· Private foundation
Robert J and Elizabeth A Symon Family 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k20 grants · $93k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Camp Li Lo Li | $10,000 |
| Intervarsity Christian FellowshipUS | $9,000 |
| Union Gospel Missions Dallas | $8,000 |
| Rejoice in the Lord TV | $8,000 |
| Samaritan's Purse | $8,000 |
| Alzheimers Association | $7,000 |
| Christian Missions in Mny Land | $7,000 |
| UT Southwestern Medical Center | $5,000 |
| Geneva Lake Conservency | $5,000 |
| Believers Chapel | $5,000 |
| American Cancer Society | $4,000 |
| Dallas Symphony | $4,000 |
| American Heart Association | $4,000 |
| International Missions Board | $3,500 |
| Rutgers University | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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 +39% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 1 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; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SPSAMARITAN'S PURSE5× · 2020–2025 · $39k · revenue +106%
- DSDALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION5× · 2020–2025 · $19k · revenue +27%
- AHAmerican Heart Association Inc5× · 2020–2025 · $18k · revenue +53%
Funded once
ARTISTS WORKING IN EDUCATION INCone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue -25%- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $500
- CLCanandaigua Lake Watershed Associationone grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue +15%
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.
Living Water International ("Living Water") exists to demonstrate the love of God by helping communities in 17 developing countries acquire desperately needed clean water and to experience "living water" - the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The mission of the Organization is the conservation of the natural resources of the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, the preservation of wildlife habitat, the stewardship of lands that define the character of the region and its quality of…
To protect and preserve of maine's lakes, both today and long into the future. our programs and activities promote healthy lakes for all lake users, including residents, visitors, lake associations, communities, and the next generation of…
The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.
Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…
To conserve the Texas heritage of agricultural lands, natural resources, and wildlife habitats.
To promote the protection and restoration of wetlands and related aquatic resources, to apply sound science to wetland management, and to provide training, education, and capacity building for our members and the public.
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
The lake leelanau lake association is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the quality and beauty of lake leelanau and its surrounding watershed for current and future generations.
To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.
The mission of the land trust accreditation commission is to inspire excellence, promote public trust and ensure permanence in the conservation of open lands by recognizing land trust organizations that meet rigorous quality standards and…
The mission of the wisconsin woodland owners association is to conserve and enhance the private woodlands of the state through the following actions: sustainably manage our woodlands with informed management plans that utilize best…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 26 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 SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds DALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds Dallas Theological Seminary ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds GENEVA LAKE CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS ↗
- Who funds UPLOOK MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds ARTISTS WORKING IN EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association ↗
- Who funds The Finger Lakes Land Trust 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: 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 Robert J and Elizabeth A Symon Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert J and Elizabeth A Symon Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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