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Mabel & Ellsworth Simmons Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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Mabel & Ellsworth Simmons Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$513k
Granted FY2024still arriving
44
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$56k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$922kHealth$538kYouth Development$511kReligion$270kHousing & Shelter$254kFood & Nutrition$215kAnimals$201kInternational$142kOther$0
02FY2024 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $90k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $367k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $56k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ECHO$55,600
ELMIRA'S WILDLIFE SANCTUARY$28,620
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$25,000
ECHO$25,000
A KIDS PLACE$22,000
MACDONALD TRAINING CENTER$20,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUB-RIVERVIEW$17,000
YOUR ABUNDANT LIFE$15,400
FORGOTTEN ANGELS$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE$15,000
CARE$15,000
1 VOICE FOUNDATION$12,500
CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH$11,600
NEW LIFE VILLAGE$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $608k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 16%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $8k → 10%ECKERD YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $5k → 12%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $25k → 13%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 16%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $8k → 10%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $25k → 13%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $6k → 10%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $15k → 13%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $13k → 13%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $12k → 13%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $8k → 13%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $8k → 13%GOOD SAMARITAN MISSION: $10k → 13%GOOD SAMARITAN MISSION: $10k → 13%GOOD SAMARITAN MISSION: $10k → 13%GOOD SAMARITAN MISSION: $5k → 13%GOOD SAMARITAN MISSION: $5k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $25k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $25k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $20k → 13%A KIDS PLACE: $22k → 13%A KIDS PLACE: $16k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $15k → 13%A KID'S PLACE: $15k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $15k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $15k → 13%A KID'S PLACE: $11k → 13%A BRIGHTER COMMUNITY: $10k → 13%A BRIGHTER COMMUNITY: $10k → 13%SYLVIA THOMAS CTR FOR ADOP FOSTERS: $9k → 13%A BRIGHTER COMMUNITY: $10k → 13%A KID'S PLACE: $3k → 13%GROW INTO YOU FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%GROW INTO YOU FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%MY WARRIORS PLACE: $13k → 13%MY WARRIORS PLACE: $10k → 13%MACDONALD TRAINING CENTER: $20k → 13%MACDONALD TRAINING CENTER: $20k → 13%MACDONALD TRAINING CENTER: $20k → 13%MACDONALD TRAINING CENTER: $10k → 13%MACDONALD TRAINING CENTER: $10k → 13%OASIS: $10k → 13%OASIS: $7k → 13%SMALL BUT MIGHTY HEROES: $25k → 13%OASIS: $5k → 13%CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS: $5k → 13%SMALL BUT MIGHTY HEROES: $10k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 69 repeat orgs$410k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -14% for those funded once.

69 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2024, 38 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

69
36

Total granted

$3.3M
$307k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
-14%

Still filing today

49%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyInternationalCrime & LegalArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $115k · revenue +131%
  • CC
    CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $106k · revenue +36%
  • CF
    CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $101k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • RR
    RIVARD-SIMMONS ROTARY EVENT CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
2
The Children's Home Inc

To unlock the potential of at-risk children and families by providing compassionate and effective services that create opportunities for success.

Health
3
Citrus Health Network Inc

To provide primary care and behavioral health services to children, adults, and families in south florida across a broad range of health services and community-based programs; and to oversee the coordinated child welfare system of care…

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4
Pathways Youth and Family Services Inc

Pathways' mission is: transforming lives, families and communities.

Human Services
5
Pathway Caring for Children

Our mission is to help children and families realize the possibilities of their lives through foster care, adoption, and mental health. we serve over 1,700 children and families in 14 northeast ohio counties.

Health
6
Florida's Children First Inc

Organization mission: florida's children first is a non-profit, nonpartisan, independent advocacy organization committed to protecting and advancing the rights of children and youth impacted by the child welfare, juvenile justice, and…

Human Services
7
St Vincent's Services Inc

For over 150 years, st. vincent's services, inc. (d/b/a heartshare st. vincent's services) has been a symbol of hope, compassion, and strength for vulnerable and under-resourced communities in new york city. (see on schedule o)

Human Services
8
Hope Street Inc Dba Hope & Healing Jax

Our mission is equipping all who touch the lives of children with what they need, so they can give children what they need by providing training to caregivers. When individuals, families and communities experience trauma that goes…

Youth Development
9
Christian Family Care Agency Inc

The mission of christian family care is to strengthen families and serve at-risk children in the name of jesus christ. the outcome of our work results in building flourishing families and communities focusing on three pillars: preserve,…

Human Services
10
Daybreak Inc

To provide miami valley homeless and vulnerable youth with services that promote safety, stability and well-being.

Human Services
11
Hubbard House Inc

Safety, empowerment, and social change for victims of domestic violence and their families. to that end we offer a full compendium of services for victims of domestic violence.

