Funding search · EIN 272931165 · Atlanta, GA

The Simmons Foundation

Name: The Simmons Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

62
grants reported: $909,992
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $6,348
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

Pace Academy3 grants · $150,000
Theatrical Outfit3 grants · $75,000
L'Arche Atlanta1 grant · $75,000
Atlanta Youth Academy1 grant · $75,000
Atlanta Classical Academy1 grant · $75,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church3 grants · $57,000
Morehouse College1 grant · $50,000
Warner Village1 grant · $45,000
Meyer Center3 grants · $31,905
Experience Reality2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$174,280

2022

$220,403

2023

$515,309

2024

Grant history

All 62 reported grants, largest first.

$75,000
Atlanta Classical Academy · Atlanta, GA · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$75,000
L'Arche Atlanta · Decatur, GA · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$75,000
Atlanta Youth Academy · Atlanta, GA · 2022
501(c)(3) support
$50,000
Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$50,000
Pace Academy · Atlanta, GA · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$50,000
Pace Academy · Atlanta, GA · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$50,000
Pace Academy · Atlanta, GA · 2022
501(c)(3) support
$45,000
Warner Village · Denver, CO · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$25,000
Theatrical Outfit · Atlanta, GA · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$25,000
Theatrical Outfit · Atlanta, GA · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$25,000
Theatrical Outfit · Atlanta, GA · 2022
501(c)(3) support
$22,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church · Atlanta, GA · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$20,430
Meyer Center · Greenville, SC · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$20,000
Among the Least · Pagosa Springs, CO · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$20,000
Colorado Hosting Asylum Network · Littleton, CO · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$20,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church · Atlanta, GA · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$15,000
Akola Academy · Dallas, TX · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$15,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church · Atlanta, GA · 2022
501(c)(3) support
$10,000
Alcoholics Anonymous · New York, NY · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$10,000
Denver Institute for Faith & Work · Centennial, CO · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$10,000
Experience Reality · Durham, NC · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$10,000
Foundation for a Course in Miracles · Henderson, NV · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$10,000
Hay Adams Giving Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$10,000
Alcoholics Anonymous · New York, NY · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$10,000
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra · Atlanta, GA · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$10,000
Experience Reality · Durham, NC · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$10,000
Foundation for Aum · Huntsville, AL · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$10,000
Peace Center · Greenville, SC · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$10,000
Proverbs 1210 Animal Rescue · Dickson, TN · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$8,500
The School of Lost Borders · Big Pine, CA · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$6,500
Santa Fe Opera · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$6,195
Meyer Center · Greenville, SC · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$6,000
Zoo Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$5,500
The Santa Fe Symphony · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$5,280
Meyer Center · Greenville, SC · 2022
501(c)(3) support
$5,000
Church of the Ascension · Denver, CO · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$5,000
Foothill'S Trail Conservancy · Greenville, SC · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$5,000
Greenville'S Gift · Greenville, SC · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$5,000
Hearts Set Free · Yukon, OK · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$5,000
Parent Teacher Association · Alexandria, VA · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$5,000
Santa Fe International Literary · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$5,000
Youth Works · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$5,000
Atlanta Triangle Club · Atlanta, GA · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$5,000
Church of the Ascension · Denver, CO · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$5,000
East-West Ministries Internation · Plano, TX · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$5,000
The Tara Club · Hapeville, GA · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$5,000
Trinity Anglican Church · Atlanta, GA · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$4,473
Rockley Family Foundation · Wheat Ridge, CO · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$3,000
Vail Valley Foundation · Avon, CO · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$2,500
Congregation Church South Dartmouth · Dartmouth, MA · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$2,500
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$2,500
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$2,000
Hope Heals Camp · Atlanta, GA · 2023
501(c)(3) support
$2,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
501(c)(3) support
$1,500
Cancer Society of Greenville · Greenville, SC · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$1,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
501(c)(3) support
$1,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2022
501(c)(3) support
$540
Jdrf · Greenville, SC · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$500
Greenville Little League · Greenville, SC · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$500
Hogs for the Cause · New Orleans, LA · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$500
Unashay Grief Sanctuary · Abiquiu, NM · 2024
501(c)(3) support
$74
Charity From K-1 · Atlanta, GA · 2024
501(c)(3) support

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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.