California · Private foundation
The San Simeon Fund Inc
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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $75M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The San Simeon Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M 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 | 3 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $4.7M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $250k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $2.1M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $2.9M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $5.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | $3,050,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $2,490,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Common Sense Media | $1,750,000 | 3 | 3% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $1,250,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $1,000,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | $1,000,000 | 1 | 2% |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | $750,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brannan Center | $500,000 | 1 | 24% |
| The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 6% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $498,528 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | $3,050,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $2,490,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Common Sense Media | $1,750,000 | 3 | 3% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $1,250,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $1,000,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | $1,000,000 | 1 | 2% |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | $750,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brannan Center | $500,000 | 1 | 24% |
| The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 6% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $498,528 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $450,000 | 2 | 0% |
| California Pacific Medical Center Foundation | $350,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Sky Sustainable Living Center | $350,000 | 1 | 40% |
| Sterne School | $300,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Bridge the Gap College Prep | $300,000 | 1 | 9% |
| San Francisco Ballet Association | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Thacher School Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Museum of Natural History | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The San Simeon Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The San Simeon Fund Inc
- How much does The San Simeon Fund Inc give?
- The San Simeon Fund Inc reported 4 grants totaling $1,468,528 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The San Simeon Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Education (33%), Science & Tech (13%).
- Who are The San Simeon Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: University of Chicago ($3.0M), Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums ($2.5M), Common Sense Media ($1.8M).
- Does The San Simeon Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The San Simeon Fund Inc 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 San Simeon Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The San Simeon Fund Inc based?
- The San Simeon Fund Inc is based in CA.
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