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The Cynthia L & William E Simon Jr Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Cynthia L & William E Simon Jr Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$222k
Granted FY2023
33
Grants FY2023
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$140kReligion$61kArts & Culture$35kYouth Development$34kPublic Safety & Disaster$33kHealth$24kHousing & Shelter$11kPhilanthropy$3kOther$0
02FY2023 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 33 grants below total $199,757, the rows itemized in this filing. The $221,957 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $22,200 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k27 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $63k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Williams College$50,000
Saint Monica Parish Community$50,000
UCLA Foundation$25,000
Palisades Will Rogers 5&10K Run Foundation$15,000
Police Athletic League$12,500
Public Art Fund$10,000
St Kateri Institute$5,000
Access Youth Academy$5,000
Williams College$4,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society$2,500
Seven Arrows Elementary School$2,500
Mission Basilica San Buenaventura$2,000
Madison Square Park Conservancy$2,000
The Clark Art Institute$1,200
Southern California Grant Makers$1,100
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$84k · 11 repeat orgs$203k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against -13% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
17

Total granted

$84k
$69k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
-13%

Still filing today

73%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $134k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23
EducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PW
    PALISADES WILL ROGERS 5 & 10 K RUN FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $30k · revenue +68%
  • PA
    PUBLIC ART FUND INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $15k · revenue +34%
  • RS
    RIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $8k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • LC
    Lurie Center for Autism
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • UB
    UC Berkeley Fund
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • BA
    Brentwood Art Center
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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.

03Its field

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.

1
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
2
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
3
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

—
4
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
5
Pacific Collegiate School

Pacific collegiate school's mission is to provide exemplary, standards based college preparatory and fine arts education for public middle and high school students of santa cruz county and bordering areas.

Education
6
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
7
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
8
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
9
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
10
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
11
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
12
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint John's Health Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Wounded Heroes of America a Non-Profit Corporation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 47 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
14/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UCLA FOUNDATION: $73,900 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONWilliams College: $54,000 · EducationWilliams CollegeRIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC: $8,000 · EducationRIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC+2 more: $4,500 · EducationSaint Monica Parish Community: $50,000 · OtherSaint Monica Parish CommunityPUBLIC ART FUND INC: $15,000 · OtherPUBLIC ART FUND INCLurie Center for Autism: $10,000 · OtherLurie Center for AutismUC Berkeley Fund: $10,000 · OtherUC Berkeley FundBrentwood Art Center: $10,000 · OtherBrentwood Art CenterPACIFIC PALISADES TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS: $10,000 · OtherPACIFIC PALISADES TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNES…ST KATERI INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · Other+26 more: $28,382 · Other+26 morePALISADES WILL ROGERS 5 & 10 K RUN FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Public Safety & DisasterPALISADES…ACCESS YOUTH ACADEMY: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $8,334 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 · HealthSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureSTERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE: $1,200 · Arts & CultureJOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ARTS CENTER INC: $565 · Arts & CultureCity Squash Inc: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$140,400Other$138,382Public Safety & Disaster$30,000Youth Development$27,500Health$13,334Arts & Culture$7,765Recreation & Sports$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $73,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $54,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALISADES WILL ROGERS 5 & 10 K RUN FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetPUBLIC ART FUND INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetACCESS YOUTH ACADEMY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC PALISADES TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSNESS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $8,334 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCity Squash Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEVEN ARROWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES POLICE RESERVE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED HEROES OF AMERICA A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS: $1,825 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLINKNOW FOUNDATION A NJ NONPROFIT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ARTS CENTER INC: $565 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR LADY OF THE SNOWS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

California Community …Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA15.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
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Find your warmest path to The Cynthia L & William E Simon Jr Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $262k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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