Texas · Private foundation
Simon Bolivar Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $6.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 39
- Grants FY2024
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,470,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 41
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Simon Bolivar Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $294k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 35 | $6.5M | 23% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $6.8M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 41 | $4.9M | 34% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $2.2M | 97% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $2.2M | 88% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $309k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $2.6M | 67% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $621k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $2,777,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Texas Children's Hospital | $1,131,979 | 4 | 0% |
| International Medical Corps | $980,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Medical Teams International | $906,250 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends of the Children of Venezuela Inc | $637,613 | 4 | 51% |
| Scalabrini International Migration Network Inc | $585,000 | 3 | 32% |
| Fundahigado America Foundation | $579,369 | 3 | 49% |
| Aid for AIDS International Inc | $550,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Sociedad Amigos del HEP Inc | $470,000 | 4 | 43% |
| Venezuela NOW Inc | $450,000 | 3 | 29% |
Show all 51 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Simon Bolivar Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 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: Shell USA Company Foundation · The Methodist Hospital · Globalgiving Foundation Inc · We Love Foundation Inc · Cullen Trust For Health Care · Astros Foundation · United Way of Greater Houston · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Simon Bolivar Foundation Inc
- How much does Simon Bolivar Foundation Inc give?
- Simon Bolivar Foundation Inc reported 39 grants totaling $6,650,944 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Simon Bolivar Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (44%), International (20%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are Simon Bolivar Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Globalgiving Foundation Inc ($2.8M), Texas Children's Hospital ($1.1M), International Medical Corps ($981k).
- Does Simon Bolivar Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Simon Bolivar Foundation Inc 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 Simon Bolivar Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, The Methodist Hospital, Globalgiving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Simon Bolivar Foundation Inc based?
- Simon Bolivar Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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