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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “simms”
Where the money went
Baltimore Educational Scholarship TrustBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $72,762 to ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS — shdf, gap funding, simms grants, fa gift, emergency funding, chick lord scholar
Largest: $25,000 to Simms High School — merja robotics team travel expenses to attend the robotics competition in houston, tx, and general purpose
Largest: $5,000 to BRAYDON SIMMS — educational scholarship
Largest: $24,528 to TANYA MICHELLE SIMMS — simms, tanya (bahamas, u. of) "foraging genetic connections via the transatlantic slave trade between bahamians and the ahanta of west ghana"
Largest: $36,068 to MATI SIMM — advanced degree in biblical studies
Largest: $100,000 to RUTHERFORD B H YATES MUSEUM INC — in support of restore historic simms cottage as gift & tour hub
Largest: $60,000 to BEKAH SIMMS — music composition
Alliance Defending FreedomScottsdale, AZCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $31,637 · through 2024Largest: $31,637 to SIMMS SHOWERS LLP — sanctity of life
Largest: $1,000 to SIMMS HIGH SCHOOL — high school student award
Largest: $1,000 to ST PIUS CALVARY CEMETERY — simms childrenused by organization
Texas Historical FoundationDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $11,000 · through 2023Largest: $11,000 to RUTHERFORD BH YATES MUSEUM INC — preservation of the simms cottage, part of the museum's efforts to preserve the former freedmen's town in houston's fourth ward. recipients of the 2024 directors' award in the duda…
National Council for CommunityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to THE AMERICAN LEGION YOUNG-SIMM — economic recovery grant
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →