Indiana · Private foundation
Bill Simpson Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $613k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 36
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Bill Simpson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 31 | $613k | 65% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $605k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $579k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation Inc | $255,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Guide Dogs of the Desert | $200,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Gamers Outreach Foundation Inc | $144,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Charlotte Film Society | $90,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Carving the Future | $80,000 | 3 | 12% |
| Bald Head Island Conservancy Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Garden Inc | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Reef Relief Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Jackson Hole Therapeutic Riding | $45,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 60 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($73k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bill Simpson Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Christopher Reeve Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About Bill Simpson Foundation Inc
- How much does Bill Simpson Foundation Inc give?
- Bill Simpson Foundation Inc reported 31 grants totaling $612,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 36 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Bill Simpson Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (22%), Animals (21%), Youth Development (14%).
- Who are Bill Simpson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation Inc ($255k), Guide Dogs of the Desert ($200k), Gamers Outreach Foundation Inc ($145k).
- Does Bill Simpson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bill Simpson Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bill Simpson Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas, Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.
- Where is Bill Simpson Foundation Inc based?
- Bill Simpson Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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