Arkansas · Private foundation
The Simons Family Foundation 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.
- $42k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $36,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $236k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations The Simons Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 6 | $42k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $25k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $26k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $5k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $24k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $13k | 100% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The V Foundation | $92,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $20,300 | 5 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Ballet Inc | $4,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Ftw Booster Club | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Chance in Lifeinc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Study Hall Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Movember Foundation | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Beauty Bus Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Kesem National | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The V Foundation | $92,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | $20,300 | 5 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Ballet Inc | $4,200 | 4 | 0% |
| Ftw Booster Club | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Chance in Lifeinc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Study Hall Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Movember Foundation | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Beauty Bus Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Kesem National | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Dress for Success Worldwide | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Westminster Schools Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Covenant House | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($29k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Simons Family Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
About The Simons Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Simons Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Simons Family Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $42,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Simons Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (77%), International (7%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are The Simons Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The V Foundation ($92k), Prostate Cancer Foundation ($20k), United States Fund for Unicef ($10k).
- Does The Simons Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Simons Family Foundation 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 Simons Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Simons Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Simons Family Foundation Inc is based in AR.
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