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Arnold Simonsen Family Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
47
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$3.6MArts & Culture$637kHuman Services$600kFood & Nutrition$490kAnimals$478kEducation$260kHousing & Shelter$140kCrime & Legal$135kOther$0
02FY2025 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k26 grants · $115k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $375k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $635k
$5,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Hospital for Special Surgery$125,000
Univ of Iowa Stead Childrens Hospit$125,000
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundat$125,000
Lurie Children's Hospital$100,000
Lewis Clark Law School for Animal L$60,000
NYC Tenement Museum$50,000
Shelter for Abused Women Children$50,000
Gulf Coast Humane Society$40,000
Community Cooperative$40,000
Harry Chapin Food Bank of SW FL$40,000
Camp Ta-Kum-Ta$35,000
Alzheimer's Association$35,000
Youth Haven$30,000
Lustgarten Foundation$30,000
Providence House$30,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $395k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Lustgarten Foundation: $30k → 6%Providence House: $30k → 20%Lustgarten Foundation: $30k → 6%Lustgarten Foundation: $30k → 6%Lustgarten Foundation: $25k → 6%Lustgarten Foundation: $20k → 6%Youth Haven: $30k → 10%Youth Haven: $30k → 10%Youth Haven: $30k → 10%Upscale Rummage Sale Inc: $10k → 8%Youth Haven: $30k → 10%Upscale Rummage Sale Inc: $10k → 8%Christopher House: $10k → 14%Youth Haven: $30k → 10%Upscale Rummage Sale Inc: $10k → 8%Upscale Rummage Sale Inc: $10k → 8%Christopher House: $10k → 14%Upscale Rummage Sale Inc: $5k → 8%Christopher House: $10k → 14%Christopher House: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
CA
MO
AZ
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.3M · 55 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

55 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
29

Total granted

$5.3M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+21%

Still filing today

56%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’19’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $200k · revenue +5%
  • CC
    COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $200k · revenue +12%
  • GC
    GULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $200k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • LK
    LONGBOAT KEY CENTER FOR HEALTHY LIVING DBA THE PARADISE CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $500k
  • FT
    FLORIDA THEATER STUDIO
    one grant, 2019 · $250k
  • UO
    University of Iowa Stead Children's
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc

Sarasota memorial healthcare foundation is the philanthropic partner that helps sarasota memorial health care system bring world-class care to our community.

Health
3
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
6
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
7
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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8
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
9
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
10
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
11
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
12
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Providence House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dolores Kohl Education Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

52 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 52 of the 92 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/52
Grantees still filing
36/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Hospital for Special Surgery: $600,000 · OtherHospital for Special SurgeryPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundat: $550,153 · OtherPhoenix Children's Hospital FoundatLurie Children's Hospital: $500,037 · OtherLurie Children's HospitalLONGBOAT KEY CENTER FOR HEALTHY LIVING DBA THE PARADISE CENTER: $500,000 · OtherLONGBOAT KEY CENTER FOR HEALTHY LIVING DBA THE PARADISE CENTERUniv of Iowa Stead Childrens Hospit: $425,000 · OtherUniv of Iowa Stead Childrens HospitFLORIDA THEATER STUDIO: $250,000 · OtherFLORIDA THEATER STUDIOShelter for Abused Women Children: $250,000 · OtherShelter for Abused Women ChildrenLewis Clark Law School for Animal L: $180,000 · Other+46 more: $1,207,500 · Other+46 moreCOMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY COO…YOUTH HAVEN INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH HAVEN I…MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $135,000 · Human ServicesMARC LUSTGART…PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesPROVIDENCE HO…VALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesVALERIE'S HOU…UPSCALE RUMMAGE SALE: $45,000 · Human ServicesUPSCALE RUMMA…CHRISTOPHER HOUSE: $35,000 · Human ServicesPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesVERMONTS CAMP TA-KUM-TA: $155,000 · HealthVERMONTS …ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $130,000 · HealthALZHEIMER…Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation: $55,000 · HealthSouthern …LEUKEMIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthLEUKEMIA …LOVING LEO JOSEPH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · HealthLONGBOAT KEY CENTER FOR HEALTHY LIVING INC: $25,000 · HealthLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $20,000 · HealthRESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $18,500 · Health+3 more: $25,000 · HealthGULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $200,000 · AnimalsJOSHUAS HOUSE FOR GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE AND SAN: $27,500 · AnimalsRESCUE A GOLDEN OF ARIZONA: $10,000 · AnimalsHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $200,000 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $30,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $5,000 · Food & NutritionFLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureSarasota Opera Association Inc: $55,000 · Arts & CultureWriters Theatre Inc: $30,000 · Arts & CultureLOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM: $25,500 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern Art: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureROCHELLE ZELL JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL: $62,500 · EducationLe Ballet Petit Guild Inc: $30,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $20,000 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $20,000 · EducationLegacy Traditional Schools: $10,000 · Education
Other$4,462,690Human Services$790,000Health$528,500Animals$237,500Food & Nutrition$235,000Arts & Culture$186,500Education$142,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $200,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $200,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetGULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $200,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetVERMONTS CAMP TA-KUM-TA: $155,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetYOUTH HAVEN INC: $150,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $135,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $130,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $120,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetROCHELLE ZELL JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL: $62,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Arizona AIDS Foundation: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC: $55,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSarasota Opera Association Inc: $55,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLEUKEMIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUPSCALE RUMMAGE SALE: $45,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetBERNIE'S BOOK BANK: $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTOPHER HOUSE: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLe Ballet Petit Guild Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetWriters Theatre Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJOSHUAS HOUSE FOR GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE AND SAN: $27,500 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetLOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM: $25,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOVING LEO JOSEPH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 4y, 56% of budgetLONGBOAT KEY CENTER FOR HEALTHY LIVING INC: $25,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $18,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSAVE ABANDONED BABIES FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 41% of budget525 FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetRESCUE A GOLDEN OF ARIZONA: $10,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SARASOTA COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLegacy Traditional Schools: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPAWS FOR PATRICK: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SARASOTA AND DESOTO COUNTIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S CANCER SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedically Induced Suicide Ed Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorking Bikes: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR FOOD EQUITY IN MEDICINE: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds GULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds VERMONTS CAMP TA-KUM-TA ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds VALERIE'S HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCHELLE ZELL JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NOURISHING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds Sarasota Opera Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEUKEMIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UPSCALE RUMMAGE SALE ↗
  • Who funds BERNIE'S BOOK BANK ↗
  • Who funds B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTOPHER HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Le Ballet Petit Guild Inc ↗
  • Who funds Writers Theatre Inc ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co IncFL16.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Collier Community Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Arnold Simonsen Family Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arnold Simonsen Family Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Valerie's House Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Youth Haven Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Studio Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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