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The Bonnie Ward Simon Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Bonnie Ward Simon Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year The Bonnie Ward Simon Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 15 organizations, $74k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
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.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k18 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NEW YORK CITY | $15,000 |
| NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF NEW YORK | $5,000 |
| NARAL PRO CHOICE AMERICA FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN FOUNDATION INC | $5,000 |
| CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC | $5,000 |
| GSAS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $5,000 |
| WNYC | $3,500 |
| SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| CITY HARVEST INC | $2,500 |
| THE WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER | $2,500 |
| AMERICAL CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC | $1,000 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 22% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +75% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2018, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, 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
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PPPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC5× · 2017–2021 · $80k · revenue +74%
- CPCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC4× · 2017–2021 · $30k · revenue +76%
- NPNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION3× · 2017–2019 · $25k · revenue +117%
Funded once
- VCVASSAR COLLEGEone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +19%
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 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."
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.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
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…
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
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.
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.
The program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
Fern seeks to make the food system more sustainable and equitable through powerful journalism and storytelling.
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…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 30 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 NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
- Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
- Who funds VASSAR COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc ↗
- Who funds Opera Lafayette ↗
- Who funds WNET ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SHED NYC INC ↗
- Who funds FALMOUTH SERVICE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds QUISSETT HARBOR PRESERVATION TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds FARMING FALMOUTH INC ↗
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: Esther Simon 1952 Charitable Trust Xxxxx8006 · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Bonnie Ward Simon Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bonnie Ward Simon Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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