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The Simons Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$272M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1,727
Grants FY2024
510
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$72,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000,000
Organizations funded a year
74 to 510
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
50
Total assets, FY2024
$4.5B
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Simons Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHealthScience & TechPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving423$234M30%
FY2023510$266M29%
FY2022434$288M31%
FY2021373$280M41%
FY2020365$255M89%
FY201874$24Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$573MScience & Tech$477MHealth$345MEnvironment$29MPhilanthropy$26MArts & Culture$26MRecreation & Sports$11MSocial Science$3.7MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New York Genome Center Inc$104,549,822538%
Stony Brook Foundation Inc$96,776,288633%
Math for America$65,700,000395%
The Trustees of Princeton University$36,891,46560%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory$34,068,74464%
New York University$33,266,54450%
University of Washington$31,647,5705n/a
California Institute of Technology$21,619,58660%
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation$15,518,092510%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$13,520,0462n/a
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All grantees of The Simons Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New York Genome Center Inc$104,549,822538%
Stony Brook Foundation Inc$96,776,288633%
Math for America$65,700,000395%
The Trustees of Princeton University$36,891,46560%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory$34,068,74464%
New York University$33,266,54450%
University of Washington$31,647,5705n/a
California Institute of Technology$21,619,58660%
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation$15,518,092510%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$13,520,0462n/a
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$12,399,83551%
Northwestern University$12,076,14960%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$11,874,3451n/a
University of Chicago$11,823,72260%
The Rockefeller University$10,955,37062%
Clinical Research Associates LLC$10,541,5153100%
Cornell University$10,344,03060%
National Museum of Mathematics$8,619,790562%
Children's Hospital Corporation$8,022,64050%
Emory University$7,549,18250%
Trustees of Boston University$7,086,53250%
Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute$6,420,100429%
Duke University$6,354,49150%
Georgia Tech Research Corporation$6,053,98041%
World Science Foundation$5,500,000266%
University of California San Francisco$5,394,9731n/a
The Broad Institute Inc$5,239,81550%
The Esther a & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Inc$5,200,000477%
Washington University$5,026,96460%
Northwell Health Foundation$5,000,00014%
Baylor College of Medicine$4,890,75560%
Life Sciences Research Foundation$4,720,247628%
Carnegie Mellon University$4,624,32150%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$4,318,8926n/a
New York Hall of Science$4,155,559516%
University of Miami$4,077,27350%
Yale University$4,068,7205n/a
Yale University$3,948,7755n/a
University of Michigan$3,729,841455%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$3,558,0863n/a
Marine Biological Laboratory$3,463,07552%
Geisinger Clinic$3,335,28350%
Yale University$3,071,3805n/a
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$2,971,44930%
University of Utah$2,834,9466n/a
Johns Hopkins University$2,735,83950%
American Mathematical Society$2,683,75062%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$2,567,94840%
Regents of the University of Michigan$2,536,3943n/a
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$2,500,00022%
Howard Hughes Medical Institute$2,434,21520%
University of Pittsburgh$2,350,74650%
The Scripps Research Institute$2,244,92350%
Children's Hospital Medical Center$2,104,79550%
Pioneer Works Art Foundation$2,101,77957%
MaineHealth$2,057,36750%
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences$1,921,69836%
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc$1,863,54240%
University of California- Davis$1,758,6042n/a
William Marsh Rice University$1,704,69560%
Case Western Reserve University$1,640,54950%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$1,618,20540%
Indiana University School of Medicine$1,612,5455n/a
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies$1,532,52040%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$1,519,59550%
University of California Santa Barbara$1,495,3811n/a
Biobus Inc$1,373,902432%
University of Florida$1,327,7055n/a
Kennedy Krieger Institute Inc$1,161,2103n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$1,127,6383n/a
The George Washington University$1,104,96350%
New York Structural Biology Center Inc$1,095,85441%
New York Public Radio$1,079,99141%
Hugo W Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger Inc$1,045,49922%
Pennsylvania State University$1,043,5275n/a
The Jackson Laboratory$1,027,31230%
Rush University Medical Center$1,022,59950%
Techbridge Girls$968,46649%
National Academy of Sciences$930,72050%
Regents of the University of California$927,6602n/a
Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc$903,628224%
Aspen Center for Physics$872,000534%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$869,75730%
Researchamerica$867,32828%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$858,6002n/a
American Museum of Natural History$822,04740%
Children's Specialized Hospital Foundation Inc$806,78041%
