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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 FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$36k
Largest
01What you fund
0191% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Health$124kInternational$11kHuman Services$10kArts & Culture$4kRecreation & Sports$3kEducation$2kReligion$1kEmployment$200Other$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $36k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$236k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE V FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH$36,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
MELANOMA RESEARCH ALLIANCE$2,000
PIEDMONT HOSPITAL AUXILIARY FOUNDATION$1,200
THE STUDY HALL$1,000
PRINCETON UNIV$100
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CAMP KESEM: $500 → 14%COVENTANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%A CHANCE IN LIFE: $1k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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NJ
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OK
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$145k · 9 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +55% since the first grant, against +34% for the ones you funded once.

9 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
17

Total granted

$145k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+34%

Still filing today

67%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TV
    THE V FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2025 · $92k · revenue +54%
  • PC
    PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +57%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    2× · 2019–2021 · $10k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • TW
    THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY
    one grant, 2022 · $4k
  • TU
    TULANE UNIV FOR SPORT CTR
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • TJ
    THE JOSEPH H SCOOT DIMON FUND (SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT WESTMINISTER SCHOOLS)
    one grant, 2018 · $1k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

3
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
4
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
5
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
6
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
7
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
8
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
9
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation

The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…

Human Services
10
Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation

Testicular cancer awareness foundation is compassionately dedicated to raise awareness and educate the general public about the most common form of cancer in men ages 15-44 and provide lifesaving valuable support for patients, survivors,…

Health
11
Future Problem Solving Program International Inc

Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…

12
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is A Chance in Lifeinc and the most unlike its peers is Ftw Booster Club. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE V FOUNDATION — $92,000 · HealthTHE V FOUNDATION+2 more — $1,200 · HealthMELANOMA RESEARCH ALLIANCE — $9,000 · OtherMELANOMA RESEARCH ALL…SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION — $4,700 · OtherSAFE AT HOME FOUNDATI…Individual grant recipient — $4,300 · OtherIndividual grant reci…THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY — $3,500 · OtherTHE WOMEN'S AUXILIARYTULANE UNIV FOR SPORT CTR — $2,000 · OtherTULANE UNIV FOR SPORT…PIEDMONT HOSPITAL AUXILIARY FOUNDATION — $1,200 · OtherTHE JOSEPH H SCOOT DIMON FUND (SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT WESTMINISTER SCHOOLS) — $1,100 · OtherCHOOSE LOVE FOUNDATION — $1,000 · OtherTHE STUDY HALL INC — $1,000 · Other+6 more — $2,100 · Other+6 morePROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION — $20,300 · PhilanthropyPROSTATE CANCE…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $10,000 · International+1 more — $200 · InternationalLOS ANGELES BALLET INC — $4,200 · Arts & CultureA CHANCE IN LIFEINC — $1,000 · Human ServicesCamp Kesem National — $500 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE — $100 · Human ServicesFTW BOOSTER CLUB — $1,000 · Community ImprovementThe Trustees of Princeton University — $200 · EducationThe Westminster Schools Inc — $100 · Education
Health$93,200Other$29,900Philanthropy$20,300International$10,200Arts & Culture$4,200Human Services$1,600Community Improvement$1,000Education$300

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE V FOUNDATION — $92,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION — $20,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES BALLET INC — $4,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFTW BOOSTER CLUB — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE STUDY HALL INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA CHANCE IN LIFEINC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION — $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Kesem National — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEAUTY BUS FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE V FOUNDATION
  • Who funds PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES BALLET INC
  • Who funds FTW BOOSTER CLUB
  • Who funds THE STUDY HALL INC
  • Who funds A CHANCE IN LIFEINC
  • Who funds MOVEMBER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Camp Kesem National
  • Who funds BEAUTY BUS FOUNDATION
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University
  • Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE
  • Who funds The Westminster Schools Inc

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO7.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Simons Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY2025

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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