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The Simpson Family Foundation at a glance

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The Simpson 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.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$51kHealth$42kCrime & Legal$18kEducation$17kArts & Culture$16kReligion$13kPhilanthropy$8kAnimals$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$9,600
Median grant
2
States reached
$261k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latte$15,000
Providence Mission Hospital Foundat$9,600
The Alliance for San Juan Art$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Internet Archive: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
CA
UT
MO
VA
MD
TN
SC
DC
OK
LA
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$45k · 15 repeat orgs$111k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
54

Total granted

$45k
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+13%

Still filing today

20%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
HealthEducationAnimalsArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CO
    Church of Jesus Christ LDS
    3× · 2020–2023 · $10k
  • HO
    House of Blues Music Forward Founda
    2× · 2020–2021 · $7k
  • AN
    Aliso Niguel High School
    2× · 2023–2024 · $5k · revenue -24%

Funded once

  • CI
    Child International
    one grant, 2024 · $13k
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue +33%
  • MISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +32%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Association for Computing Machinery Inc

We are an intl. scientific & educational org. dedicated to advancing art, science & technology.

Science & Tech
2
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
3
The Central European University

Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…

International
4
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
7
The Oaks School

In an atmosphere of mutual respect and responsibility, the oaks school prepares students to meet the world with the combined wisdom of an intelligent mind, a skilled hand, and a compassionate heart.

Education
8
Computer History Museum

Chm decodes technology - its computing past, digital present, and future impact on humanity.

Arts & Culture
9
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
10
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
11
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
12
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wikimedia Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Internet Archive. 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

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 72 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
16/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latte: $15,000 · OtherThe Church of Jesus Christ of LatteChild International: $13,250 · OtherChild InternationalChurch of Jesus Christ LDS: $9,985 · OtherChurch of Jesus Christ LDSProvidence Mission Hospital Foundat: $9,600 · OtherProvidence Mission Hospital FoundatHouse of Blues Music Forward Founda: $6,500 · OtherHouse of Blues Music Forward FoundaPalos Verdes National Charity Leagu: $6,000 · Other+49 more: $55,387 · Other+49 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $11,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Ass…MISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $10,100 · HealthMISSION HOSPITAL R…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,250 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEAS…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,055 · Health+2 more: $650 · HealthAliso Niguel High School: $4,515 · Arts & CultureLIVENATIONORG FOUNDATION: $924 · Arts & CultureFARMHOUSE RESCUE: $3,550 · AnimalsFARM SANCTUARY INC: $800 · AnimalsCHILDREN OF PERSIA INC: $1,575 · InternationalHIMALAYAN CHILDRENS FUND: $550 · InternationalCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $400 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $250 · EducationLaguna Niguel Elementary School Foundation: $90 · EducationInternet Archive: $1,022 · Human Services
Other$115,722Health$25,555Arts & Culture$5,439Animals$4,350International$2,125Education$1,740Human Services$1,022

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $10,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAliso Niguel High School: $4,515 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN OF PERSIA INC: $1,575 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,055 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternet Archive: $1,022 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG AMERICANS AGAINST SOCIALISM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVENATIONORG FOUNDATION: $924 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIMALAYAN CHILDRENS FUND: $550 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRX BALLROOM DANCE: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR AMERICAN LIBERTY: $354 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE TREE PLANTED INC: $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetExtraordinary Lives Foundation: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLaguna Niguel Elementary School Foundation: $90 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds MISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Aliso Niguel High School ↗
  • Who funds FARMHOUSE RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN OF PERSIA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Internet Archive ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG AMERICANS AGAINST SOCIALISM ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Network for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC9.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Simpson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Simpson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

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 72 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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