· Private foundation
Joseph T and Helen M 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.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k79 grants · $168k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $122k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HEALTH MINISTRIES OF CHRIST | $22,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES | $21,500 |
| UPMC PINNACLE FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION (MA | $15,000 |
| NEW HOPE MINISTRIES | $13,333 |
| GREENLIGHT OPERATION | $13,000 |
| JOSEPH T SIMPSON PUBLIC LIBRARY | $12,000 |
| VETERANS OUTREACH OF PA | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $9,000 |
| CAMP HEBRON | $8,000 |
| WILDHEART MINISTRIES | $8,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL PA | $7,000 |
| PA DREAM HOUSE | $6,500 |
| ELIM BIBLE INSTITUTE & COLLEGE | $6,000 |
| SUSQUEHANNA ART MUSEUM | $6,000 |
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, $234k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +32% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
104 repeat relationships: 78 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NHNEW HOPE MINISTRIES INC9× · 2017–2025 · $96k · revenue +105%
- JTJOSEPH T SIMPSON PUBLIC LIBRARY5× · 2021–2025 · $63k · revenue +20%
- CHCAMP HEBRON INC5× · 2021–2025 · $55k · revenue +27%
Funded once
- UWUNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGIONone grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +12%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $8k
- HAHARRISBURG AREA YMCAgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +34%
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.
Upmc pinnacle hospitals mission as a charitable organization is dedicatied to maintaining and improving the health and quality of life for all persons of the central pennsylvania area.
Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…
Penn state health hampden medical center's mission is to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in pennsylvania. the organization provides patients with excellent, compassionate and culturally responsive and equitable…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Germantown academy inspires students to be independent in thought; confident in expression; compassionate in spirit; collaborative in action; and honorable in deed. germantown academy is a private school educating students from pre-k…
The mission of penn state health holy spirit medical center is to nurture the healing ministry of the church, supported by education and research. fidelity to the gospel urges us to emphasize human dignity and social justice as we create…
See schedule othe harrisburg university of science and technology offers innovative academic and research programs in science and technology that respond to local and global needs. the institution fosters a diverse community of learners,…
As a designated national and state heritage area, susquehanna heritage corporation works to raise awareness and appreciation of the cultural and economic value of the susquehanna riverlands, and preserve, enhance and celebrate the area's…
All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.
Susquehanna university educates students for productive, creative and reflective lives of achievement, leadership, and service in a diverse, dynamic and interdependent world.
The pennsylvania chamber of business and industry is the largest broad-based business association in pennsylvania. thousands of members throughout the commonwealth employ greater than 50 percent of pennsylvania's private workforce.…
Highlands hospital is committed to providing health care to the community in a competent, nurturing and healing environment. our staff will provide support in times of crisis and furnish the resources necessary to promote a healthy…
How this is measured
59 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. 59 of the 126 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 NEW HOPE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds HARRISBURG SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds JOSEPH T SIMPSON PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds CAMP HEBRON INC ↗
- Who funds SONSHINE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds VETERANS OUTREACH OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds PINNACLE HEALTH AUXILIARY ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES ↗
- Who funds THE NATIVITY SCHOOL OF HARRISBURG ↗
- Who funds CAPITAL AREA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds PA Dream House Inc ↗
- Who funds HOMELAND CENTER ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN DAILY BREAD ↗
- Who funds GOODWILL KEYSTONE AREA ↗
- Who funds SUNSHINE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds WILDHEART ↗
- Who funds GREENLIGHT OPERATION ↗
- Who funds CAPITAL AREA THERAPEUTIC RIDING ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds UPMC PINNACLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds SUSQUEHANNA ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds HARRISBURG COMMUNITY THEATRE THEATRE HARRISBURG ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION ↗
- Who funds THE CAPITAL REGION LITERACY COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds WORLD SURGICAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · United Way of the Capital Region · John Crain Kunkel Foundation · McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · Hall Foundation · Alexander and Jane Boyd Ta Foundation · Anne & Philip Glatfelter III Family Foundation · Schwab-Silfen Foundation · The S Wilson and Grace M Pollock Foundation · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Kenneth Bankert Foundation Inc · Franklin H and Ruth L Wells Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc: 2% of income from government
- Mcdaniel College Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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