Michigan · Private foundation
The Sam & Nada 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.
- $117k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,700
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $39,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $33k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations The Sam & Nada Simon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 | 20 | $117k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $99k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $61k | 82% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $51k | 64% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $64k | 68% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $35k | 73% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $52k | 81% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| De la Salle Collegiate | $157,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program Inc | $50,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Holy Name Catholic High School a Chesterton Academy | $10,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Tuskegee University | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harbor Christian Academy | $6,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Southwest Solutions Inc | $5,136 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Treehouse Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Periwinkle Foundation | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Carehouse of Oakland County Inc | $3,604 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($215k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sam & Nada Simon 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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Barton Malow Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · United Jewish Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About The Sam & Nada Simon Foundation
- How much does The Sam & Nada Simon Foundation give?
- The Sam & Nada Simon Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $117,031 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Sam & Nada Simon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Youth Development (15%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
- Who are The Sam & Nada Simon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: De la Salle Collegiate ($158k), Women of Tomorrow Mentor and Scholarship Program Inc ($50k), Holy Name Catholic High School a Chesterton Academy ($10k).
- Does The Sam & Nada Simon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sam & Nada 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 Sam & Nada Simon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Barton Malow Foundation, DTE Energy Foundation.
- Where is The Sam & Nada Simon Foundation based?
- The Sam & Nada Simon Foundation is based in MI.
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