· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MOTTINO FAMILY YMCA | $6,250 |
| THE VILLAGE CHURCH | $5,000 |
| RANCHO SANTA FE WOMEN'S FUND | $2,300 |
| UCSB FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER | $1,000 |
| RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY | $200 |
| SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK | $200 |
| LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE | $100 |
| RANCHO SANTA FE SENIOR CENTER | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +122% since the first grant, against +97% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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
Backed again, and grew
- HWHELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER9× · 2017–2025 · $10k · revenue +84%
- LJLA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL8× · 2017–2024 · $4k · revenue +43%
- RCRANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY9× · 2017–2025 · $2k · revenue +141%
Funded once
- SCSANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCYgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $250 · revenue +97%
- CICATALINA ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY INCone grant, 2019 · $100 · revenue +4%
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.
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.
To protect, preserve, maintain and enhance the community, including all its natural resources, beauty, quality of life and community character. the association provides for maintenance of facilities, services for the general health, safety…
To protect and steward in perpetuity the unique natural, cultural, and asthetic resources of the preserve and serve as a model of ecologically sustainable development to committees outside the preserve.
To prevent animal abuse and neglect, enforce the anti-cruelty laws of the State of California and promote the wellbeing of animals.
San diego zoo wildlife alliance is committed to saving species worldwide by uniting our expertise in wildlife care and conservation science with our dedication to inspiring passion for nature.
The santa fe conservation trust partners with our community to keep northern new mexico's living lands and people flourishing together. we protect culturally and environmentally significant landscapes, ignite people's passion for nature…
Conserving nature through science and discovery.
Rancho santa ana botanic gardens promotes botany, conservation, and horticulture to inspire, inform and educate the public and scientific community about california's native flora. the garden is devoted to the collection, cultivation,…
The California Surf Museum serves as an international repository and resource center on the lifestyle sport of surfing through capturing,preserving and chronicling its art, culture and heritage for the education and enjoyment of current…
To connect all people with wildlife, inspire caring for nature, and advance conservation action.
La Jolla Historical Society celebrates the history and culture of this region along the waters edge through interdisciplinary programs, exhibitions, and research that challenge expectations. It balances contemporary and historic…
Caring for homeless animals, and finding homes for them through pet adoptions.
Support the rancho in preserving the historic site and providing educational opportunities about the areas cultural heritage.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 18 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Rancho Santa Fe Womens Fund ↗
- Who funds HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds RANCHO SANTA FE GARDEN CLUB ↗
- Who funds LIBRARY GUILD OF RANCHO SANTA FE ↗
- Who funds Catalina Island Museum ↗
- Who funds SANTA CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds NATURE COLLECTIVE ↗
- Who funds CATALINA ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds RANCHO SANTA FE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James a Simpson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James a Simpson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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