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Calvert and Sally Simmons Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Calvert and Sally Simmons Foundation

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.

$232k
Granted FY2025still arriving
36
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$229kEducation$121kCrime & Legal$68kHealth$52kCommunity Improvement$49kHousing & Shelter$38kYouth Development$27kRecreation & Sports$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $100k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $133k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$511k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN & FAMILY NETWORK CENTER$24,846
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION$23,000
CENTER FOR ALEXANDRIA'S CHILDREN$21,000
ACT FOR ALEXANDRIA$15,000
GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION$15,000
FRIENDS OF GUEST HOUSE$12,510
UNITED COMMUNITY$11,030
COMMUNITY LODGING$10,260
ALEXANDRIA SEAPORT FOUNDATION$7,000
KU ENDOWMENT$6,000
CAMPAGNA CENTER$6,000
MARTHAS FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY$5,180
ARTSFAIRFAX$5,000
ALIVE$5,000
VELOCITY BICYCLE COOPERATIVE$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $253k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $27k → 11%MOUNTAIN STATES CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 9%JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES: $750 → 8%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $18k → 11%JEWISH FDN FOR GROUP HOMES: $750 → 8%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $15k → 11%JEWISH FDN FOR GROUP HOMES: $500 → 8%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $15k → 11%UNITED COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $500 → 6%ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $500 → 7%BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $500 → 8%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $14k → 11%ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $500 → 7%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $11k → 11%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $6k → 11%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $6k → 11%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $6k → 11%UNITED COMMUNITY: $11k → 6%CAPITAL CARING: $500 → 6%HOPKINS HOUSE: $4k → 6%HOPKINS HOUSE: $3k → 6%HOPKINS HOUSE: $3k → 6%HOPKINS HOUSE: $2k → 6%HOPKINS HOUSE: $2k → 6%HOPKINS HOUSE: $1k → 6%HOPKINS HOUSE: $1k → 6%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $1k → 14%ALIVE: $5k → 9%ALIVE: $3k → 9%ALIVE: $2k → 9%ALIVE: $500 → 9%ALIVE: $500 → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $23k → 9%CAMPAGNA CENTER: $10k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $10k → 9%CAMPAGNA CENTER: $10k → 9%CAMPAGNA CENTER: $6k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $5k → 9%HOPKINS HOUSE: $5k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $4k → 9%CAMPAGNA CENTER: $4k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $4k → 9%CAMPAGNA CENTER: $4k → 9%CAMPAGNA CENTER: $2k → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION: $1k → 9%CAMPAGNA CENTER: $1k → 9%CAMPAGNA CENTER: $1k → 9%CAMPAGNA CENTER: $500 → 9%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

IL
NY
IN
OH
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
GA
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$860k · 68 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

68 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 39 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

68
39

Total granted

$860k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
0%

Still filing today

63%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TG
    THE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $118k · revenue +22%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR ALEXANDRIA'S CHILDREN
    8× · 2017–2025 · $74k · revenue +43%
  • NC
    National Council for Adoption
    7× · 2017–2025 · $47k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • IH
    INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue -31%
  • HT
    HOMEWARD TRAILS ADOPTION CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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
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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2
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
3
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
Children's Hospital

Organization's mission to improve health outcomes for children; be a leader in creating innovative solutions to pediatric healthcare problems; and excel in care, advocacy, research. as the nation's children's hospital, the mission of…

Health
6
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
7
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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8
National College Advising Corps Inc

College advising corps (cac) is the nation's largest nonprofit service organization dedicated to advancing educational equity and expanding opportunity for all high school students. cac provides college enrollment and career guidance to…

Education
9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
12
American Friends of the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation

To promote networking, exchange, and creative collaboration among scientists, scholars, artists, and professionals in the u.s. and germany consistent with the goals of the alexander von humboldt foundation.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Center for Alexandria's Children; the most unlike its peers is Martha's Farm Animal Sanctuary. 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