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research$805,97710%
The Art of Problem Solving Initiative Inc$800,00047%
New Museum of Contemporary Art$798,30442%
University of Minnesota$793,1741n/a
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$778,43750%
Smithsonian Institution$750,00010%
Trustees of Boston College$736,18150%
Fractured Atlas Inc$735,33841%
Society for Science & the Public$723,60031%
Syracuse University$702,54950%
John Carroll University$697,88040%
University of Rochester$678,61540%
National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering & Science$675,00032%
Allen Institute$653,20020%
Media Art Xploration Inc$645,984365%
Biodesign Challenge Inc$643,372438%
Open Notebook Inc$638,926559%
Wesleyan University$633,60250%
STEM From Dance Inc$628,446517%
Wellesley College$627,00030%
Spelman College$618,33730%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$617,6622n/a
Northeastern University$605,79650%
Carnegie Institution of Washington$582,78130%
Morehouse School of Medicine$574,67030%
Michigan State University$532,4165n/a
California Academy of Sciences$524,29240%
The Story Collider Inc$504,130387%
The J Paul Getty Trust$500,00010%
Trustees of Purdue University$497,1355n/a
Science Friday Initiative Inc$495,344311%
Sundance Institute$480,00011%
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago$480,000431%
Iowa State University Foundation$478,80050%
Washington State University$476,3815n/a
Science Philanthropy Alliance Inc$450,000112%
The American Society for Cell Biology$431,67128%
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation$428,16430%
Lewis H Latimer Fund Inc$427,286546%
Futures Ignite Inc$420,000216%
Center for a New Economy Inc$411,292212%
Hampton University$404,19520%
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology$402,00030%
Last Mile Education Fund$400,000122%
City University of New York$398,3272n/a
American Institute of Mathematics$376,20026%
Georgetown University$375,90040%
Imagine Science Films Corp$366,675572%
Gordon Research Conferences Inc$362,00051%
The Hip Hop Museum$352,00028%
American Academy of Arts & Sciences$350,00022%
Thingny$337,000456%
The J David Gladstone Institutes$330,00020%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$327,30010%
Georgia Institute of Technology$326,5852n/a
Rocking the Boat Inc$326,22433%
Pre-Scientist Inc$325,328559%
Make the Road New York$325,00030%
Gaskins Foundation$309,400366%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$291,06040%
National Main Street Center Inc$289,85613%
Baylor University$281,40050%
Code for Science & Society Inc$277,92421%
The Exploratorium$277,55321%
Museum of Science$274,85630%
American Printing House for the Blind Inc$262,50020%
Autism Science Foundation$255,00049%
Civic Hall Labs Inc$254,650142%
Seattle Children's Hospital$251,00720%
Wave Hill Incorporated$250,00023%
Youth Radio$250,00025%
Full Spectrum Features NFP$250,00015%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$247,50020%
New Community Project Inc$242,070299%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$236,5911n/a
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$235,00020%
Rochester Museum & Science Center$231,73413%
Children's Specialized Hospital$229,8701n/a
Whiteswan Environmental We$226,001230%
The Morgridge Institute for Research Inc$225,92720%
Brigham Young University$225,4005n/a
Calculus Project Inc$225,000317%
Friends of IHES Inc$220,482221%
Gina Gibney Dance Inc$220,00031%
Creighton University$213,38820%
The Univ of Tx Health Science Ctr of Sa$207,8622n/a
Mouse Inc$207,85525%
Asapbio$200,000484%
The Arbutus Foundation Inc$200,000122%
The Plenary Co$197,5001n/a
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance Inc$195,00037%
Kansas State University$193,2004n/a
STEM to the Future$188,040313%
STEM Greenhouse Inc$182,400212%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute$180,00020%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$180,00020%
STEM Advocacy Institute Aka Civic Science Media Lab$179,462381%
Chile Massachusets Alliance Inc$175,944134%
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc$168,09810%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$165,10920%
Fuse Box Austin$160,000116%
Pratt Institute$159,87510%
Inquiring Systems Inc$154,16112%
SCIENTISTS INC DBA Taste of Science and 2Scientists$153,7002n/a
500 Women Scientists$153,000130%
Claremont McKenna College$152,24550%
Terre Haute Children's Museum Inc$150,692113%
Austin Children's Museum$150,02012%
Cosyne Inc$150,000442%
International Society for Autism Research$150,000312%
Haleakala Inc$150,00014%
Highland Center for the Arts$150,000114%
New York Botanical Garden$150,00020%
Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc$149,90011%
University of California Davis$145,8751n/a
La Jolla Institute for Immunology$140,00030%
Rochester Institute of Technology$139,86130%
Seattle Universal Math Museum$137,000236%
University City Science Center$135,90030%
Utah State University$132,6535n/a
Trustees of Tufts College$131,42950%
Ciencia Puerto Rico Inc$130,110112%
Black Girls Dive Foundation$125,7301n/a
Witte Museum$125,35011%
The Color of Autism Foundation$125,000220%
Yeshiva University$119,67640%
Cientifico Latino Inc$119,350152%
Dallas Contemporary$112,63815%
Science Mill$111,05615%
University of Denver$109,20040%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$109,20050%
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$109,00010%
Vanderbilt University$105,80040%
The Foundation for City College$100,00510%
National Association of Mathematicians Incorporated$100,000241%
Math Circles of Chicago$100,000112%
Doc Society Inc$99,60013%
American Friends of Chicken Shed Inc$98,008124%
