California · Private foundation
Lucille Ellis Simon 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.
- $516k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 90
- Grants FY2024
- 81
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 96%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 59 to 81
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 96% of the organizations Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $457k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 83 | $483k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 81 | $470k | 96% |
| FY2022 | 74 | $411k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 59 | $388k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil Foundation | $132,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Museum Associates | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $48,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Rand Corporation | $36,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Braille Institute of America Inc | $31,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Defenders of Wildlife | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Shelter Partnership Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pbs Foundation | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 72 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 93 recipients with no EIN on record ($910k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lucille Ellis Simon 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: The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · California Community Foundation · S Mark Taper Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · QueensCare · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The California Wellness Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Green Foundation · Shelter Partnership Inc
How this is measured
About Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation
- How much does Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation give?
- Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation reported 90 grants totaling $515,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 59 and 81 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (10%), Health (9%), International (8%).
- Who are Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Brazil Foundation ($132k), Museum Associates ($100k), United States Fund for Unicef ($48k).
- Does Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 96% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lucille Ellis Simon 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 Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, Weingart Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation.
- Where is Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation based?
- Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation is based in CA.
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