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Michael Simmons Charitable Foundation In at a glance

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Michael Simmons Charitable Foundation In

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.

$380k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$95k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$315kHousing & Shelter$240kYouth Development$155kHuman Services$150kScience & Tech$95kEmployment$70kCivil Rights$60kInternational$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $260k
$30,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ILADD INC$95,000
LIVE YOUR DREAM FOUNDATION$60,000
WEST PHILADELPHIA ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN$55,000
EMILY'S HOPE INC$50,000
DEV46 INCORPORATED$30,000
CHANGED CHOICES$25,000
STREET SAMARITANS INC$25,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
THE FORGE INITIATIVE INC$20,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $145k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER OF CAMDEN COUNTY: $50k → 13%A FARM LESS ORDINARY: $20k → 4%EMILY'S HOPE INC: $50k → 9%STREET SAMARITANS INC: $25k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
NY
SD
IN
PA
NJ
CA
UT
MO
VA
MD
NC
OK
MS
AL
GA
FL
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 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
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
2
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
3
Electric Girls Inc

Electric girls builds girls' (ages 5 to 14) confidence & capabilities by engaging them in science, technology, engineering, and math (stem). electric girls facilitates in-school and extra-curricular programs (after-school, weekends, summer…

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4
Girls With Impact Inc

Girls with impact, inc. is the nation's only live, online business & leadership program for young women ages 14-24 years old. its mission is to level the playing field for all women in business and beyond by equipping them with the skills,…

Education
5
Tutoring Chicago

Tutoring chicago delivers the power of education through one-to-one tutoring.

Arts & Culture
6
Would-Works Inc

At Would Works, we are committed to help youth with barriers to employment to heal, learn new skills, grow their confidence and prepare for their next opportunities, by providing paid, creative, hands-on woodworking training in a…

Human Services
7
Towards Employment Inc

We champion the potential of every person to succeed in a rewarding career, while working to create an equitable and inclusive workforce for tomorrow. we do this by providing skill development for in demand jobs, comprehensive supports,…

Employment
8
Girls Inc of Chicago

Girls inc of chicago provides programming for girls grades k-12 throughout the chicagoland area to inspire them to be strong, smart and bold. as developed by longstanding tax-exempt organization girls incorporated, our comprehensive…

Youth Development
9
Marrakech Inc

Provides person-centered and inclusive services to children and adults with and without disabilities that includes securing employment, connecting to necessary supportive services, accessing housing and participating fully as contributing…

Employment
10
Girls Incorporated of Tennessee Valley

Inspiring girls ages 5-19 to become strong, smart & bold

Youth Development
11
Inspiredu Inc

InspirEdus mission is to help underserved youth develop the skills needed for education and career success through technology-based learning tools and engagement activities with their families, communities, and schools.

Education
12
The Stride Center

As an innovative social enterprise, The Stride Center's mission is to empower men and women facing barriers to employment to achieve economic self-sufficiency. We provide a comprehensive career development program that includes job skills…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Children's Shelter Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Empowherment Community Center Inc. 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

22 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. 22 of the 30 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
10/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ART OF PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE INC: $80,000 · OtherTHE ART OF PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE …LIVE YOUR DREAM FOUNDATION: $60,000 · OtherLIVE YOUR DREAM FOUNDATIONWEST PHILADELPHIA ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN: $55,000 · OtherWEST PHILADELPHIA ALLIANCE FOR CHILDRE…MERCY HOME FOR BOYS & GIRLS: $50,000 · OtherMERCY HOME FOR BOYS & GIRLSCALIBRATE: $50,000 · OtherCALIBRATEIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDEV46 INCORPORATED: $30,000 · OtherDEV46 INCORPORATEDIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherCREATORS CAMP USA INC: $15,000 · OtherEmpowherment Community Center Inc: $15,000 · Other+1 more: $10,000 · OtherILADD: $95,000 · Housing & ShelterILADDSARAH'S CIRCLE: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterSARAH'S CIRCLEATLANTA CHILDREN'S SHELTER INCORPORATED: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterATLANTA CHILDREN'S …RAINBOW PLACE SHELTER FOR HOMELESS WOMEN INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterRAINBOW PLACE SHELT…Emilys Hope: $50,000 · Human ServicesEmilys HopeCHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER OF CAMDEN COUNTY INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S LEARNI…OPERATION SHOESTRING INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION SHOESTR…STREET SAMARITANS: $25,000 · Human ServicesSTREET SAMARITANSA FARM LESS ORDINARY: $20,000 · Human ServicesA FARM LESS ORDIN…FUTURE KINGS INC: $60,000 · EducationFUTURE KINGS IN…SCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $50,000 · EducationSCHOOL ON WHEEL…TEACH HER INC: $50,000 · EducationTEACH HER INCTHE FORGE INITIATIVE INC: $20,000 · EducationTHE FORGE INITI…RYAN NECE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentCODEART INC: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentBETTER BASICS INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalChanged Choices Inc: $25,000 · Crime & LegalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OKLAHOMA INC: $50,000 · InternationalInspired-Threads Inc: $50,000 · Employment
Other$435,000Housing & Shelter$215,000Human Services$195,000Education$180,000Youth Development$80,000Crime & Legal$75,000International$50,000Employment$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE ART OF PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE INC: $80,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFUTURE KINGS INC: $60,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetWEST PHILADELPHIA ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN: $55,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetSARAH'S CIRCLE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTEACH HER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OKLAHOMA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER OF CAMDEN COUNTY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetBETTER BASICS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetOPERATION SHOESTRING INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetATLANTA CHILDREN'S SHELTER INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetRYAN NECE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCODEART INC: $40,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetChanged Choices Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTHE FORGE INITIATIVE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetRAINBOW PLACE SHELTER FOR HOMELESS WOMEN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetA FARM LESS ORDINARY: $20,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetEmpowherment Community Center Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 4.1% 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.

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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY12.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Michael Simmons Charitable Foundation In funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael Simmons Charitable Foundation In. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 50%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Michael Simmons Charitable Foundation In?

    Find your warmest path to Michael Simmons Charitable Foundation In through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 30 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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