Michigan · Private foundation
Simmons 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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Simmons Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $50k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $50k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $62k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $40k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $49k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Coweta Band Boosters Inc | $53,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Spiritus Sanctus Academy | $27,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Youth Arts Alliance | $15,750 | 6 | 2% |
| Michigan State University | $15,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Humane Society of Huron Valley | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Michigan Armed Forces Hospitality Center | $9,700 | 5 | 1% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $9,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Williamston Community Schools | $9,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Arbor Hospice Inc | $7,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Washtenaw One Hundred Inc | $6,200 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Coweta Band Boosters Inc | $53,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Spiritus Sanctus Academy | $27,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Youth Arts Alliance | $15,750 | 6 | 2% |
| Michigan State University | $15,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Humane Society of Huron Valley | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Michigan Armed Forces Hospitality Center | $9,700 | 5 | 1% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $9,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Williamston Community Schools | $9,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Arbor Hospice Inc | $7,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Washtenaw One Hundred Inc | $6,200 | 5 | 1% |
| Here to Help Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ann Arbor Art Association | $5,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Evangelical Homes of Michigan Foundation | $4,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Joeys Toy Box Inc | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St Mary Parish Chelsea | $3,450 | 5 | n/a |
| Refurbished Pets of Southern Michigan | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Funding Love Corp | $2,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Heroes PTO Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley | $2,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $2,200 | 2 | n/a |
| American Heritage Girls Inc | $2,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Dispute Resolution Centers of Michigan Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Matthew 25 Ministries Inc | $1,625 | 1 | 0% |
| Forgotten Harvest Inc | $1,625 | 1 | 0% |
| Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Williamston Tennis Boosters | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asheville School Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Williamston Area Chamber of Commerce | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Gatherers | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Advent House Ministries Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Fledge Foundation | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($86k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Simmons 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · WK Kellogg Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Simmons Foundation
- How much does Simmons Foundation give?
- Simmons Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Simmons Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Religion (20%), Education (11%).
- Who are Simmons Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: East Coweta Band Boosters Inc ($53k), Spiritus Sanctus Academy ($28k), Youth Arts Alliance ($16k).
- Does Simmons Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Simmons 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 Simmons Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, United Way of Washtenaw County.
- Where is Simmons Foundation based?
- Simmons Foundation is based in MI.
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