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The Morton a & Phyllis Simon 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.

$4k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2025
19
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$100
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 45
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$145k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations The Morton a & Phyllis Simon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsArts & CultureInternationalCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving27$4k22%
FY202419$7k21%
FY202328$10k21%
FY202225$8k20%
FY202124$9k50%
FY202040$35k50%
FY201945$10k69%
FY201828$10k64%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$67kReligion$17kInternational$3kAnimals$3kArts & Culture$2kCivil Rights$2kPhilanthropy$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CA
MO
VA
MD
NM
TN
NC
DC
LA
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 76 grantees
All grantees of The Morton a & Phyllis Simon Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Voice of Victory Bible Church Inc$9,5002n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$6,20080%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$1,65050%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$1,55040%
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc$1,55070%
Voice of Victory Bible Church$1,3002n/a
Ronald McDonald House of New York Inc$1,25060%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$1,20070%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$1,15060%
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$1,15040%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$95060%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$85060%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$70050%
Anti-Defamation League Foundation$70030%
Reform Temple of Rockland$6501n/a
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$55050%
The National World War II Museum Inc$55020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$55040%
Cancer Care Inc$50050%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$50030%
American Heart Association Inc$50040%
Operation Smile Inc$49030%
South Orange Rescue Squad Inc$45030%
Smile Train Inc$45030%
North Shore Animal League America Inc$42540%
United Hospice Inc$40020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$40030%
Humane World for Animals Inc$40030%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$35020%
National Wildlife Federation$32530%
American Diabetes Association$30020%
Mercy Ships International$30020%
American Israel Public Affairs Committee$30020%
Israel Emergency Alliance$30020%
Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc$25010%
National Yiddish Book Center Inc$25020%
Anti-Defamation League$25010%
The Jewish Museum$22510%
Museum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust$20820%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$20010%
Tiger Haven Inc$20020%
Springfield Baptist Church Inc$2001n/a
Christopher Reeve Foundation$20010%
Wnet$15610%
Fountain House Inc$15020%
Mutts With a Mission$15010%
Chebra Agudas Achim Chesed Shel Emeth Hebrew Free Burial Associationinc$15010%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$15010%
End Citizens United Let America Vote Action Fund$15010%
March of Dimes Inc$15020%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$15020%
Dorot Inc$12220%
Epilepsy Foundation of America$10010%
National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center$10010%
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University$10010%
The Wilderness Society$10010%
Nmdp Foundation$10010%
New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc$10010%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$10010%
Gary Sinise Foundation$10010%
Military Religious Freedom Foundation Inc$10010%
Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation$10011%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$10010%
Democratic Majority for Israel D/B/A Dmfi$10010%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$10010%
Sierra Club$10010%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$10010%
The Valerie Fund$1001n/a
Amvets National Service Foundation$10010%
Project K9 Hero$10010%
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc$10010%
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Foundation$10010%
American Lung Association$5010%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$5010%
Best Friends Foundation$501n/a
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($62k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Morton a & Phyllis Simon Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $6,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $1,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $1,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Inc: $1,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House of New York Inc: $1,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $1,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMarc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $1,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League Foundation: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe National World War II Museum Inc: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Care Inc: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $490 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Orange Rescue Squad Inc: $450 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Shore Animal League America Inc: $425 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Hospice Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGuiding Eyes for the Blind Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $325 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Israel Public Affairs Committee: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Cancer Research Fund Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Yiddish Book Center Inc: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Jewish Heritage a Living Memorial to the Holocaust: $208 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTiger Haven Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChristopher Reeve Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWnet: $156 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFountain House Inc: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMutts With a Mission: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChebra Agudas Achim Chesed Shel Emeth Hebrew Free Burial Associationinc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnd Citizens United Let America Vote Action Fund: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDorot Inc: $122 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 69.

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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.

Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY10.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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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About The Morton a & Phyllis Simon Foundation

How much does The Morton a & Phyllis Simon Foundation give?
The Morton a & Phyllis Simon Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $4,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Morton a & Phyllis Simon Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (65%), Religion (17%), International (3%).
Who are The Morton a & Phyllis Simon Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Voice of Victory Bible Church Inc ($10k), Blood Cancer United Inc ($6k), Shriners Hospitals for Children ($2k).
Does The Morton a & Phyllis Simon Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Morton a & Phyllis Simon 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 The Morton a & Phyllis Simon Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Network for Good, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is The Morton a & Phyllis Simon Foundation based?
The Morton a & Phyllis Simon Foundation is based in NJ.

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 132 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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