Funding search · EIN 956035906 · Santa Monica, CA

Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation

Name: Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation grants, 2023–2024
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.

178
grants reported: $1.0M
total given: 2023–2024
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. 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.

Brazil Foundation2 grants · $132,000
Museum Associates - Lacma2 grants · $100,000
United States Fund for Unicef2 grants · $48,000
American Jewish Committee2 grants · $40,000
Rand Corporation2 grants · $36,000
Braille Institute of America2 grants · $31,000
Defenders of Wildlife2 grants · $30,000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Whc)2 grants · $20,000
Shelter Partnership2 grants · $20,000
The Music Center2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$503,000

2023

$515,500

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 178 grants.

$70,000
Brazil Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$62,000
Brazil Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Museum Associates - Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Museum Associates - Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$23,000
United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$18,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Charitable
$18,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Charitable
$16,000
Braille Institute of America · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
Braille Institute of America · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Whc) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Shelter Partnership · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
The Music Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Whc) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Para Los Ninos · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Shelter Partnership · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
The Music Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$8,000
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$8,000
Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
Charitable
$8,000
The UCLA - Center for Jewish Studies · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$8,000
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$8,000
Pbs Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
Charitable
$8,000
The UCLA - Center for Jewish Studies · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$7,500
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service · Culver City, CA · 2024
Charitable
$7,500
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service · Culver City, CA · 2023
Charitable
$7,000
Amanecer Community Counseling Service · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$7,000
Amanecer Community Counseling Service · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$6,000
Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2024
Charitable
$6,000
Wayfinder Family Services · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Americans for Peace Now · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Downtown Women'S Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Kenyon College · Gambier, OH · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Leysin American School · Dania Beach, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Para Los Ninos · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Save the Children Federation · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Seeds of Peace · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
UCLA Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Americans for Peace Now · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Downtown Women'S Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Kenyon College · Gambier, OH · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Leysin American School · Dania Beach, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Save the Children Federation · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Seeds of Peace · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
UCLA Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Wayfinder Family Services · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$4,000
Rainforest Action Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$4,000
Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2023
Charitable
$3,500
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$3,500
Women Against Gun Violence · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,500
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$3,500
Women Against Gun Violence · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
350org · Boston, MA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Armand Hammer Museum -Art & Culture Cntr · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Arttable · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Center for Restorative Justice Works · Montebello, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Confluence Rising · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Create Noworg · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Extraordinary Families · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Heal the Bay · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Howling for Wolves · Hopkins, MN · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Jenesse Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
John Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Leo Baeck Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Moca - Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
National Alliance On Mental Illness · Arlington, VA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Pacific Clinics · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Peace Over Violence · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Public Communicators · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
The National Museum of Women in the Arts · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Wellnest Emotional Health & Wellness · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Yellowstone Park Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
350org · Boston, MA · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Armand Hammer Museum -Art & Culture Cntr · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Arttable · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Center for Biological Diversity · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Center for Restorative Justice Works · Montebello, CA · 2023
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.