Ohio · Private foundation
Simson First 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.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $75k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Simson First Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 27 | $25k | 37% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $64k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $12k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $16k | 52% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $16k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $23k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $19k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $22k | 40% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Horticultural Society | $21,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Temple Adath or Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eckerd College | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc | $5,875 | 6 | 0% |
| Pelotonia | $5,834 | 5 | 0% |
| Tampa Museum of Art Inc | $5,650 | 4 | 0% |
| Florida Holocaust Museum Inc | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Orlando Torah Academy Inc | $5,300 | 3 | 0% |
| The Shearim USA Charitable Trust | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbus Museum of Art | $4,350 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 56 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($99k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Simson First 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.
Open a dossier: Top Jewish Foundation Inc · Columbus Foundation · Greater Columbus Arts Council · Herman Forbes Char Tr Xxxxx1001 · Edward & Blossom Leibowitz Family Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
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About Simson First Foundation
- How much does Simson First Foundation give?
- Simson First Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $25,143 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Simson First Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (48%), Arts & Culture (18%), Environment (16%).
- Who are Simson First Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Horticultural Society ($22k), Temple Adath or Inc ($20k), Eckerd College ($8k).
- Does Simson First Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Simson First 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 Simson First Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Top Jewish Foundation Inc, Columbus Foundation, Greater Columbus Arts Council.
- Where is Simson First Foundation based?
- Simson First Foundation is based in OH.
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