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Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation

Name: Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

333
grants reported: $1.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

public education scholarship awareness health mental

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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.

Joseph T Simpson Public Library4 grants · $58,000
New Hope Ministries4 grants · $53,666
Veterans Outreach of Pa3 grants · $50,000
United Way of the Capital Region (Ma3 grants · $45,000
Foundation for Enhancing Communities4 grants · $36,000
Camp Hebron4 grants · $35,000
Sunshine Ministries3 grants · $31,000
Ymca Harrisburg Area4 grants · $30,000
Pa Dream House4 grants · $28,000
Health Ministries of Christ4 grants · $28,000

Giving over time

$232,650

2022

$251,150

2023

$271,183

2024

$289,983

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 333 grants.

$27,000
Joseph T Simpson Public Library · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2023
Public support
$25,500
Pinnacle Health Auxiliary · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Veterans Outreach of Pa · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2023
Public support
$22,000
Health Ministries of Christ · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$21,500
Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$20,000
United Way of the Capital Region · Enola, PA · 2022
General support
$19,500
Sunshine Ministries · Carlisle, PA · 2022
General support
$17,000
Joseph T Simpson Public Library · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2024
Public support
$15,500
Capital Area Dream Center · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General support
$15,000
United Way of the Capital Region (Ma · Enola, PA · 2025
General support
$15,000
Upmc Pinnacle Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$15,000
United Way of the Capital Region (Ma · Enola, PA · 2024
Public support
$15,000
Veterans Outreach of Pa · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2024
Public support
$15,000
United Way of the Capital Region (Ma · Enola, PA · 2023
Public support
$14,000
New Hope Ministries · Dillsburg, PA · 2023
Public support
$14,000
New Hope Ministries · Dillsburg, PA · 2022
Public support
$13,333
New Hope Ministries · Dillsburg, PA · 2025
General support
$13,000
Greenlight Operation · Camp Hill, PA · 2025
General support
$12,333
New Hope Ministries · Dillsburg, PA · 2024
Public support
$12,000
Joseph T Simpson Public Library · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2025
General support
$12,000
Camp Hebron · Halifax, PA · 2024
General support
$11,500
Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Jts scholarship
$11,500
Bethesda Mission · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General support
$11,000
Downtown Daily Bread · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General support
$11,000
Nativity School of Harrisburg · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General support
$10,500
Capital Area School for the Arts · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Education
$10,000
Veterans Outreach of Pa · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Camp Hebron · Halifax, PA · 2022
General support
$9,000
Ymca Harrisburg Area · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$8,500
Pa Dream House · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$8,000
Camp Hebron · Halifax, PA · 2025
General support
$8,000
Wildheart Ministries · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$8,000
Wildheart Ministries · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$8,000
Wildheart Ministries · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General support
$7,500
Harrisburg Symphony · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Public support
$7,000
Boys & Girls Club of Central Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$7,000
Sunshine Ministries · Carlisle, PA · 2024
General support
$7,000
Ymca Harrisburg Area · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$7,000
Ymca Harrisburg Area · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General support
$7,000
Ymca Harrisburg Area · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General support
$6,500
Pa Dream House · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$6,500
Pa Dream House · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General support
$6,500
Medard'S House · New Cumberland, PA · 2022
General support
$6,500
Pa Dream House · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General support
$6,000
Elim Bible Institute & College · Lima, NY · 2025
General support
$6,000
Susquehanna Art Museum · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$6,000
Boys and Girls Club of · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Public support
$6,000
Capital Area Dream Center · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Public support
$6,000
Capital Area Therapeutic Riding Asoc · Grantville, PA · 2024
General support
$6,000
Susquehanna Art Museum · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Public support
$6,000
Nativity School of Harrisburg · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General support
$6,000
Susquehanna Art Museum · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Public support
$6,000
Boys & Girls Club of Central Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General support
$6,000
Capital Area School for the Arts · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Education
$6,000
Downtown Daily Bread · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General support
$5,800
Cumberland County Historical · Carlisle, PA · 2025
General support
$5,500
Sonshine Ministries · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Historic Harrisburg · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Susquehanna Chorale · Hershey, PA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Susquehanna Chorale · Hershey, PA · 2024
Support
$5,000
Bethesda Mission · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Public support
$5,000
Camp Hebron · Halifax, PA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Cumberland Valley Preservation · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2023
Public support
$5,000
Capital Area Therapeutic Riding Asoc · Grantville, PA · 2022
General support
$4,500
Homeland Center · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$4,500
Salvation Army · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$4,500
Homeland Center · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General operating
$4,500
Christian Services Counseling Center · Carlisle, PA · 2023
General support
$4,500
Sunshine Ministries · Carlisle, PA · 2023
General support
$4,000
Central Pa Food Bank · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$4,000
Downtown Daily Bread · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$3,700
Ronald McDonald House of Central Pa · Hershey, PA · 2024
Public support
$3,500
Goodwill Keystone Area · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$3,500
Goodwill Keystone Area · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General operating
$3,500
Joshua Group · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$3,500
Salvation Army · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Public support
$3,500
Central Pa Food Bank · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Public support
$3,500
Goodwill Keystone Area · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General operating
$3,500
Ronald McDonald House of Central Pa · Hershey, PA · 2023
Public support
$3,500
Salvation Army · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Public support
$3,500
Goodwill Keystone Area · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General operating
$3,500
Salvation Army · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Public support
$3,000
Ronald McDonald House of Central Pa · Hershey, PA · 2025
General support
$3,000
Three Star Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$3,000
Downtown Daily Bread · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General support
$3,000
Greenlight Operation · Camp Hill, PA · 2024
General support
$3,000
Three Star Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Public support
$3,000
Boys & Girls Club of Central Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General support
$3,000
Boys and Girls Club of · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Public support
$3,000
Greenlight Operation · Camp Hill, PA · 2023
General support
$3,000
Operation Veterans' Hope · Mt Holly Springs, PA · 2023
General support
$3,000
Three Star Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Public support
$3,000
Greenlight Operation · Camp Hill, PA · 2022
General support
$3,000
Operation Veterans' Hope · Mt Holly Springs, PA · 2022
General support
$3,000
Three Star Foundation · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Public support
$3,000
Wildheart Ministries · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General support
$2,500
Bethesda Mission · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$2,500
Capital Region Literacy Council · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$2,500
Harrisburg Symphony Association · Harrisburg, PA · 2025
General support
$2,500
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General support

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