Human Services
12
Children's Case Management Organization Inc D/B/a Families First of Pb County

Families first of palm beach county, through innovative programs, promotes generational change by addressing families emotional, physical, and social well-being.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Eckerd Youth Alternatives Inc; the most unlike its peers is Warm Blanket Hugs. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

50 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. 50 of the 117 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/50
Grantees still filing
26/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH: $209,100 · OtherCALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCHYMCA (5KCAMP): $162,500 · OtherYMCA (5KCAMP)BOYS & GIRLS CLUB-RIVERVIEW: $136,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB-RIVERVIEWFREIDNS OF JOSHUA HOUSE: $100,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS: $93,000 · OtherFORGOTTEN ANGELS: $85,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $85,000 · Other+78 more: $1,549,399 · Other+78 moreMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $115,000 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN MINIS…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $105,600 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS …MACDONALD TRAINING CENTER INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesMACDONALD TRAINING…A KID'S PLACE OF TAMPA BAY INC: $66,700 · Human ServicesA KID'S PLACE OF T…GOOD SAMARITAN MISSION INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMARITAN MIS…Small But Mighty Heroes Inc: $35,000 · Human ServicesSmall But Mighty H…A Brighter Community Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesMY WARRIOR'S PLACE INC: $25,500 · Human ServicesOKALOOSA AIDS SUPPORT AND INFORMATIONAL SERVICES INC- OASIS: $25,000 · Human ServicesSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $23,000 · Human Services+6 more: $61,700 · Human Services+6 moreAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $190,000 · HealthAMERICAN CA…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $85,000 · HealthSHRINERS HO…YOUR ABUNDANT LIFE INC: $40,400 · HealthYOUR ABUNDA…MORE HEALTH INC: $25,000 · HealthMORE HEALTH…Mercy Medical Angels: $20,000 · Health+4 more: $32,000 · Health+4 moreECHO Inc: $128,100 · InternationalBest Buddies International Inc: $10,000 · International+1 more: $4,000 · InternationalCHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC: $100,500 · Crime & LegalVoice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida: $7,500 · Crime & LegalFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $70,000 · Food & NutritionHillsborough Education Foundation Inc: $59,000 · Education
Other$2,419,999Human Services$612,500Health$392,400International$142,100Crime & Legal$108,000Food & Nutrition$70,000Education$59,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $190,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetECHO Inc: $128,100 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $115,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $105,600 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC: $100,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $85,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMACDONALD TRAINING CENTER INC: $80,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSTARTING RIGHT NOW: $70,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetA KID'S PLACE OF TAMPA BAY INC: $66,700 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHillsborough Education Foundation Inc: $59,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMARY AND MARTHA HOUSE INC: $45,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN MISSION INC: $45,000 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetYOUR ABUNDANT LIFE INC: $40,400 over 3y, 16% of budgetSmall But Mighty Heroes Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetA Brighter Community Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetELMIRAS WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $28,620 over 1y, 23% of budgetMY WARRIOR'S PLACE INC: $25,500 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetMORE HEALTH INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN OF TAMPA BAY INC: $25,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetOKALOOSA AIDS SUPPORT AND INFORMATIONAL SERVICES INC- OASIS: $25,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $23,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCLOUD NINE OUTDOORS: $20,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetMercy Medical Angels: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS OF THE WORLD INC: $20,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetGROW INTO YOU FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetFreedom Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetNEW LIFE VILLAGE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE OUTREACH CLINIC INC: $20,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetWINTHROP ARTS INC: $18,800 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetA DOOR OF HOPE INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR CYBER SAFETY AND EDUCATION: $15,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budget1VOICE FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFIREHOUSE CULTRUAL CENTER INC: $10,450 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetHIGH RISK HOPE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetOPERATION LIGHTFORCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTAMPA BAY THRIVES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF PLANT CITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSYLVIA THOMAS CENTER FOR ADOPTIVE AND FOSTER FAMILIES: $9,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetVoice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida: $7,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetLifePath Hospice Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetECKERD YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetHEART OF ADOPTIONS ALLIANCE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWARM BLANKET HUGS: $1,700 over 1y, 2.2% of budget
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 AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ECHO Inc ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds MACDONALD TRAINING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds STARTING RIGHT NOW ↗
  • Who funds A KID'S PLACE OF TAMPA BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds Hillsborough Education Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MARY AND MARTHA HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUR ABUNDANT LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds Small But Mighty Heroes Inc ↗
  • Who funds A Brighter Community 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.

Community Foundation …Debartolo Family Foun…Vinik Family Foundati…Suncoast Credit Union…The Florida Medical C…Rays Baseball Foundat…The Richard M Schulze…The Saunders Foundati…Pinellas Community Fo…Grapevine giving foun…Lv Thompson Family Fo…New York Yankees Tamp…
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay IncFL48.2× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · The Florida Medical Clinic Foundation of Caring Inc · Rays Baseball Foundation Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Saunders Foundation · Pinellas Community Foundation · Grapevine giving foundation · Lv Thompson Family Foundation Inc · New York Yankees Tampa Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mabel & Ellsworth Simmons Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mabel & Ellsworth Simmons Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 200%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Champions for Children Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Eckerd Youth Alternatives Inc: 12% of income from government
  • New Life Village Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Grow Into You Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Macdonald Training Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
20get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 117 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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