· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $52k
- $10k–50k24 grants · $407k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $155k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $55,000 |
| HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER | $50,000 |
| JSL FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| HILLEL OF METRO DETROIT | $40,000 |
| FRESH AIR SOCIETY | $40,000 |
| GILDA'S CLUB OF METRO DETROIT | $30,000 |
| METRO FOOD RESCUE | $25,000 |
| THE PINK FUND | $20,000 |
| OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH ALLIANCE | $20,000 |
| DETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTONS CO - PROJECT CLEAN SLATE | $20,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $17,000 |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT | $15,000 |
| MICHIGAN ADVOCACY PROGRAM | $15,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF METRO DETROIT | $15,000 |
| LIGHTHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $425k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.
36 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FAFRESH AIR SOCIETY5× · 2020–2024 · $245k · revenue +332%
- HMHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC7× · 2017–2024 · $228k · revenue +133%
- GCGILDA'S CLUB METRO DETROIT4× · 2020–2024 · $160k · revenue +15%
Funded once
- IAISAAC AGREE DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUEone grant, 2020 · $50k
- PCPROJECT CLEAN SLATEone grant, 2020 · $50k
- JSJEWISH SENIOR LIFE OF METRO DETROITone grant, 2022 · $50k
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.
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.
The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…
The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…
Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.
Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…
We nurture a sense of community and enrich the lives of older adults, while embracing jewish values and celebrating life.
Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…
The jewish women's archive documents jewish women's stories, elevates their voices, and inspires them to be agents of change.jwa is dedicated to expanding and transforming the historical narrative by restoring jewish women and gender…
Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.
The network is an international membership association of more than 170 non profit human service agencies in the united states, canada and israel. its members provide a full range of human services for the jewish community and beyond,…
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
To build / maintain a strong and united jewish community in order to ensure the continuity of the jewish people. the federation is the central agency for meeting jewish needs and articulating jewish concerns in the capital region, in…
The united jewish foundation of detroit owns, manages and invests jewish communal assets, including general and endowment funds, agency endowments, supporting foundations and real property. the foundation is committed to ensuring that…
How this is measured
54 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 54 of the 82 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds FRESH AIR SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds JSL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GILDA'S CLUB METRO DETROIT ↗
- Who funds THE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
- Who funds YAD EZRA ↗
- Who funds PINK FUND INC ↗
- Who funds JARC ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC ↗
- Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds HOSPITALITY HOUSE ↗
- Who funds GESHER HUMAN SERVICES ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Metro Food Rescue ↗
- Who funds SOCIETY FOR HUMANISTIC JUDAISM ↗
- Who funds SEEDS OF PEACE INC ↗
- Who funds FORGOTTEN HARVEST INC ↗
- Who funds LIGHTHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN OVARIAN CANCER ALLIANCE ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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