moves from manager selection to total-portfolio decision making.
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In the News
People have become more knowledgeable about the opportunity in the independent sponsor space.
TIFF 2026 Investment Forum
Strength Through Strategy
October 28–29, 2026Boston, MA
A gathering of TIFF clients, prospects and investment leaders focused on timely market perspectives, investment opportunities and strategies for building enduring institutional strength.
Investment Forum
TIFF35Marking 35 years of partnership with mission-driven institutions.
Evolving the Investment Process
Using technology to create more time for judgment.
TIFF continues to explore how AI and other tools can improve research workflows, analyze more information and support consistent investment decision-making.
- More Information
- Faster Analysis
- More Time for Investment Judgment
Investing With TIFF
The portfolio should support the mission.Not compete with it.
For more than 35 years, TIFF has helped institutions navigate investment complexity while staying focused on the objectives their capital exists to serve.
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