Michigan · Private foundation
The Simpson Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2024
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $450,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 34
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $25M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Simpson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 33 | $2.1M | 12% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $1.7M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $1.9M | 10% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $1.5M | 59% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $6.7M | 100% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookgreen Gardens | $2,350,000 | 4 | 19% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $1,225,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Miracle Hill Ministries Inc | $1,175,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Presbyterian College | $775,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Converse University | $470,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Camperdown Academy Inc | $190,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Anderson University | $180,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bon Secours St Francis Health System Inc | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Christ Community Church-Montreat | $140,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Naples Historical Society Inc | $125,000 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Simpson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: Harvest Charities · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee · South Carolina Christian Foundation · Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation Inc · Daniel-Mickel Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc · Bill and Connie Timmons Foundation · Al Williams Jr Family Foundation Inc · Dabo's All in Team Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
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About The Simpson Foundation
- How much does The Simpson Foundation give?
- The Simpson Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $2,070,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Simpson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (46%), Arts & Culture (18%), Education (12%).
- Who are The Simpson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Brookgreen Gardens ($2.4M), Samaritan's Purse ($1.2M), Miracle Hill Ministries Inc ($1.2M).
- Does The Simpson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Simpson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Simpson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Harvest Charities, The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee.
- Where is The Simpson Foundation based?
- The Simpson Foundation is based in MI.
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