Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Simms Family 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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 77
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Simms Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 99% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.7M 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 | 23 | $50k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $3.7M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 59 | $458k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 69 | $476k | 16% |
| FY2021 | 69 | $186k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 75 | $174k | 28% |
| FY2019 | 70 | $370k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 77 | $357k | 18% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Community Foundation | $3,684,049 | 1 | n/a |
| Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation | $321,150 | 9 | 1% |
| Advocate Charitable Foundation | $302,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Yerkes Future Foundation Inc | $102,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Avenues to Independence Foundation | $90,500 | 4 | 4% |
| Northwestern University | $61,500 | 5 | 0% |
| AVOW Hospice Inc | $61,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Geneva Lake Sailing School Inc | $60,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Alexander Dawson Foundation | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Embers Academy | $53,500 | 5 | 2% |
Show all 81 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 88 recipients with no EIN on record ($876k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Simms Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Kunes Family Foundation · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · Dean L & Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation · Carol Bernick Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Otzen Family Foundation Incorporated · Kikkoman Foods Foundation Inc · Shodeen Family Foundation · Alben F & Clara G Bates Foundation · Andrew Family Foundation · The Griffith Family Foundation · The John a Miller Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Simms Family Foundation
- How much does The Simms Family Foundation give?
- The Simms Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $50,180 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 77 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Simms Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (62%), Health (9%), Education (6%).
- Who are The Simms Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chicago Community Foundation ($3.7M), Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation ($321k), Advocate Charitable Foundation ($303k).
- Does The Simms Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Simms Family 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 Simms Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kunes Family Foundation, John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation, Dean L & Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation.
- Where is The Simms Family Foundation based?
- The Simms Family Foundation is based in WI.
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