Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Simsmaes 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.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 35
- Grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
63% of The Simsmaes Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 31 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,049,960
- Organizations funded a year
- 37 to 43
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $34M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Simsmaes Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 33 | $616k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $59k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $62k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $80k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 41 | $63k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $75k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 43 | $71k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $160k | 7% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Hill School | $229,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Berklee College of Music Inc | $31,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $25,000 | 9 | 0% |
| 350org | $23,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $19,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $18,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Reservations | $17,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Pathfinder International | $17,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $16,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 57 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($659k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Simsmaes Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Cambridge Community Foundation · Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Eastern Cambridge Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About The Simsmaes Foundation Inc
- How much does The Simsmaes Foundation Inc give?
- The Simsmaes Foundation Inc reported 35 grants totaling $1,667,960 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Simsmaes Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (78%), Education (17%), Environment (1%).
- Who are The Simsmaes Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Shady Hill School ($229k), Berklee College of Music Inc ($31k), Trustees of Tufts College ($30k).
- Does The Simsmaes Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Simsmaes 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 Simsmaes Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Cambridge Community Foundation.
- Where is The Simsmaes Foundation Inc based?
- The Simsmaes Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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