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12 funders with a record of paying for “simons”
Where the money went
Largest: $99,999 to COLL OF HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY — simons distinguished visiting professors, simons postdoctoral fellows, simon scholars, simons graduate school and symposia
Largest: $3.5M to THE SAM SIMON FEEDING FAMILIES FOUNDATION — to support the ongoing charitable, scientific, literary, or educational activities of the grantee.
Association of Children'S MuseumsArlington, VACharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $326,800 · through 2024Largest: $18,050 to WOW CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — meowseum discovery days, simons foundation math literacy cohort participation
Largest: $20,000 to SIMON PARKIN — to support the research and writing of the forbidden garden of leningrad, to be published by scriber (simon & schuster) in the u.s., and sceptre (hodder & stoughton) in the u.k.
Largest: $1.5M to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO — for the completion of the simons observatory
Largest: $2.1M to BARD COLLEGE AT SIMON'S ROCK — program support
Largest: $5.5M to NICK SIMONS FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL — program and general operating support for the nick simons institute in nepal
Largest: $360,000 to SIMONE LEIGH STUDIO — to support the publication of a retrospective on simone leigh's exhibition 'sovereignty' from the 59th venice biennale to benefit the work of artists and activists by providing pub…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2023Largest: $371,013 to Indiana University Foundation — maurer school of law, general operating support, i320014261 - finance diversity program fund. support for the kelley school of business, $10,000 contribution to the iu kelley finan…
Largest: $625,000 to INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART — core support to present simone leighs work at the u.s. pavilion at the 2022 venice biennale, a subsequent survey exhibition and loophole of retreat for black women artists organize…
California Association for Research inKamuela, HICharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2023Largest: $489,792 to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — sub-award under the heising-simons foundation funded prime award development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb; subaward for kcwi mechanical cooling retrofit; award for the…
Largest: $300,000 to UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM — simon-skjodt center for the prevention of genocide
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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 →