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Herbert & Bui Simon Foundation Inc at a glance

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Herbert & Bui Simon Foundation Inc

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.

$626k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.7MHealth$1.2MHuman Services$389kAnimals$355kArts & Culture$200kPublic Safety & Disaster$86kYouth Development$80kInternational$52kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $71k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $300k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INDIANAPOLIS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC$250,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY$100,000
MARYMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL$50,000
VNA HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS$50,000
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$50,000
CESAR MILLAN FOUNDATION$25,000
GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND$25,000
LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION$10,950
AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION$10,000
SHARE INC$5,000
02The need
03

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 (FY17–24, $416k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WIN WIN GIVE: $25k → 10%UNITY SHOPPE INC: $100k → 14%SHARE INC: $5k → 13%UNITY SHOPPE INC: $50k → 14%SHARE INC: $3k → 13%UNITY SHOPPE INC: $50k → 14%SHARE INC: $3k → 13%UNITY SHOPPE INC: $50k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE INC: $50k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE INC: $50k → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $10k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $11k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Herbert & Bui Simon Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Herbert & Bui Simon Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.7M · 19 repeat orgs$352k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
16

Total granted

$4.7M
$242k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+40%

Still filing today

74%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +40%
  • SB
    Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation
    5× · 2019–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +32%
  • BS
    BRENTWOOD SCHOOL
    6× · 2017–2022 · $710k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • CC
    CORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -35%
  • CM
    CHILDREN MENDING HEARTS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +156%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF MALIBU URGENT CARE
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
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.

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Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
2
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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3
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
4
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
5
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
6
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
7
California Institute for BioMedical Research

Our mission is to build a unique institute that bridges basic research and drug discovery, and that attracts the best and brightest scientists, physicians and students to work together synergistically to find cures for neglected human…

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8
Los Angeles County Bar Association (Lacba)

Meeting the professional needs of los angeles lawyers, and improving the administration of justice.

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9
Santa Barbara Foundation

The mission of the santa barbara foundation (sbf) is to mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive and resilient communities.

Philanthropy
10
Behavior Analyst Certification Board Inc

We protect consumers of behavior analysis services by systematically establishing, promoting, and disseminating professional standards.

Employment
11
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
12
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 40 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
24/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $1,213,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW …Global Impact: $50,000 · International+1 more: $2,000 · InternationalBRENTWOOD SCHOOL: $710,000 · EducationBRENTWOOD SCHOOLCARLTHORP SCHOOL: $235,000 · EducationCARLTHORP SCHOOLPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $81,000 · EducationPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITYUCLA FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · EducationSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $1,006,000 · HealthSanta Barbara Cottage H…VNA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Health+2 more: $20,100 · HealthSANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $350,000 · OtherSANTA BARBARA CI…MARYMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherMARYMOUNT HIGH S…GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $50,000 · OtherGANNA WALSKA LOT…WOMEN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND OF BCRF: $45,000 · OtherWOMEN'S CANCER R…VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE CARE: $30,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF MALIBU URGENT CARE: $25,000 · OtherCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $50,000 · OtherCORE COMMUNITY O…CHILDREN MENDING HEARTS INC: $50,000 · OtherCHILDREN MENDING…+9 more: $89,000 · Other+9 moreUNITY SHOPPE INC: $350,000 · Human ServicesUNITY SHO…WIN WIN GIVE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesWIN WIN G…LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $20,950 · Human Services+2 more: $20,500 · Human ServicesIndianapolis Zoological Society Inc: $285,000 · AnimalsTHE CESAR MILLAN FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Animals+2 more: $10,000 · AnimalsThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $165,000 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBARA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $25,000 · Arts & Culture
International$1,265,000Education$1,083,500Health$1,076,100Other$739,000Human Services$416,450Animals$355,000Arts & Culture$190,000

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 budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $1,213,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $1,006,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetBRENTWOOD SCHOOL: $710,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetUNITY SHOPPE INC: $350,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetIndianapolis Zoological Society Inc: $285,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCARLTHORP SCHOOL: $235,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $165,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $81,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CESAR MILLAN FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Impact: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN MENDING HEARTS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVNA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSANTA BARBARA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWIN WIN GIVE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $20,950 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOLVING KIDS' CANCER INC: $15,100 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FIREFIGHTERS ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetSHARE INC: $10,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMuch Love Animal Rescue: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAMBURGER HOME: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAR VISTA FAMILY CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $1,000 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.

California Community …Hutton Foundation Dba…Ann Jackson Family Fo…The Wood-Claeyssens F…Santa Barbara Foundat…The Annenberg Foundat…Charities Aid Foundat…Elizabeth and John Mo…Alice Tweed Tuohy Fou…Volentine Family Foun…Mosher FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…
California Community FoundationCA24.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · Volentine Family Foundation · Mosher Foundation · American Endowment 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 Herbert & Bui Simon Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herbert & Bui Simon Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Herbert & Bui Simon Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Herbert & Bui Simon Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 40 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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