The Arts Council of Erie$97,40117%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$92,40030%
Carbondale Community Arts Incorporated$84,671114%
Florida Institute of Technology Inc$83,18640%
Gathering 4 Gardner Inc$80,450127%
Los Angeles Performance Practice$79,52626%
The Howard University$75,60050%
University of Kentucky Research Foundation$75,60020%
Lehigh University$75,60050%
Northwell Health Inc$75,5851n/a
The Oeis Foundation Inc$75,000338%
International Society for STEM Cell Rese$75,00011%
Arkansas Podcast Collaborative$75,0001n/a
Texas Christian University$74,20050%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$73,20010%
Samuel Lawrence Foundation$70,000130%
Neuromatch Inc$70,00037%
Buffalo Media Resources Inc$68,000114%
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$67,20040%
Florida State University$67,2003n/a
University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc$65,00010%
The University of Georgia Foundation$56,80020%
The Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research$56,60013%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$53,80010%
The Feath3r Theory Inc$53,500151%
Rubin Museum of Art Aka the Shelley & Donald Rubin Cultural Trust$52,67511%
New York STEM Cell Foundation Inc$50,64010%
Bryn Mawr College$50,40040%
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc$50,40020%
Spencer Pride$49,160121%
Little Free Library$49,00012%
Rutgers the State University$45,2431n/a
The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc$44,26030%
National Society of Black Physicists$42,92038%
San Francisco Estuary Institute$42,60810%
Marquette University$42,00050%
Western Michigan University$42,0004n/a
Central Michigan University$42,0005n/a
University of Hawaii Foundation$40,00220%
Science and Arts Engagement New York Inc$40,000130%
Onaketa Inc$40,000120%
The Dance Ring Inc$40,00015%
University of Colorado Foundation$39,20020%
The Tank Ltd$38,07012%
The University of Puget Sound$36,50010%
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research$35,00014%
Mississippi State University$33,6004n/a
George Mason University Foundation Inc$33,60020%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$33,60020%
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$33,60040%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute$33,60030%
Illinois Institute of Technology$33,60040%
University of New Mexico Foundation Inc$33,60020%
University of Oregon Foundation$33,60010%
Rutgers University Foundation$29,40020%
New York Historical Society$27,00010%
The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology$26,00010%
Florida State University Research Foundation Inc$25,20010%
Southern Illinois University Alumni Association$25,20032%
Clemson University Foundation$25,20010%
American Museum of the Moving Image$25,00010%
Mathematics Foundation of America$25,00012%
Digital Harbor Foundation$25,00012%
South Dakota Discovery Center$25,00015%
The Uwm Foundation Inc$23,40010%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$21,70020%
Waterloo Greenway Conservancy$20,00010%
Foundation for Independent Artists Inc$20,00010%
Transform 1012 N Main Street$20,00021%
Sculpted Light in the Brain Association$20,000116%
Southern Methodist University$16,80020%
University of New Mexico$16,8001n/a
University of Arizona$16,8001n/a
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education$16,8001n/a
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$16,80020%
Texas Tech Foundation Inc$16,80010%
St Louis University$16,80020%
University of Louisville Research Foundation$16,80010%
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary$16,7261n/a
Southern Illinois University Foundation$15,82010%
Stxbp1 Foundation$15,00031%
Governors Island Alliance$15,00011%
SynGAP Research Fund Incorporated$15,00021%
The Familiescn2a Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Under the Radar Festival Inc$15,0001n/a
Slc6a1 Connect$15,00021%
Dup 15q Alliance$15,00021%
Dyrk1a Syndrome US$10,000211%
Sofia Quintero Art and Cultural Center$10,00012%
Poster House Inc$10,00010%
Culture Works$10,00011%
Grin2b Foundation$10,00023%
Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanit$10,00011%
Waco Creative Art Center$10,00012%
Texas International Theatrical Arts Society$10,00011%
Center for Arts & Learning Inc$10,00016%
Aip Foundation$9,00010%
Drexel University$8,40010%
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$8,40010%
University of Louisiana Lafayette Alumni Association$8,40012%
University of Delaware$8,40010%
Regents of the University of Idaho$8,4001n/a
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology$8,4001n/a
Wichita State University Foundation$8,40010%
American Brain Coalition$8,00021%
Oklahoma State University Foundation$7,35010%
Red Cloud Indian School$6,0001n/a
Yonkers Partners in Education Inc$5,7001n/a
Setbp1 Society$5,0001n/a
Jordans Guardian Angels$5,00011%
Yellow Brick Road Project Inc$5,0001n/a
Champ1 Research Foundation Corporation$5,00016%
Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association In$5,00010%
US MEF2C Foundation Inc$5,00016%
Idefine Inc$5,0001n/a
CTNNB1 Connect and Cure Inc$5,00012%
Csnk2b Foundation$5,0001n/a
Koolen-De Vries Syndrome Foundation$5,00012%
Child Mind Institute Inc$3,50020%
CureGrin Foundation$2,50011%
Phelan McDermid Syndrome Foundation$2,50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,00010%
Poly Prep Country Day School$2,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,60010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$1,00010%
Heifer Project International$1,00010%
Adirondack Mountain Club Inc$1,00010%
Clover Nola Inc$80010%
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Inc$50010%
Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic Inc$50010%
