· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SHE'ARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST | $5,000 |
| LITTLE GARDEN CLUB OF COLUMBUS | $2,500 |
| AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY | $2,500 |
| PELOTONIA | $1,149 |
| ECKERD COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN | $1,000 |
| TIKKUN HAYAM-REPAIR THE SEA | $1,000 |
| FLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM | $1,000 |
| SELBY GARDENS | $1,000 |
| GREATER COLS ARTS COUNCIL | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| MUSEUM AMERICAN ARTS CRAFT MOVEMENT | $1,000 |
| FLORIDA BOTANICAL GARDEN | $1,000 |
| SHORT NORTH ALLIANCE | $800 |
| FRANKLIN PARK CONSERVATORY & GARDEN | $690 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.
47 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ECEckerd College6× · 2019–2025 · $8k · revenue +17%
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc6× · 2017–2023 · $6k · revenue +183%- PPELOTONIA5× · 2021–2025 · $6k · revenue +32%
Funded once
- TATEMPLE ADATH OR INCone grant, 2024 · $20k
- WGWILD GOOSE CREATIVE INCgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $4k · revenue +41%
- W8WMNF 885 FMone grant, 2024 · $2k
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.
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.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
The baltimore museum of art connects art to baltimore and baltimore to the world, embodying a commitment to artistic excellence and social equity in every decision from art presentation, interpretation, and collecting, to the composition…
Phipps' mission is to inspire and educate all with the beauty and importance of plants, to advance sustainability and promote human and environmental well-being through action and research, and to celebrate its historic glasshouse.
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…
Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.
How this is measured
48 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 48 of the 115 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Eckerd College ↗
- Who funds The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc ↗
- Who funds PELOTONIA ↗
- Who funds TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds ORLANDO TORAH ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds THE SHEARIM USA CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
- Who funds COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds WILD GOOSE CREATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds LITTLE GARDEN CLUB OF COLUMBUS ↗
- Who funds SHORT NORTH ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds IMAGINE MUSEUM CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF GOODALE PARK ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Simson First Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Simson First Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
- Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
- Tampa Jccfederation Inc: 3% of income from government
- Worcester Art Museum: 1% of income from government
- Eckerd College: 0% of income from government
- The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: 0% of income from government
- Tampa Museum of Art Inc: 0% of income from government
- Florida Holocaust Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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