Funding search · EIN 411957458 · Glenview, IL
Simons Family 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.
- 189
- grants reported
- $619,270
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $1,000
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Kolbe House4 grants · $36,000
- Avenues of Independence4 grants · $28,000
- Refugee One4 grants · $28,000
- Ronald McDonald House4 grants · $28,000
- West Suburban Special Recreation4 grants · $28,000
- Ignation Volunteer Corps4 grants · $27,000
- Horizons for Youth4 grants · $27,000
- St Sabina Academy4 grants · $27,000
- Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep4 grants · $27,000
- Mercy Home for Boys & Girls4 grants · $25,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 189 grants.
- $20,000
Archdiocese of Chicago Gen-To-Gen · Chicago, IL · 2025
Religious
- $20,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Education
- $10,000
Kolbe House · Chicago, IL · 2025
Human services
- $10,000
Kolbe House · Chicago, IL · 2024
Human services
- $8,500
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church · Glenview, IL · 2024
General operations
- $8,500
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church · Glenview, IL · 2023
General operations
- $8,000
Avenues of Independence · Park Ridge, IL · 2025
Human services
- $8,000
Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep · Waukegan, IL · 2025
Education
- $8,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
Human services
- $8,000
Horizons for Youth · Chicago, IL · 2025
Youth social services
- $8,000
Ignation Volunteer Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Ministries
- $8,000
La Casa Norte · Chicago, IL · 2025
Human services
- $8,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2025
Human services
- $8,000
Morningstar Mission Ministries · Joliet, IL · 2025
General operations
- $8,000
Net Ministries Foundation · West St Paul, MN · 2025
General operations
- $8,000
One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2025
Education
- $8,000
Refugee One · Chicago, IL · 2025
Human services
- $8,000
Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2025
Human services
- $8,000
St Sabina Academy · Chicago, IL · 2025
Education
- $8,000
Star Legacy Foundation · Eden Prairie, MN · 2025
General operations
- $8,000
Taller De Jose · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
- $8,000
West Suburban Special Recreation · Franklin Park, IL · 2025
Human services
- $8,000
Wings Program · Chicago, IL · 2025
Human services
- $8,000
Avenues of Independence · Park Ridge, IL · 2024
Human services
- $8,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education
- $8,000
Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep · Waukegan, IL · 2024
Education
- $8,000
Horizons for Youth · Chicago, IL · 2024
Youth social services
- $8,000
Ignation Volunteer Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Ministries
- $8,000
La Casa Norte · Chicago, IL · 2024
Human services
- $8,000
Morningstar Mission Ministries · Joliet, IL · 2024
General operations
- $8,000
Net Ministries Foundation · West St Paul, MN · 2024
General operations
- $8,000
One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education
- $8,000
Refugee One · Chicago, IL · 2024
Human services
- $8,000
Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2024
Human services
- $8,000
St Sabina Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education
- $8,000
Star Legacy Foundation · Eden Prairie, MN · 2024
General operations
- $8,000
West Suburban Special Recreation · Franklin Park, IL · 2024
Human services
- $8,000
Wings Program · Chicago, IL · 2024
Human services
- $8,000
Kolbe House · Chicago, IL · 2023
Human services
- $8,000
Kolbe House · Chicago, IL · 2022
Human services
- $7,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2024
Human services
- $6,500
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church · Glenview, IL · 2022
General operations
- $6,000
Avenues of Independence · Park Ridge, IL · 2023
Human services
- $6,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Education
- $6,000
Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep · Waukegan, IL · 2023
Education
- $6,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Human services
- $6,000
Horizons for Youth · Chicago, IL · 2023
Youth social services
- $6,000
Ignation Volunteer Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Ministries
- $6,000
La Casa Norte · Chicago, IL · 2023
Human services
- $6,000
Refugee One · Chicago, IL · 2023
Human services
- $6,000
Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2023
Human services
- $6,000
St Sabina Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Education
- $6,000
West Suburban Special Recreation · Franklin Park, IL · 2023
Human services
- $6,000
Wings Program · Chicago, IL · 2023
Human services
- $6,000
Avenues of Independence · Park Ridge, IL · 2022
Human services
- $6,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Education
- $6,000
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless · Chicago, IL · 2022
Social services
- $6,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
Human services
- $6,000
One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2022
Education
- $6,000
Refugee One · Chicago, IL · 2022
Human services
- $6,000
Ronald McDonald House · Oak Brook, IL · 2022
Human services
- $6,000
Sos Childrens Village of Il · Chicago, IL · 2022
Human services
- $6,000
West Suburban Special Recreation · Franklin Park, IL · 2022
Human services
- $6,000
Wings · Chicago, IL · 2022
Human services
- $6,000
Women Employed · Chicago, IL · 2022
Human servcies
- $5,000
Carmelite Monastery · Lake Elmo, MN · 2023
Religious
- $5,000
Demontreville Jesuit Retreat House · Lake Elmo, MN · 2023
Religious
- $5,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2023
Human services
- $5,000
Cristo Rey St Martin College Prep · Waukegan, IL · 2022
Education
- $5,000
Horizons for Youth · Chicago, IL · 2022
Youth social services
- $5,000
Ignation Volunteer Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Ministries
- $5,000
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls · Chicago, IL · 2022
Human services
- $5,000
St Sabina Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Education
- $4,500
Net Ministries · West St Paul, MN · 2023
General operations
- $4,500
Net Ministries · West St Paul, MN · 2022
General operations
- $2,000
Demontreville Jesuit Retreat House · Lake Elmo, MN · 2024
Religious
- $2,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Education
- $2,000
Church of the Incarnation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operations
- $2,000
Our Lady of Grace · Edina, MN · 2023
General operations
- $2,000
St Williams Church · Naples, FL · 2023
Ministry
- $2,000
Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Human services
- $2,000
Incaration · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operations
- $2,000
Jesuit Retreat House · Lake Elmo, MN · 2022
General operations
- $2,000
Our Lady of Grace · Edina, MN · 2022
General operations
- $2,000
St Williams Church · Naples, FL · 2022
Ministry
- $1,200
Catholic Services Appeal Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Religious
- $1,000
Cristo Rey Network · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
- $1,000
Harmony Farms Sanctuary · Bend, OR · 2025
General operations
- $1,000
International Dominican Foundation · Metairie, LA · 2025
General operations
- $1,000
Parkinson'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General operations
- $1,000
Pcrf (Palestinian Children'S Relief · Burbank, CA · 2025
General operations
- $1,000
Archdiocese of Chicago Gen-To-Gen · Chicago, IL · 2024
Religious
- $1,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Education
- $1,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Human services
- $1,000
Guadalupe Centers · Immokalee, FL · 2024
Education
- $1,000
Harmony Farms Sanctuary · Bend, OR · 2024
General operations
- $1,000
High Atlas Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General operations
- $1,000
Jdrf International · New York, NY · 2024
General operations
- $1,000
Naples Community Hospital Philanthr · Naples, FL · 2024
General operations
- $1,000
Pcrf (Palestinian Children'S Relief · Burbank, CA · 2024
General operations
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- The Chicago Community Trust14,939 grants · $5.82B
- The Big Ten Conference60 grants · $3.91B
Similar purposes
- The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation10,471 grants · $10.10B
- Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B
Similar grant size
- Shell USA Company Foundation24,663 grants · $80.1M
- The Bank of America Charitable87,335 grants · $496.1M
- Jpmorgan Chase Foundation29,571 grants · $637.4M
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