Funding search · EIN 411957458 · Glenview, IL

Simons Family Foundation

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

189
grants reported
$619,270
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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

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2 grants matching “servcies · $7,000

  • $6,000

    Women Employed · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Human servcies

  • $1,000

    Housing Institute of Princeton · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    Human servcies

Top recipients

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

  • Kolbe House4 grants · $36,000
  • Avenues of Independence4 grants · $28,000
  • Refugee One4 grants · $28,000
  • Ronald McDonald House4 grants · $28,000
  • West Suburban Special Recreation4 grants · $28,000
  • Ignation Volunteer Corps4 grants · $27,000
  • Horizons for Youth4 grants · $27,000
  • St Sabina Academy4 grants · $27,000
  • Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep4 grants · $27,000
  • Mercy Home for Boys & Girls4 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$139,850
2022
$142,840
2023
$162,440
2024
$174,140
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 189 grants.

  • $20,000

    Archdiocese of Chicago Gen-To-Gen · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Religious

  • $20,000

    Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Education

  • $10,000

    Kolbe House · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Human services

  • $10,000

    Kolbe House · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Human services

  • $8,500

    Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church · Glenview, IL · 2024

    General operations

  • $8,500

    Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church · Glenview, IL · 2023

    General operations

  • $8,000

    Avenues of Independence · Park Ridge, IL · 2025

    Human services

  • $8,000

    Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep · Waukegan, IL · 2025

    Education

  • $8,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Human services

  • $8,000

    Horizons for Youth · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Youth social services

  • $8,000

    Ignation Volunteer Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    Ministries

  • $8,000

    La Casa Norte · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Human services

  • $8,000

    Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Human services

  • $8,000

    Morningstar Mission Ministries · Joliet, IL · 2025

    General operations

  • $8,000

    Net Ministries Foundation · West St Paul, MN · 2025

    General operations

  • $8,000

    One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Education

  • $8,000

    Refugee One · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Human services

  • $8,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2025

    Human services

  • $8,000

    St Sabina Academy · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Education

  • $8,000

    Star Legacy Foundation · Eden Prairie, MN · 2025

    General operations

  • $8,000

    Taller De Jose · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General operations

  • $8,000

    West Suburban Special Recreation · Franklin Park, IL · 2025

    Human services

  • $8,000

    Wings Program · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Human services

  • $8,000

    Avenues of Independence · Park Ridge, IL · 2024

    Human services

  • $8,000

    Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $8,000

    Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep · Waukegan, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $8,000

    Horizons for Youth · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Youth social services

  • $8,000

    Ignation Volunteer Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Ministries

  • $8,000

    La Casa Norte · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Human services

  • $8,000

    Morningstar Mission Ministries · Joliet, IL · 2024

    General operations

  • $8,000

    Net Ministries Foundation · West St Paul, MN · 2024

    General operations

  • $8,000

    One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $8,000

    Refugee One · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Human services

  • $8,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2024

    Human services

  • $8,000

    St Sabina Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Education

  • $8,000

    Star Legacy Foundation · Eden Prairie, MN · 2024

    General operations

  • $8,000

    West Suburban Special Recreation · Franklin Park, IL · 2024

    Human services

  • $8,000

    Wings Program · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Human services

  • $8,000

    Kolbe House · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Human services

  • $8,000

    Kolbe House · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Human services

  • $7,000

    Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Human services

  • $6,500

    Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church · Glenview, IL · 2022

    General operations

  • $6,000

    Avenues of Independence · Park Ridge, IL · 2023

    Human services

  • $6,000

    Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $6,000

    Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep · Waukegan, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $6,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Human services

  • $6,000

    Horizons for Youth · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Youth social services

  • $6,000

    Ignation Volunteer Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Ministries

  • $6,000

    La Casa Norte · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Human services

  • $6,000

    Refugee One · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Human services

  • $6,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2023

    Human services

  • $6,000

    St Sabina Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Education

  • $6,000

    West Suburban Special Recreation · Franklin Park, IL · 2023

    Human services

  • $6,000

    Wings Program · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Human services

  • $6,000

    Avenues of Independence · Park Ridge, IL · 2022

    Human services

  • $6,000

    Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $6,000

    Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Social services

  • $6,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Human services

  • $6,000

    One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $6,000

    Refugee One · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Human services

  • $6,000

    Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2022

    Human services

  • $6,000

    Sos Childrens Village of Il · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Human services

  • $6,000

    West Suburban Special Recreation · Franklin Park, IL · 2022

    Human services

  • $6,000

    Wings · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Human services

  • $6,000

    Women Employed · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Human servcies

  • $5,000

    Carmelite Monastery · Lake Elmo, MN · 2023

    Religious

  • $5,000

    Demontreville Jesuit Retreat House · Lake Elmo, MN · 2023

    Religious

  • $5,000

    Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Human services

  • $5,000

    Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep · Waukegan, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $5,000

    Horizons for Youth · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Youth social services

  • $5,000

    Ignation Volunteer Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Ministries

  • $5,000

    Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Human services

  • $5,000

    St Sabina Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Education

  • $4,500

    Net Ministries · West St Paul, MN · 2023

    General operations

  • $4,500

    Net Ministries · West St Paul, MN · 2022

    General operations

  • $2,000

    Demontreville Jesuit Retreat House · Lake Elmo, MN · 2024

    Religious

  • $2,000

    Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Education

  • $2,000

    Church of the Incarnation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    General operations

  • $2,000

    Our Lady of Grace · Edina, MN · 2023

    General operations

  • $2,000

    St Williams Church · Naples, FL · 2023

    Ministry

  • $2,000

    Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Human services

  • $2,000

    Incaration · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    General operations

  • $2,000

    Jesuit Retreat House · Lake Elmo, MN · 2022

    General operations

  • $2,000

    Our Lady of Grace · Edina, MN · 2022

    General operations

  • $2,000

    St Williams Church · Naples, FL · 2022

    Ministry

  • $1,200

    Catholic Services Appeal Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    Religious

  • $1,000

    Cristo Rey Network · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Harmony Farms Sanctuary · Bend, OR · 2025

    General operations

  • $1,000

    International Dominican Foundation · Metairie, LA · 2025

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Parkinson'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Pcrf (Palestinian Children'S Relief · Burbank, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Archdiocese of Chicago Gen-To-Gen · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Religious

  • $1,000

    Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Education

  • $1,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024

    Human services

  • $1,000

    Guadalupe Centers · Immokalee, FL · 2024

    Education

  • $1,000

    Harmony Farms Sanctuary · Bend, OR · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,000

    High Atlas Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Jdrf International · New York, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Naples Community Hospital Philanthr · Naples, FL · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Pcrf (Palestinian Children'S Relief · Burbank, CA · 2024

    General operations

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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.