Florida · Private foundation
Simran 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.
- $158k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Simran Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 12 | $156k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $119k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $99k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $53k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $52k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $70k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $67k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American India Foundation | $189,501 | 7 | 0% |
| The Adler Planetarium | $95,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Chicago Scholars Foundation | $71,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Arogya Inc Dba Arogya World | $55,000 | 7 | 1% |
| A Silver Lining Foundation | $40,600 | 7 | 1% |
| Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gram Seva Foundation USA | $12,500 | 3 | 1% |
| University of Chicago | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Lake Forest Academy | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Open Heart Magic | $5,250 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American India Foundation | $189,501 | 7 | 0% |
| The Adler Planetarium | $95,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Chicago Scholars Foundation | $71,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Arogya Inc Dba Arogya World | $55,000 | 7 | 1% |
| A Silver Lining Foundation | $40,600 | 7 | 1% |
| Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gram Seva Foundation USA | $12,500 | 3 | 1% |
| University of Chicago | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Lake Forest Academy | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Open Heart Magic | $5,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Lincoln Park Community Services | $4,220 | 2 | 0% |
| Lake Forest Country Day School | $1,700 | 3 | 0% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lee Memorial Hospital Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant House Illinois Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mothers Trust Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Supernova Scholars Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($91k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Simran Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About Simran Foundation
- How much does Simran Foundation give?
- Simran Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $158,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Simran Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (37%), Education (29%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Simran Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The American India Foundation ($190k), The Adler Planetarium ($95k), The Chicago Scholars Foundation ($72k).
- Does Simran Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Simran Foundation 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 Simran Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, AbbVie Foundation, Synchrony Foundation.
- Where is Simran Foundation based?
- Simran Foundation is based in FL.
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