Washington · Private foundation
Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $300k
- Granted FY2021
- 1
- Grants FY2021
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $12k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 1 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $310k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $4.2M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $3.0M | 17% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $3.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington Foundation | $6,880,000 | 3 | 2% |
| St Thomas School | $2,100,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| British Schools & Universities Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Seattle Art Museum | $128,029 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of Flight Foundation | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Americans for Oxford Inc | $51,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Woodland Park Zoological Society | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hungarian-American Coalition | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| All-Star Orchestra Summit | $40,000 | 3 | 9% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington Foundation | $6,880,000 | 3 | 2% |
| St Thomas School | $2,100,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| British Schools & Universities Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Seattle Art Museum | $128,029 | 2 | 0% |
| Museum of Flight Foundation | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Americans for Oxford Inc | $51,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Woodland Park Zoological Society | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hungarian-American Coalition | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| All-Star Orchestra Summit | $40,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 13% |
| The Philanthropy Roundtable | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences 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.
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How this is measured
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About Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences
- How much does Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences give?
- Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences reported 1 grants totaling $300,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Education (79%), Arts & Culture (17%), Science & Tech (2%).
- Who are Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: University of Washington Foundation ($6.9M), St Thomas School ($2.1M), Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation ($200k).
- Does Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences based?
- Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences is based in WA.
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