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The Simpson Foundation Co National Advisors at a glance

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The Simpson Foundation Co National Advisors

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$238k
Granted FY2026still arriving
24
Grants FY2026still arriving
4
States reached
$43k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$1.7M
02FY2026 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k16 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $179k
$6,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUBURN UNIVERSITY$43,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA$35,000
UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA$22,500
ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY$19,500
COASTAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE$17,250
TROY UNIVERSITY$15,750
ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA$10,500
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY$7,500
SOUTHERN STATE UNION COMMUNITY COLLEGE$6,000
UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO$6,000
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$6,000
HUNTINGDON COLLEGE$6,000
AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY$4,500
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI$3,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COASTAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $19k → 12%ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 18%TROY UNIVERSITY: $28k → 27%UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA: $30k → 31%COASTAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $17k → 12%ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 18%TROY UNIVERSITY: $27k → 27%UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA: $30k → 31%COASTAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $15k → 12%ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $14k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $26k → 19%TROY UNIVERSITY: $16k → 27%UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA: $23k → 31%COASTAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $14k → 12%ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $14k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $22k → 19%TROY UNIVERSITY: $16k → 27%UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA: $23k → 31%COASTAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $13k → 12%ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $14k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $20k → 19%TROY UNIVERSITY: $13k → 27%UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA: $23k → 31%COASTAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $13k → 12%ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $11k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $18k → 19%TROY UNIVERSITY: $12k → 27%UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA: $18k → 31%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $17k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA: $17k → 31%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $15k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $12k → 19%AUBURN UNIVERSITY: $55k → 15%THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $35k → 17%AUBURN UNIVERSITY: $53k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $34k → 17%AUBURN UNIVERSITY: $43k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $31k → 17%AUBURN UNIVERSITY: $34k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $27k → 17%AUBURN UNIVERSITY: $34k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $21k → 17%AUBURN UNIVERSITY: $33k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $18k → 17%AUBURN UNIVERSITY: $29k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $11k → 17%AUBURN UNIVERSITY: $27k → 15%AUBURN UNIVERSITY: $25k → 15%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

MA
UT
MO
VA
MD
TN
NC
OK
MS
AL
GA
FL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 43 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2026, 22 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
12

Total granted

$1.9M
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
0%

Still filing today

35%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time
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

  • HC
    HUNTINGDON COLLEGE
    4× · 2018–2026 · $20k · revenue +13%
  • Washington and Lee University
    3× · 2024–2026 · $11k · revenue +53%
  • SC
    Stillman College
    4× · 2018–2026 · $11k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT HUNTSVILLE
    one grant, 2025 · $4k
  • FI
    FORTIS INSTITUTE - BIRMINGHAM
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
  • EW
    Edward Waters University Incgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +50%
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
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
2
University of Lynchburg

The mission of the University is to inspire independent thinkers who become trustworthy, effective leaders that shape caring communities. The vision of the University of Lynchburg is to cultivate a world that is innovative, authentic, and…

Education
3
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
4
University of the South

The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…

Education
5
Spartanburg Methodist College

SMC Delivers an exceptional education that fuses the empowerment of the liberal arts with crucial career skills. Our mission is to equip our students with the knowledge, skills, virtues, and mindset needed to thrive personally, create…

Education
6
Roberts Wesleyan University

As new york's leading university for character education, rwu is a community of learners committed to historic christianity which seeks to prepare thoughtful, spiritually mature, service-oriented people who will transform society.

Education
7
Franklin University

Since 1902, Franklin University has been a pioneer in meeting the needs of adult students who have the ambition to continue their education in combination with other responsibilities, receiving its status as a tax exempt organization in…

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8
Rollins College

Education and Public Service Mission: Rollins College educates students for global citizenship and responsible leadership, empowering graduates to pursue meaningful lives and productive careers. We are committed to liberal arts ethos and…

Education
9
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
10
Tusculum University

Building on a rich Presbyterian heritage and a pioneering spirit, Tusculum University provides an active and experiential education within a caring Christian environment to inspire civic engagement, enrich personal lives, and equip…

Education
11
Tougaloo College

The College is an institution of higher education and provides instruction and various support services in achieving its purpose.

Education
12
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Samford University; the most unlike its peers is Fort Valley State College National Alumni Association Inc. 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

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 58 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AUBURN UNIVERSITY: $332,300 · OtherAUBURN UNIVERSITYTHE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $196,650 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMAUNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA: $180,450 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMAUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $149,875 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMAALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY: $148,500 · OtherALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITYTROY UNIVERSITY: $136,200 · OtherTROY UNIVERSITYCOASTAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $120,300 · OtherCOASTAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGEALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $98,000 · OtherALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM: $96,300 · OtherAUBURN UNIVERSITY: $68,950 · Other+30 more: $296,100 · Other+30 moreHUNTINGDON COLLEGE: $19,500 · EducationMiles College Inc: $16,250 · EducationTuskegee University: $14,700 · EducationWashington and Lee University: $11,000 · EducationStillman College: $10,600 · EducationFAULKNER UNIVERSITY: $10,400 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MOBILE: $9,000 · EducationPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $7,000 · EducationSpelman College: $5,000 · Education+9 more: $17,300 · Education
Other$1,823,625Education$120,750

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHUNTINGDON COLLEGE: $19,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMiles College Inc: $16,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTuskegee University: $14,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStillman College: $10,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFAULKNER UNIVERSITY: $10,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFORT VALLEY STATE COLLEGE NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetTalladega College: $9,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MOBILE: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSpelman College: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Tulsa: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEdward Waters University Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamford University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLurleen B Wallace Community College Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMaryville University - St Louis: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMillsaps College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTIN METHODIST FOUNDATION (FORMERLY MARTIN METHODIST COLLEGE): $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 HUNTINGDON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Miles College Inc ↗
  • Who funds Tuskegee University ↗
  • Who funds Washington and Lee University ↗
  • Who funds Stillman College ↗
  • Who funds FAULKNER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FORT VALLEY STATE COLLEGE NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Talladega College ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE ↗
  • Who funds PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Spelman College ↗

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.

Allyrae Wallace Educa…Alabama Association o…Lettie Pate Whitehead…Council of Independen…The Mabel Amos Memori…Naphcare Charitable F…Southern Company Char…Enterprise Holdings F…Alabama Power Foundat…United Negro College …Tom Joyner Foundation…Folds of Honor Founda…
Allyrae Wallace Educational TrustAL26.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Allyrae Wallace Educational Trust · Alabama Association of Independent Colleges and Universities · Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc · Council of Independent Colleges · The Mabel Amos Memorial Fund Regions Bank Trustee · Naphcare Charitable Foundation Inc · Southern Company Charitable Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · United Negro College Fund Inc · Tom Joyner Foundation Inc · Folds of Honor 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 Foundation Co National Advisors funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Simpson Foundation Co National Advisors. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Edward Waters University Inc: 15% of income from government
  • The University of Tulsa: 2% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 58 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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