Michigan · Private foundation
Elwood and Carol Simon Family 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.
- $91k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2024
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $24,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 32
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $432k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Elwood and Carol Simon Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 31 | $90k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $97k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $69k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $63k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $63k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew Free Loan Association | $40,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Independence Fund Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pat Tillman Foundation | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Homes for Our Troops Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Yad Ezra | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Holocaust Memorial Center Inc | $5,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($184k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elwood and Carol Simon Family 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: Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Grosfeld Foundation · The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · George M and Jo Elyn Nyman Charitable Trust · Robt & Gail Katz Family Foundation · Hs Foundation · Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation · The Bruce H and Rosalie N Rosen Family Foundation · Woll-Yellin Family Foundation · David Kahan Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Elwood and Carol Simon Family Foundation with peer funders
About Elwood and Carol Simon Family Foundation
- How much does Elwood and Carol Simon Family Foundation give?
- Elwood and Carol Simon Family Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $91,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 32 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Elwood and Carol Simon Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), Philanthropy (18%), Health (17%).
- Who are Elwood and Carol Simon Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Hebrew Free Loan Association ($40k), The Independence Fund Inc ($25k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($10k).
- Does Elwood and Carol Simon Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elwood and Carol Simon Family 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 Elwood and Carol Simon Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Michigan Health Endowment Fund, Grosfeld Foundation, The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family Foundation.
- Where is Elwood and Carol Simon Family Foundation based?
- Elwood and Carol Simon Family Foundation is based in MI.
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