Funding search · EIN 203651333 · Farmington Hills, MI

Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation

Name: Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

100
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Fresh Air Society3 grants · $155,000
Detroit Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $155,000
Holocaust Memorial Center3 grants · $150,000
Hillel of Metro Detroit3 grants · $145,000
Detroit Employment Solutons Co - Project Clean Slate3 grants · $120,000
Gilda'S Club of Metro Detroit3 grants · $110,000
Jsl Foundation2 grants · $100,000
Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance3 grants · $87,500
Global Giving2 grants · $57,000
Jewish Senior Life of Metro Detroit1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$632,500

2022

$620,000

2023

$613,000

2024

Grant history

All 100 reported grants, largest first.

$75,000
Fresh Air Society · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fundunrestricted grant to general fund
$55,000
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$55,000
Hillel of Metro Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$50,000
Holocaust Memorial Center · Farmington Hills, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$50,000
Jsl Foundation · West Bloomfield, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$50,000
Detroit Employment Solutons Co - Project Clean Slate · Detroit, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$50,000
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$50,000
Global Giving · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$50,000
Hillel of Metro Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$50,000
Holocaust Memorial Center · Farmington Hills, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$50,000
Jsl Foundation · West Bloomfield, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$50,000
Detroit Employment Solutons Co - Project Clean Slate · Detroit, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$50,000
Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Detroit, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$50,000
Gilda'S Club of Metro Detroit · Royal Oak, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$50,000
Holocaust Memorial Center · Farmington Hills, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$50,000
Jewish Senior Life of Metro Detroit · Oak Park, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$40,000
Fresh Air Society · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fundunrestricted grant to general fund
$40,000
Hillel of Metro Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$40,000
Fresh Air Society · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fundunrestricted grant to general fund
$37,500
Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$30,000
Gilda'S Club of Metro Detroit · Royal Oak, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$30,000
Gilda'S Club of Metro Detroit · Royal Oak, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$30,000
Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$30,000
Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$25,000
Metro Food Rescue · West Bloomfield, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$25,000
The Pink Fund · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$20,000
Detroit Employment Solutons Co - Project Clean Slate · Detroit, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$20,000
Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$20,000
The Pink Fund · Southfield, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$20,000
Temple Israel · West Bloomfield, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$20,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$20,000
Jewish Federation of Naples · Naples, FL · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$20,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Fl · Orlando, FL · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$20,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$17,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$15,000
Gesher Human Services · Southfield, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$15,000
Jarc · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$15,000
Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit · West Bloomfield, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$15,000
Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$15,000
Lighthouse of Oakland County · Pontiac, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$15,000
Michigan Advocacy Program · Ypsilanti, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$15,000
Gesher Human Services · Southfield, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$15,000
Jarc · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$15,000
Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit · West Bloomfield, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$13,000
Anti Defamation League · West Bloomfield, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$12,500
Gary Burnstein Clinic · Pontiac, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$12,000
US Friends of Dror Israel · Portland, OR · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$12,000
Metro Food Rescue · West Bloomfield, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit · Farmington Hills, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Hillel Campus Alliance of Michigan · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Hospitality House · Commerce Charter Twp, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Michigan Science Center · Detroit, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Moishe House · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Smartaid · San Marcos, TX · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Yad Ezra · Berkley, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit · Farmington Hills, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Hopewell Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Hospitality House · Commerce Charter Twp, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Michigan State University Hillel · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Yad Ezra · Berkley, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Anti Defamation League · West Bloomfield, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Capuchin Soup Kitchen · Detroit, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit · Farmington Hills, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Forgotten Harvest · Oak Park, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fundunrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Gesher Human Services · Southfield, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Gleaners Food Bank · Detroit, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Hospitality House · Commerce Charter Twp, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Jarc · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit · West Bloomfield, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$10,000
Yad Ezra · Berkley, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$7,000
American Jewish Joint Distribution Commission · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$7,000
Global Giving · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$5,000
Anti Defamation League · West Bloomfield, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$5,000
Detroit Opera · Detroit, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$5,000
Temple Beth El · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$5,000
Temple Israel · West Bloomfield, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$5,000
Adamah · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$5,000
Congregation Shaarey Zedek · Southfield, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$5,000
Detroit Opera · Detroit, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$5,000
Michigan Science Center · Detroit, MI · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$5,000
United States Holocaust Memorial · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$5,000
Michigan State University Hillel · East Lansing, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$5,000
Ort America Michigan Region · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$3,334
National Cryptologic Foundation · Glen Burnie, MD · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$3,333
If Not Now Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$3,333
The Commit Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fundunrestricted grant to general fund
$2,500
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan · Farmington Hills, MI · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$2,500
American Friends of Magen David Adom · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$2,500
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$2,500
US Friends of Dror Israel · Portland, OR · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$2,500
Zaka · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$2,000
Alzheimer'S Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$2,000
Elite Meet · Marlborough, CT · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$2,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$2,000
Semper Fi & America'S Fund · Oceanside, CA · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$1,000
Mission Msa · McLean, VA · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund
$1,000
Parkinson Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
Unrestricted grant to general fund

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.