California · Private foundation
James a Simpson 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.
- $17k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $96k
- 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 James a Simpson 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $17k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $16k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $16k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $16k | 7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Community Presbyterian Church | $45,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Rancho Santa Fe Womens Fund | $18,400 | 7 | 0% |
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | $9,500 | 9 | 0% |
| La Jolla Country Day School | $4,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Rancho Coastal Humane Society | $1,850 | 9 | 0% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $1,300 | 9 | 0% |
| Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club | $545 | 5 | 0% |
| Library Guild of Rancho Santa Fe | $500 | 5 | 0% |
| Catalina Island Museum | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Santa Catalina Island Conservancy | $250 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Community Presbyterian Church | $45,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Rancho Santa Fe Womens Fund | $18,400 | 7 | 0% |
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | $9,500 | 9 | 0% |
| La Jolla Country Day School | $4,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Rancho Coastal Humane Society | $1,850 | 9 | 0% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $1,300 | 9 | 0% |
| Rancho Santa Fe Garden Club | $545 | 5 | 0% |
| Library Guild of Rancho Santa Fe | $500 | 5 | 0% |
| Catalina Island Museum | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Santa Catalina Island Conservancy | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Nature Collective | $100 | 2 | 0% |
| Catalina Island Humane Society Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Rancho Santa Fe Historical Society | $100 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($63k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James a Simpson 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: Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About James a Simpson Foundation
- How much does James a Simpson Foundation give?
- James a Simpson Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $16,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James a Simpson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (33%), Religion (30%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are James a Simpson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Village Community Presbyterian Church ($45k), Rancho Santa Fe Womens Fund ($18k), Helen Woodward Animal Center ($10k).
- Does James a Simpson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James a Simpson 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 James a Simpson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rancho Santa Fe Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is James a Simpson Foundation based?
- James a Simpson Foundation is based in CA.
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