Indiana · Private foundation
Herbert 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.
- $14M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of Herbert Simon Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $13,548,764
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 27
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $31M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Herbert Simon Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $150k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $150k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $150k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $250k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $2.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University Foundation | $755,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc | $650,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Eskenazi Health Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Community Kitchen Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 96% |
| Brentwood School | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 13% |
| WFYI Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Rightfit Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 11% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University Foundation | $755,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc | $650,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Eskenazi Health Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Community Kitchen Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 96% |
| Brentwood School | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Hebrew University Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 13% |
| WFYI Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Rightfit Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 11% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Newfields Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Green | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Simon Youth Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Car Media Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls on the Run - Sierras | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| United Way Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilkes University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| 100 Black Men of Indianapolis Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Indianapolis | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($940k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Herbert Simon Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Lilly Endowment Inc · Dorsey Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Strada Education Foundation Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Madeira Fund Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Griffith Family Foundation Inc · Hubbard Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Herbert Simon Family Foundation
- How much does Herbert Simon Family Foundation give?
- Herbert Simon Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $13,698,764 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 27 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Herbert Simon Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (94%), Arts & Culture (3%), Education (2%).
- Who are Herbert Simon Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Indiana University Foundation ($755k), The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc ($650k), Eskenazi Health Foundation Inc ($300k).
- Does Herbert Simon Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herbert 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 Herbert Simon Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Dorsey Foundation Inc, Lumina Foundation for Education Inc.
- Where is Herbert Simon Family Foundation based?
- Herbert Simon Family Foundation is based in IN.
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