Texas · Private foundation
Simpson Charitable Trust
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.
- $180k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 45
- Grants FY2025
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 46 to 52
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 19
- Total assets, FY2025
- $522k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Simpson Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 45 | $180k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 47 | $198k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $217k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 48 | $250k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 46 | $219k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 52 | $226k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Theological Seminary | $220,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Believers Chapel Inc | $51,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Passion for the Poor International | $49,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Gospel Lakes Ministries Inc | $43,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Crown Financial Ministries Inc | $42,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jews for Jesus | $41,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry Inc | $41,000 | 6 | n/a |
| LeTourneau University | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| O C International Inc | $33,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $27,250 | 6 | n/a |
Show all 45 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Theological Seminary | $220,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Believers Chapel Inc | $51,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Passion for the Poor International | $49,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Gospel Lakes Ministries Inc | $43,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Crown Financial Ministries Inc | $42,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jews for Jesus | $41,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry Inc | $41,000 | 6 | n/a |
| LeTourneau University | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| O C International Inc | $33,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $27,250 | 6 | n/a |
| Christian Heritage School | $22,000 | 6 | n/a |
| East Texas Baptist University | $22,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Twin Oaks Church | $19,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Urban Alternative | $19,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Trans World Radio | $13,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Emmanuel and Associates Inc | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Hope for the Heart | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Voice of the Martyrs Inc | $11,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Medical Institute for Sexual Health | $10,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Word of Life Inc | $10,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Dr James Dobson Family Institute | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hospice of Reno County Inc | $6,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Parent Compass Inc | $6,650 | 6 | 0% |
| InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA | $6,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Evangelical Alliance Mission | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cup of Hope Inc | $6,000 | 5 | 12% |
| Mission Aviation Fellowship | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| PAK7 US Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First Liberty Institute | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hope Center Inc | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| American Cornerstone Institute Inc | $3,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Probe Ministries International | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Frontlines International Operations Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Evangelical Free Church of America | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Petra Academy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Global Education Ministries | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Open Doors With Brother Andrew Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Exodus Ministries | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Good Call Ministries Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Living on the Edge Ministries Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Colson Center for Christian Worldview | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Wall Watchers 56-2091339 | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($467k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Simpson Charitable Trust 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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Dallas Seminary Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · South Carolina Christian Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vjs Charitable Private Foundation · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Simpson Charitable Trust
- How much does Simpson Charitable Trust give?
- Simpson Charitable Trust reported 45 grants totaling $180,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 52 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Simpson Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (69%), Education (8%), International (8%).
- Who are Simpson Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Dallas Theological Seminary ($221k), Believers Chapel Inc ($51k), Passion for the Poor International ($49k).
- Does Simpson Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Simpson Charitable Trust 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 Simpson Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation, The Signatry Charitable Trust.
- Where is Simpson Charitable Trust based?
- Simpson Charitable Trust is based in TX.
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