65 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 65 of the 115 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/65
Grantees still filing
45/65
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN & FAMILY NETWORK CENTER: $68,559 · OtherCHILDREN & FAMILY NETWORK CENTERINOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $34,750 · OtherINOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONKU ENDOWMENT: $33,000 · OtherKU ENDOWMENTVELOCITY BICYCLE COOPERATIVE: $27,500 · OtherVELOCITY BICYCLE COOPERATIVEST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $24,075 · OtherST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHBRIGHT FUTURES CHILD & FAMILY NETWORK CENTER: $24,000 · OtherBRIGHT FUTURES CHILD & FAMILY NETWORK CENTERMEETING HOUSE COOPERATIVE PRESC: $15,000 · OtherTall Ship Providence Foundation: $16,172 · OtherPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $14,962 · Other+68 more: $158,773 · Other+68 moreTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $117,500 · Human ServicesTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTIO…National Council for Adoption: $47,216 · Human ServicesNational Council for AdoptionTHE CAMPAGNA CENTER INC: $38,000 · Human ServicesTHE CAMPAGNA CENTER INCHOPKINS HOUSE A CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES: $21,000 · Human ServicesHOPKINS HOUSE A CENTER FOR CHI…UNITED COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $11,780 · Human ServicesALIVE Inc: $11,000 · Human Services+7 more: $12,310 · Human ServicesTHE CHILD AND FAMILY NETWORK CENTERS INC: $30,500 · EducationTHE SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF ALEXANDRIA: $14,500 · EducationALEXANDRIA TUTORING CONSORTIUM INC: $13,250 · EducationCOMPUTER CORE INC: $5,000 · EducationHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · Education+7 more: $7,822 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR ALEXANDRIA'S CHILDREN: $73,694 · Crime & LegalACT FOR ALEXANDRIA: $49,252 · Community ImprovementMother of Light Center: $2,000 · Community ImprovementFRIENDS OF THE GUEST HOUSE INC: $28,065 · HealthHEALTHY PEOPLE INC: $11,000 · HealthINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $5,500 · Health+4 more: $2,773 · HealthCommunity Lodgings Inc: $23,110 · Housing & ShelterCARPENTER'S SHELTER INC: $19,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE ARMY RETIREMENT RESIDENCE FOUNDATION - POTOMAC: $1,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$416,791Human Services$258,806Education$76,072Crime & Legal$73,694Community Improvement$51,252Health$47,338Housing & Shelter$43,610

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 budgetTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $117,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR ALEXANDRIA'S CHILDREN: $73,694 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetACT FOR ALEXANDRIA: $49,252 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNational Council for Adoption: $47,216 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CAMPAGNA CENTER INC: $38,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILD AND FAMILY NETWORK CENTERS INC: $30,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE GUEST HOUSE INC: $28,065 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Lodgings Inc: $23,110 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetHOPKINS HOUSE A CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES: $21,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCARPENTER'S SHELTER INC: $19,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTall Ship Providence Foundation: $16,172 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $14,962 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF ALEXANDRIA: $14,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetALEXANDRIA TUTORING CONSORTIUM INC: $13,250 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $11,780 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAlexandria Seaport Foundation: $11,072 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHEALTHY PEOPLE INC: $11,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetALIVE Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,005 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Welfare League of Alexandria: $9,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FIELD SCHOOL INC: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlices Kids Inc: $6,060 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $5,180 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOMPUTER CORE INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFREE THE GIRLS: $4,250 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMAUI NUI MARINE RESOURCE COUNCIL INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Madeira School: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GARDEN CLUB OF VIRGINIA INC: $2,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $2,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMother of Light Center: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FOUNDATION FOR GROUP HOMES INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALEXANDRIA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPACE OF HER OWN INC: $1,072 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetREHOBOTH BEACH VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC: $1,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $1,030 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER: $1,030 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $1,027 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $1,023 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMountain States Children's Home: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S NATIONAL: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 THE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR ALEXANDRIA'S CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds ACT FOR ALEXANDRIA ↗
  • Who funds National Council for Adoption ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPAGNA CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILD AND FAMILY NETWORK CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE GUEST HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Lodgings Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPKINS HOUSE A CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds CARPENTER'S SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Tall Ship Providence Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF ALEXANDRIA ↗
  • Who funds ALEXANDRIA TUTORING CONSORTIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Alexandria Seaport Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALIVE Inc ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Animal Welfare League of Alexandria ↗
  • Who funds THE FIELD SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Alices Kids Inc ↗
  • Who funds INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds COMPUTER CORE INC ↗
  • Who funds HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FREE THE GIRLS ↗

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.

Act for AlexandriaThe Community Foundat…Bruhn-Morris Family F…Ivakota Assoc IncThe Maple Tree FundKiwanis Foundation of…United Way of the Nat…Clark-Winchcole Found…Mightycause Charitabl…The Peterson Family F…Greater Washington Co…The Morris and Gwendo…
Act for AlexandriaVA50.8× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Act for Alexandria · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Bruhn-Morris Family Foundation Inc · Ivakota Assoc Inc · The Maple Tree Fund · Kiwanis Foundation of Alexandria VA Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Peterson Family Foundation Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

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 Calvert and Sally Simmons Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Calvert and Sally Simmons Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company Inc: 64% of income from government
  • Bender Jcc of Greater Washington: 1% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Capital Hospice: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 115 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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