Missouri · Private foundation
Ec Simmons III 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.
- $840k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Ec Simmons III Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $840k | 95% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $770k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $603k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $525k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $534k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $617k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $400k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $400k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Saint Louis Zoo Association | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forest Park Forever Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center of Creative Arts | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Paraquad Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Saint Louis Zoo Association | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forest Park Forever Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Louis Area Food Bank Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center of Creative Arts | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Paraquad Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Missouri Veterans Endeavor | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Outreach Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ec Simmons III 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: Trio Foundation of St Louis · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ec Simmons III Foundation
- How much does Ec Simmons III Foundation give?
- Ec Simmons III Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $840,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ec Simmons III Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (84%), Education (4%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Ec Simmons III Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Trustees of Deerfield Academy ($75k), The Saint Louis Zoo Association ($55k), Forest Park Forever Inc ($50k).
- Does Ec Simmons III Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ec Simmons III 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 Ec Simmons III Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Trio Foundation of St Louis, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Ec Simmons III Foundation based?
- Ec Simmons III Foundation is based in MO.
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