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Simon 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.

$632k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

51% of Simon Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Simon Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $632k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

2
’19
4
’20
2
’22
5
’23
8
’24
8
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$1.7MArts & Culture$470kEnvironment$300kHealth$255kHuman Services$115kPhilanthropy$51kFood & Nutrition$50kInternational$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $166k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$351k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER$250,000
FIND OUTDOORS$100,000
SOUTHERN GATEWAY PUBLIC GREEN FOUNDATION$100,000
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN$35,000
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION$30,906
VOCES 8 FOUNDATION$25,000
MODO FOR THE PEOPLE$25,000
EVERY MOTHER COUNTS$25,000
JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME$15,000
NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN$10,000
EARL MONROE NEW RENAISSANCE SCHOOL$6,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES$5,000
MOUNT SINAI$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC: $10k → 23%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $25k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
CA
VA
NC
DC
HI
LA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 4 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
10

Total granted

$1.2M
$380k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
0%

Still filing today

75%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $401k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TF
    THE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC
    2× · 2019–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +210%
  • VF
    VOCES8 FOUNDATION USA
    3× · 2023–2025 · $75k · revenue +74%
  • JT
    JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME
    2× · 2024–2025 · $65k

Funded once

  • Earth Island Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +171%
  • MH
    MOHALA HOU FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $60k · revenue -46% · 28% of their budget
  • HR
    HEALTH RESEARCH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -31%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
5
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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6
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
7
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
8
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
9
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
10
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
11
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
12
Medtech Innovator

Medtech innovator organizes and runs a global competition and virtual accelerator for medical device, digital health, and diagnostic startup companies.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Every Mother Counts; the most unlike its peers is Change Your Brain Change Your Life Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 34 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
13/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $1,000,000 · OtherTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCJOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME: $65,000 · OtherSALVA RINCON: $50,000 · OtherOPTIONS FOR LEARNING: $50,000 · OtherTHE ABRAHAM INITIATIVES INC: $50,000 · OtherCITY HARVEST INC: $50,000 · Other+11 more: $157,000 · Other+11 moreTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $500,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF …CHANGE YOUR BRAIN CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationCHANGE YOUR BRAIN CHANGE …EDUCATION LEADS TO SUCCESS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationEDUCATION LEADS TO SUCCES…EARL MONROE NEW RENAISSANCE BASKETBALL CHARTER SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationEARL MONROE NEW RENAISSAN…JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $250,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT LINCOLN…VOCES8 FOUNDATION USA: $75,000 · Arts & CultureVOCES8 FOUNDATI…MOHALA HOU FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Arts & CultureMOHALA HOU FOUN…NORMAN DIXON SR ANNUAL SECOND LINE PARADE FUND: $25,000 · Arts & CultureNORMAN DIXON SR…CRADLE OF FORESTRY IN AMERICA INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · EnvironmentEarth Island Institute Inc: $100,000 · EnvironmentHEALTH RESEARCH INC: $50,000 · HealthMODO FOR THE PEOPLE: $50,000 · HealthEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $25,000 · HealthThe Life You Can Save: $50,000 · PhilanthropyENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $30,906 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHERN GATEWAY PUBLIC GREEN FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,422,000Education$700,000Arts & Culture$410,000Environment$200,000Health$125,000Philanthropy$100,906Community Improvement$100,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCRADLE OF FORESTRY IN AMERICA INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTHERN GATEWAY PUBLIC GREEN FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVOCES8 FOUNDATION USA: $75,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetMOHALA HOU FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetOPTIONS FOR LEARNING: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH RESEARCH INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARL MONROE NEW RENAISSANCE BASKETBALL CHARTER SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMODO FOR THE PEOPLE: $50,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $30,906 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORMAN DIXON SR ANNUAL SECOND LINE PARADE FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOUIS ARMSTRONG EDUCATIONAL FOUNDAT: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST MAUI ANIMAL REFUGE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA10.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Simon Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Simon Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Simon Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Simon Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home