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SIMMSMANN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

SIMMSMANN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,750,000 to it, the largest being MANN CENTER FOR EDUCATION & FAMILY DEVELOPMENT ($1,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$16k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$1.8M
Net assets
$185k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 99%
01What it does

What Simmsmann Institute for Education and Community Development does

Program

  1. Cuddlebright experience & online educational toolsthe institute created cuddlebright experience, a science-based resource kit that helps parents bond with their child and give them meaningful, mutually rewarding experiences. It includes 4 components that work together to build the parent-child relationship & lay the foundation for a baby's healthy social, emotional & cognitive development. The institute provides free online classes to expecting & new parents (thru a service agmt. With babyliveadvice) based on the cuddlebright concepts.also the cuddlebright website offers educational videos & articles by experts in the field of neuroscience & early childhood development as a community resource for parents, on topics incl'd attachment, brain development, temperament & routines & rituals. The institute also offers via its website add'l educational videos by experts as a resource for professionals in the field to build their knowledge of the latest findings to inform their practice.

    $103,494 spent

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($5.1M) Expenses 100 ($4.2M) Net assets 100 ($1.1M)2018 Revenue 15 ($740k) Expenses 24 ($986k) Net assets 77 ($820k)2019 Revenue 20 ($1.0M) Expenses 28 ($1.2M) Net assets 63 ($676k)2020 Revenue 10 ($506k) Expenses 12 ($506k) Net assets 63 ($676k)2021 Revenue 0 ($7k) Expenses 7 ($277k) Net assets 38 ($405k)2022 Revenue 5 ($262k) Expenses 7 ($274k) Net assets 37 ($393k)2023 Revenue 0 ($16k) Expenses 3 ($126k) Net assets 27 ($284k)2024 Revenue 0 ($16k) Expenses 3 ($114k) Net assets 17 ($185k)
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Revenue (0)Expenses (3)Net assets (17)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $687k to $406k (−41%).

$1.1M
$826k
$684k
$687k
$406k
$403k
$287k
$185k
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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.

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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1.0M → $250k.

From the IRS filings of SIMMSMANN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

SIMMSMANN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

57%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.

“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

100% of SIMMSMANN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SIMMSMANN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT's revenue fell 100% between 2017 and 2024.

Months of reserve13.7mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−56% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,183 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds SIMMSMANN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT?
SIMMSMANN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,750,000 to it, the largest being MANN CENTER FOR EDUCATION & FAMILY DEVELOPMENT ($1,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SIMMSMANN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,750,000 in grants to SIMMSMANN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SIMMSMANN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT?
MANN CENTER FOR EDUCATION & FAMILY DEVELOPMENT is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SIMMSMANN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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