Michigan · Private foundation
Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation
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.
- $613k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2024
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $107k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 40 | $598k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $578k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $633k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $595k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $607k | 77% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $158k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $116k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $305,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Fresh Air Society | $245,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Holocaust Memorial Center Inc | $228,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Congregation Beth Shalom | $205,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Jsl Foundation | $167,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Gilda's Club Metro Detroit | $160,000 | 4 | 3% |
| The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service | $120,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Yad Ezra | $75,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Pink Fund Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 2% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($641k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation 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: Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Ravitz Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · George M and Jo Elyn Nyman Charitable Trust · Deroy Testamentary Foundation · The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation · Ben N Teitel Charitable Trust · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Meyer & Anna Prentis Family Foundation · The Irving and Ethel Palman Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation with peer funders
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About Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation
- How much does Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation give?
- Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $613,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (20%), Arts & Culture (18%), Health (13%).
- Who are Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc ($305k), Fresh Air Society ($245k), Holocaust Memorial Center Inc ($228k).
- Does Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation 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 Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Ravitz Foundation.
- Where is Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation based?
- Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation is based in MI.
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