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Herbert Simon Family Foundation

Name: Herbert Simon Family 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.

13
grants reported: $36.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
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.

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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.

9 grants matching “nonfiction” · $450,000

$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Percival Ever · New York, NY · 2024
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Adam Higginbo · New York, NY · 2024
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Kenneth M Cad · New York, NY · 2024
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Ariel Aberg-R · New York, NY · 2023
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - James McBride · New York, NY · 2023
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Hector Martin · New York, NY · 2023
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Becker · New York, NY · 2022
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Diaz · New York, NY · 2022
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Islam · New York, NY · 2022
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.

Grant history

All 13 reported grants, largest first.

$13.5M
Central Indiana Community Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Making grants to charitable organizations. For details, see the section 170(c)(2)(b) statement.
$12.7M
Central Indiana Community Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Making grants to charitable organizations
$10.0M
Central Indiana Community Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Making grants to charitable organizations
$165,000
Central Indiana Community Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Roots to read
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Adam Higginbo · New York, NY · 2024
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Kenneth M Cad · New York, NY · 2024
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Percival Ever · New York, NY · 2024
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Ariel Aberg-R · New York, NY · 2023
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Hector Martin · New York, NY · 2023
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - James McBride · New York, NY · 2023
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Becker · New York, NY · 2022
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Diaz · New York, NY · 2022
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.
$50,000
Kirkus Prize Winner - Islam · New York, NY · 2022
Funding of annual literary awards that honors authors of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' literature.

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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.