Massachusetts · Public charity
Simmons University
SIMMONS UNIVERSITY is a community of higher learning that unites passion with purpose.
- $61M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $350k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $299,197
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $558M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Simmons University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k 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 | 6 | $350k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $379k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $462k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $26k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $153k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $93k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention Inc | $1,049,331 | 3 | 44% |
| Code for Science & Society Inc | $140,270 | 2 | 4% |
| New America Foundation | $93,353 | 1 | 0% |
| Ilumis-Ar | $77,250 | 1 | n/a |
| University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development | $24,220 | 2 | 0% |
| Assumption University | $21,393 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Association of Tribal Archives Libraries & Museums | $16,422 | 1 | 2% |
| Boston Book Festival Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention Inc | $1,049,331 | 3 | 44% |
| Code for Science & Society Inc | $140,270 | 2 | 4% |
| New America Foundation | $93,353 | 1 | 0% |
| Ilumis-Ar | $77,250 | 1 | n/a |
| University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development | $24,220 | 2 | 0% |
| Assumption University | $21,393 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Association of Tribal Archives Libraries & Museums | $16,422 | 1 | 2% |
| Boston Book Festival Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bay Cove Human Services Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Treft Systems Inc | $5,750 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Simmons University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Simmons University
- How much does Simmons University give?
- Simmons University reported 6 itemized grants totaling $349,840, out of $61,115,632 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Simmons University fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (67%), Science & Tech (11%), Education (8%).
- Who are Simmons University's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention Inc ($1.0M), Code for Science & Society Inc ($140k), New America Foundation ($93k).
- Does Simmons University fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Simmons University?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Simmons University based?
- Simmons University is based in MA.
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