Ohio · Private foundation
The Simson Foundation
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.
- $3k
- Granted FY2023
- 19
- Grants FY2023
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of The Simson Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 12 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Simson Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 18 organizations, $3k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $1,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 44
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 8
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations The Simson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 19 | $3k | 37% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $5k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $5k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $6k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 43 | $5k | 49% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $3k | 35% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $3k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Israel | $6,005 | 6 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $4,575 | 7 | n/a |
| JewishColumbus | $1,905 | 5 | 0% |
| Ballet Metropolitan Inc | $1,650 | 7 | 0% |
| Temple Israel Foundation of Columbus Ohio | $1,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $1,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Columbus Academy | $900 | 8 | 0% |
| Columbus Metropolitan Library Foundation | $800 | 6 | 0% |
| Columbus School for Girls | $800 | 8 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $725 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 60 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Simson Foundation 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: Columbus Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · L Brands Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Battelle Memorial Institute · Siemer Family Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Meuse Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Simson Foundation
- How much does The Simson Foundation give?
- The Simson Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $3,015 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Simson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (55%), Religion (13%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are The Simson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Temple Israel ($6k), The Ohio State University ($5k), JewishColumbus ($2k).
- Does The Simson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Simson Foundation 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 Simson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Foundation, Columbus Jewish Foundation, United Way of Central Ohio Inc.
- Where is The Simson Foundation based?
- The Simson Foundation is based in OH.
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