Funding search · EIN 461619656 · New York, NY

The David Simon 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.

42
grants reported
$198,282
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,500
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.

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Top recipients

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  • Fund for the Aged4 grants · $42,000
  • New Gate School1 grant · $28,000
  • Help USA Fund4 grants · $21,500
  • Melanoma Research Foundation1 grant · $12,500
  • Our House1 grant · $10,000
  • The Rogosin Institute1 grant · $10,000
  • Foundation To Combat Antisemitism3 grants · $10,000
  • Muhlenberg Fund3 grants · $7,500
  • World Central Kitchen4 grants · $7,000
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering3 grants · $7,000

Giving over time

$42,100
2022
$31,000
2023
$47,000
2024
$78,182
2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

  • $28,000

    New Gate School · Sarasota, FL · 2022

    Charitable

  • $18,000

    Fund for the Aged · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $12,500

    Help USA Fund · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $12,500

    Melanoma Research Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    Our House · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $10,000

    The Rogosin Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $9,000

    Fund for the Aged · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $7,500

    Fund for the Aged · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $7,500

    Fund for the Aged · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $5,182

    Brazil Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $5,000

    Pef Israelorg · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $4,500

    Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $3,500

    Foundation To Combat Antisemitism · Foxborough, MA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $3,500

    Help USA Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Charitable

  • $3,500

    Alzheimers Association · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $3,500

    Foundation To Combat Antisemitism · Foxborough, MA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $3,500

    Help USA Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $3,000

    Foundation To Combat Antisemitism · Foxborough, MA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Fairplay · Boston, MA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Muhlenberg College · Allentown, PA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Muhlenberg Fund · Allentown, PA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    St Jude · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    University of Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Muhlenberg Fund · Allentown, PA · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,500

    Muhlenberg Fund · Allentown, PA · 2022

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Fairplay · Boston, MA · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    St Jude · Memphis, TN · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Missionworks · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

    Charitable

  • $2,000

    Help USA Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,500

    Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2025

    Charitable

  • $1,500

    Michael J Fox Foundation · Hagerstown, MD · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    American Friends of Natal · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Cycle for Survival · New York, NY · 2023

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

  • $1,000

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    Charitable

  • $100

    Uja Federation · New York, NY · 2022

    Charitable

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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.