Connecticut · Nonprofit
MICHAEL E SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC FRIENDS OF MICHAEL
MICHAEL E SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC FRIENDS OF MICHAEL (Connecticut) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,750 to it, the largest being ANDREW J & JOYCE D MANDELL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($30,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $238k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $64k
- Net assets
- $284k
What Michael E Simmons Foundation Inc Friends of Michael does
Mission
To support the artistic growth of the youth in the greater hartford area by providing opportunities of inspiration and education of music, theater, and the arts through a variety of community partnerships and programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
To support music in the community through awareness and the annual michael simmons music festival. Proceeds from this event provide financial support to local organizations music programs.
$173,221 spentof which $41,280 as grants$30,005 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $173,221.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $173k to $284k (+64%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
85% of MICHAEL E SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC FRIENDS OF MICHAEL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MICHAEL E SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC FRIENDS OF MICHAEL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MICHAEL E SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC FRIENDS OF MICHAEL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
71% of MICHAEL E SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC FRIENDS OF MICHAEL's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $750 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MICHAEL E SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC FRIENDS OF MICHAEL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MICHAEL E SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC FRIENDS OF MICHAEL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MICHAEL E SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC FRIENDS OF MICHAEL?
- MICHAEL E SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC FRIENDS OF MICHAEL (Connecticut) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $63,750 to it, the largest being ANDREW J & JOYCE D MANDELL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($30,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MICHAEL E SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC FRIENDS OF MICHAEL have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $63,750 in grants to MICHAEL E SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC FRIENDS OF MICHAEL, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MICHAEL E SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC FRIENDS OF MICHAEL?
- ANDREW J & JOYCE D MANDELL FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MICHAEL E SIMMONS FOUNDATION INC FRIENDS OF MICHAEL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing