· Private foundation
Simms Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $46k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES | $50,000 |
| LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| CALLED TO RENEW ARCHDIOCESE LA | $20,000 |
| LAS FLORISTAS INC | $15,000 |
| AMERICAN MARTYRS SCHOOL | $7,500 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $7,500 |
| CLUB 21 | $5,000 |
| ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH | $5,000 |
| TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND | $5,000 |
| OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS CATHOLIC | $5,000 |
| MARYMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORP | $2,000 |
| MAGICAL HOLIDAY PARADE | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CHChildren's Hospital Los Angeles4× · 2018–2024 · $150k · revenue +27%
- SFSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND6× · 2017–2024 · $30k · revenue +56%
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- CBCHILDREN'S BUREAUone grant, 2019 · $15k
- CPCAL POLY POMONA PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDone grant, 2022 · $10k
- OLOUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS CATHOLIC CHURCHone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
To be the preeminent pediatric, multispecialty medical group in the nation, dedicated to providing the highest quality medical care to infants, children and adolescents; and supporting the finest teaching and research endeavors of our…
The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…
Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service
Clsa advances californias world-leading life sciences innovation ecosystem by advocating for effective national, state and local public policies and supporting entrepreneurs and life sciences businesses.
The mission of Children's of Alabama is to provide the finest pediatric health services to all children in an environment that fosters excellence in research and medical education. Children's will be an advocate for all children and work…
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
The Organization operates exclusively for the benefit of the charitable purposes of Boston Children's Hospital (the Hospital) and the affiliated Foundations. It works jointly with the Hospital and the Foundations in developing and…
The Foundation's mission is to provide ophthalmology services primarily to patients at Boston Children's Hospital and at satellite locations. The Foundation carries on and promotes basic and applied medical research and education in the…
To promote health by engaging in the practice of medicine for patients of hospitals affiliated with the university of southern california keck school of medicine and elsewhere. to provide medical care to the sick and injured who may come…
To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education, and research.
To enhance the professionalism and clinical autonomy of physicians to allow them to advocate for their patients and the health of the community of los angeles.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 31 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 Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds LAS FLORISTAS INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS ↗
- Who funds CAL POLY POMONA PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S BURN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MAGICAL HOLIDAY PARADE ↗
- Who funds ONCE UPON A ROOM 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: California Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Simms Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Simms Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
How this is measured
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