Funding search · EIN 263505303 · Bexley, OH

The Simson 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.

76
grants reported
$46,189
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$100
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • National Philanthropic Trust1 grant · $36,058
  • Wosu Public Media1 grant · $1,100
  • Temple Israel Foundation of Columbus Ohio1 grant · $1,100
  • Temple Israel1 grant · $995
  • Wosu Public Media1 grant · $750
  • Jewish Columbus1 grant · $400
  • Jewish Columbus1 grant · $385
  • Augusta Chiwy Foundation1 grant · $250
  • Columbus Academy2 grants · $225
  • Partners in Health1 grant · $200

Giving over time

$5,243
2022
$3,015
2023
$37,931
2024

Grant history

All 76 reported grants, largest first.

  • $36,058

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $1,100

    Temple Israel Foundation of Columbus Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,100

    Wosu Public Media · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $995

    Temple Israel · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Religious

  • $750

    Wosu Public Media · Columbus, OH · 2024

    General purpose

  • $400

    Jewish Columbus · Columbus, OH · 2023

    General purpose

  • $385

    Jewish Columbus · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $250

    Augusta Chiwy Foundation · Westerville, OH · 2024

    General purpose

  • $200

    Ballet Metropolitan · Columbus, OH · 2023

    General purpose

  • $200

    Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $200

    Balletmet · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Performing Arts

  • $200

    Columbus Academy · Gahanna, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $200

    St Paul Lutheran Church · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Religious

  • $125

    Columbus Academy · Gahanna, OH · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100

    Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $100

    Columbus Academy · Gahanna, OH · 2024

    General purpose

  • $100

    Columbus School for Girls · Columbus, OH · 2024

    General purpose

  • $100

    Trees for Bexley · Bexley, OH · 2024

    General purpose

  • $100

    US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $100

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $100

    Catholic Medical Mission Board · Long Island City, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100

    Cml Buster Foundation · Costa Mesa, CA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100

    Columbus School for Girls · Columbus, OH · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100

    Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100

    Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100

    Ryan P Missler Foundation · Pickerington, OH · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023

    General purpose

  • $100

    Bexley Community Foundation · Bexley, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $100

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022

    Education

  • $100

    Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2022

    Education

  • $100

    Columbus Metropolitan Library Found · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $100

    Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $100

    Columbus School for Girls · Bexley, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $100

    Cornell University · Boone, IA · 2022

    Education

  • $100

    Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022

    Support

  • $100

    Dreams On Horseback · Blacklick, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $100

    Friends of the Conservatory · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $100

    Partners in Health · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Support

  • $100

    Pelotonia · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $100

    Planned Parenthood Federation of Am · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $100

    Ryan P Missler Foundation · Pickerington, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $100

    Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022

    Support

  • $100

    US Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2022

    Support

  • $50

    Temple Emanu-El · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    General purpose

  • $50

    USA for Unhcr · Washington, DC · 2024

    General purpose

  • $50

    Human Rights Campaign · Washington, DC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $50

    Museum of Jewish Heritage - a Living Memorial To the Holocaust · New York City, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $50

    Bexley Public Library · Bexley, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $50

    Hias · Washington, DC · 2022

    Support

  • $50

    Museum of Jewish Heritage · New York, NY · 2022

    Support

  • $50

    USA for Unhcr · Washington, DC · 2022

    Support

  • $48

    Junior League of Columbus · Columbus, OH · 2024

    General purpose

  • $48

    Junior League of Columbus · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $25

    American Lung Association · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General purpose

  • $25

    Dana Farber Cancer Institute · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $25

    Four Paws USA- Humane Society of the US · Boston, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $25

    Mid Ohio Fund Collective · Grove City, OH · 2024

    General purpose

  • $25

    Yiddish Book Center · Amherst, MA · 2024

    General purpose

  • $25

    Friends of Bexley Public Library · Columbus, OH · 2023

    General purpose

  • $25

    Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $25

    The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2023

    General purpose

  • $25

    All Saints Episcopal Church · Mechanicsville, VA · 2022

    Religious

  • $25

    American Red Cross of Greater Colum · Ft Wayne, IN · 2022

    Support

  • $25

    Catco · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Performing Arts

  • $25

    Friends of the Drexel · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $25

    Human Rights Campaign · Washington, DC · 2022

    Support

  • $25

    King'S College · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2022

    Support

  • $25

    Massachusetts General Hospital · Hilliard, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $25

    Mid-Ohio Food Collective · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Support

  • $25

    St Jude Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022

    Support

  • $25

    The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Washington, DC · 2022

    Support

  • $25

    Wikimedia Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Support

  • $25

    Yiddish Book Center · Amherst, MA · 2022

    Support

  • $15

    Nationwide Childrens Hospital · Columbus, OH · 2023

    General purpose

  • $15

    Congregation Tifereth Israel · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Religious

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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.