Breakthrough T1d$30010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$30010%
Riverkeeper Inc$2001n/a
Amsterdam Continuing Care Health System Inc$20010%
Cathedral Church of St John the Divine$2001n/a
Newark Academy$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 604 recipients with no EIN on record ($559M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Simons Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 38 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew York Genome Center Inc: $104,549,822 over 5y, 38% of budgetStony Brook Foundation Inc: $96,776,288 over 6y, 33% of budgetMath for America: $65,700,000 over 3y, 95% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $36,891,465 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $34,068,744 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetNew York University: $33,266,544 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Institute of Technology: $21,619,586 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetInstitute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: $15,518,092 over 5y, 10% of budgetWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution: $12,399,835 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $12,076,149 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $11,823,722 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rockefeller University: $10,955,370 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetClinical Research Associates LLC: $10,541,515 over 3y, 100% of budgetCornell University: $10,344,030 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Museum of Mathematics: $8,619,790 over 5y, 62% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $8,022,640 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEmory University: $7,549,182 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $7,086,532 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSimons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute: $6,420,100 over 4y, 29% of budgetDuke University: $6,354,491 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGeorgia Tech Research Corporation: $6,053,980 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWorld Science Foundation: $5,500,000 over 2y, 66% of budgetThe Broad Institute Inc: $5,239,815 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Esther a & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Inc: $5,200,000 over 4y, 77% of budgetWashington University: $5,026,964 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwell Health Foundation: $5,000,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $4,890,755 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLife Sciences Research Foundation: $4,720,247 over 6y, 28% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $4,624,321 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Hall of Science: $4,155,559 over 5y, 16% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $4,077,273 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $3,729,841 over 4y, 55% of budgetMarine Biological Laboratory: $3,463,075 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetGeisinger Clinic: $3,335,283 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $2,971,449 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $2,735,839 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Mathematical Society: $2,683,750 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $2,567,948 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $2,500,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetHoward Hughes Medical Institute: $2,434,215 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $2,350,746 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Scripps Research Institute: $2,244,923 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Medical Center: $2,104,795 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPioneer Works Art Foundation: $2,101,779 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetMaineHealth: $2,057,367 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: $1,921,698 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation Inc: $1,863,542 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $1,704,695 over 6y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Alfred P Sloan FoundationNY44.2× affinity20 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alfred P Sloan Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · The Kavli Foundation · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Johns Hopkins University · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Global Genes · Gates Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The Heising-Simons Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Simons Foundation Inc

How much does The Simons Foundation Inc give?
The Simons Foundation Inc reported 1,727 grants totaling $271,958,633 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 74 and 510 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The Simons Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Science & Tech (21%), Health (15%).
Who are The Simons Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: New York Genome Center Inc ($105M), Stony Brook Foundation Inc ($97M), Math for America ($66M).
Does The Simons Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Simons 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 Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alfred P Sloan Foundation, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
Where is The Simons Foundation Inc based?
The Simons Foundation Inc is based in NY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 981 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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