Funding search · EIN 592757208 · Miami, FL

Leon J Simkins Charitable Foundation

Name: Leon J Simkins Charitable Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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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.

70
grants reported: $6.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $8,600
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

Top recipients

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

Walker Art Center1 grant · $2.4M
The Miami Foundation2 grants · $2.0M
The Miami Foundation1 grant · $564,052
The Metropolitan Museum of Art2 grants · $435,000
Institute of Contemporary Art2 grants · $106,670
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces1 grant · $96,333
Mt Sinai Medical Center Foundation2 grants · $59,119
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation1 grant · $50,000
Giving Strength1 grant · $37,000
White Columns1 grant · $30,000

Giving over time

$1.0M

2021

$1.3M

2022

$1.3M

2023

$2.5M

2024

Grant history

All 70 reported grants, largest first.

$2.4M
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Charitable
$1.1M
The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022
Charitable
$836,912
The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2021
Charitable
$564,052
The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023
Charitable
$425,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$96,670
Institute of Contemporary Art · Miami, FL · 2021
Charitable
$96,333
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022
Charitable
$39,413
Mt Sinai Medical Center Foundation · Miami Beach, FL · 2021
Charitable
$37,000
Giving Strength · Fulton, MD · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
White Columns · New York City, NY · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Teens Exercising Extraordinary Success · Miami, FL · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Town Square Neighborhood Development Corporation · Miami, FL · 2021
Charitable
$20,000
University of Southern Cal Scholarship Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charitable
$19,706
Mt Sinai Medical Center Foundation · Miami Beach, FL · 2023
Charitable
$19,706
Mt Sinai Medical Center Foundation · Miami Beach, FL · 2022
Charitable
$18,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom (Afmda) · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Hermanos De La Calle · Key Biscayne, FL · 2024
Charitable
$11,000
Gummakonda Reddy Foundation · Hallandale Beach, FL · 2023
Charitable
$11,000
Gummakonda Reddy Foundation · Hallandale Beach, FL · 2022
Charitable
$11,000
Gummakonda Reddy Foundation · Hallandale Beach, FL · 2021
Charitable
$10,400
Chabad House On Wheels · Miami Beach, FL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Madison Square Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Gift of Life · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Institute of Contemporary Art · Miami, FL · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Gift of Life · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Institute of Contemporary Art · Miami, FL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Shul of Downtown · Miami, FL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Holtz Children'S Hospital · Miami, FL · 2021
Charitable
$9,900
Chabad House On Wheels · Miami Beach, FL · 2023
Charitable
$9,000
Chabad House On Wheels · Miami Beach, FL · 2021
Charitable
$8,765
Greater Miami Jewish Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022
Charitable
$8,600
Temple Beth Sholom · Miami Beach, FL · 2024
Charitable
$8,600
Temple Beth Sholom · Miami Beach, FL · 2023
Charitable
$7,200
Chabad House On Wheels · Miami Beach, FL · 2022
Charitable
$5,500
Center for Social Change · Miami, FL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Subtropical Affairs · Miami, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Acupunturists Without Borders (Awb) · Portland, OR · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Chrohn'S & Colitis Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Helping Israel Fund · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Overtown Optimist Club · Miami, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Rock Lake Elementary School Student Project · Orlando, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Shul of Downtown · Miami, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Eileen Youtie Foundation · Aventura, FL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Foundation for Prader Willi Research · Covina, CA · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Women of Tomorrow · Doral, FL · 2021
Charitable
$4,175
Temple Beth Sholom · Miami Beach, FL · 2022
Charitable
$4,175
Temple Beth Sholom · Miami Beach, FL · 2021
Charitable
$4,000
Greater Mercy Missionary Baptist Church · Miami, FL · 2024
Charitable
$3,500
Greater Mercy Missionary Baptist Church · Miami, FL · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Miami County Day School · Miami, FL · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Green Haven Project · Miami, FL · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
The Eileen Youtie Foundation · Aventura, FL · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Um Hillel Capital Campaign · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Gift of Life · Boca Raton, FL · 2021
Charitable
$2,000
Irie Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023
Charitable
$1,800
Young Musicians Unite · Miami, FL · 2023
Charitable
$1,800
Shul of Downtown · Miami, FL · 2021
Charitable
$1,500
Palmieri Fine Art · New York City, NY · 2023
Charitable
$1,350
Nu Deco Ensemble · Miami, FL · 2023
Charitable
$1,029
Matthew Marks Gallery · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Bike To the Beach · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Mother of God Chaldean Catholic Church · Southfield, MI · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Miami Center for Architecture & Design · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Suniland Football Program · Pinecrest, FL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
American Friends of Jordan River · New Canaan, CT · 2021
Charitable
$1,000
Jaguars 305 Youth Sports · Miami, FL · 2021
Charitable
$1,000
Leukemia Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2021
Charitable

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