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David J Simon Foundation at a glance

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David J Simon 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.

$78k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$116kHealth$72kHuman Services$67kHousing & Shelter$34kInternational$17kPhilanthropy$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kCivil Rights$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $53k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FUND FOR THE AGED$18,000
MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$12,500
HELP USA FUND$12,500
OUR HOUSE$10,000
BRAZIL FOUNDATION$5,182
FOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTISEMITISM$3,000
FAIRPLAY INC$2,500
MUHLENBERG COLLEGE$2,500
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI$2,500
ST JUDE$2,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$2,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$2,000
FAIRPLAY INC$2,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING$1,500
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%FUND FOR THE AGED: $18k → 17%FUND FOR THE AGED: $9k → 17%FUND FOR THE AGED: $9k → 17%FUND FOR THE AGED: $8k → 17%FUND FOR THE AGED: $8k → 17%FUND FOR THE AGED: $2k → 17%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

WA
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
MD
TN
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$282k · 13 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
20

Total granted

$282k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-15%
+3%

Still filing today

69%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyScience & TechOther
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

  • NG
    NEW GATE SCHOOL INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $107k · revenue +53%
  • UO
    University of Miami
    2× · 2024–2025 · $5k · revenue +9%
  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
    2× · 2023–2025 · $4k · revenue +124%

Funded once

  • HU
    HELP USA INC
    one grant, 2018 · $11k
  • TR
    The Rogosin Institute Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $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
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
4
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
5
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
6
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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7
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation

The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…

Human Services
8
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

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9
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
10
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
11
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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12
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Robin Hood Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Rev Peter N Kyriakos Endowment Fund Inc. 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

27 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. 27 of the 39 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
12/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW GATE SCHOOL INC: $107,000 · EducationNEW GATE SCHOOL INCUniversity of Miami: $5,000 · Education+3 more: $3,700 · EducationTHE HELP USA FUND INC: $24,000 · OtherTHE HELP USA FUND INCJEWISH HOME LIFECARE: $15,000 · OtherJEWISH HOME LIFECAREMUHLENBERG FUND: $13,000 · OtherMUHLENBERG FUNDMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $12,500 · OtherMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATIONHELP USA INC: $10,825 · OtherHELP USA INCOUR HOUSE: $10,000 · OtherOUR HOUSEMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $7,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERINGIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherST JUDE: $4,500 · Other+13 more: $9,250 · Other+13 moreFUND FOR THE AGED INC: $52,000 · Human ServicesFUND FOR THE AGED…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National…SOLVING KIDS' CANCER INC: $33,500 · HealthSOLVING KIDS' C…The Rogosin Institute Inc: $10,000 · HealthThe Rogosin Ins…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $3,500 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J F…+2 more: $2,000 · HealthWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $7,000 · InternationalBRAZIL FOUNDATION: $5,182 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC: $1,000 · InternationalFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsFAIRPLAY INC: $4,500 · Youth Development
Education$115,700Other$111,075Human Services$57,000Health$49,000International$13,182Civil Rights$10,000Youth Development$4,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW GATE SCHOOL INC: $107,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFUND FOR THE AGED INC: $52,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSOLVING KIDS' CANCER INC: $33,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHE HELP USA FUND INC: $24,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rogosin Institute Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRPLAY INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUHLENBERG COLLEGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSIONWORKS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWRITOPIA LAB INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NATAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK SUN WORKS INC: $950 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SATO PROJECT: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACHIEVE MIAMI INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY11.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 David J Simon Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David J Simon Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 39 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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