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Find who already funds work like yours. 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.
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12 funders with a record of paying for “sims”
Where the money went The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → University of Iowa: $4.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Mccorkle Foundation → Sim USA: $918K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wk Kellogg Foundation → Juanita Sims Doty Foundation: $715K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Elwa Ministries Association USA → Sim: $447K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Scaife Family Foundation → Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation: $330K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Branches Foundation → Sim USA Incorporated: $240K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Servant Foundation → Sim USA: $159K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Windsor Foundation Inc → Sim: $85K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Math for America → Sims Michelle: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Heisman Trophy Trust → Billy Sims Foundation Inc: $60K across 6 grants, latest 2023 Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → Sims Foundation Inc: $57K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Sim USA Incorporated: $38K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → Simulation in Motion Montana Inc: $1.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Sim USA Incorporated: $36K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Communities Foundation of Texas Inc → Sim USA Inc: $24K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley → University of North Dakota: $176K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → West Chesterfield Community Assn Inc: $27K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley: $5.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Leona M and Harry B Helms… $5.7M The Mccorkle Foundation: $918K on this topic. Open the funder. The Mccorkle Foundation $918K Wk Kellogg Foundation: $715K on this topic. Open the funder. Wk Kellogg Foundation $715K Elwa Ministries Association USA: $447K on this topic. Open the funder. Elwa Ministries Association U… $447K Scaife Family Foundation: $330K on this topic. Open the funder. Scaife Family Foundation $330K Branches Foundation: $240K on this topic. Open the funder. Branches Foundation $240K Servant Foundation: $159K on this topic. Open the funder. Servant Foundation $159K The Chicago Community Trust: $101K on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $101K Windsor Foundation Inc: $85K on this topic. Open the funder. Windsor Foundation Inc $85K Communities Foundation of Texas Inc: $81K on this topic. Open the funder. Communities Foundation of Tex… $81K Math for America: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Math for America $60K Heisman Trophy Trust: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Heisman Trophy Trust $60K University of Iowa: received $4.2M on this topic University of Iowa $4.2M Simulation in Motion Montana Inc: received $1.3M on this topic Simulation in Motion Montana Inc $1.3M Sim USA: received $1.1M on this topic Sim USA $1.1M Juanita Sims Doty Foundation: received $715K on this topic Juanita Sims Doty Foundation $715K Sim: received $532K on this topic Sim $532K Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation: received $330K on this topic Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation $330K Sim USA Incorporated: received $240K on this topic Sim USA Incorporated $240K University of North Dakota: received $176K on this topic University of North Dakota $176K Sims Michelle: received $60K on this topic Sims Michelle $60K Billy Sims Foundation Inc: received $60K on this topic Billy Sims Foundation Inc $60K Sims Foundation Inc: received $57K on this topic Sims Foundation Inc $57K Sim USA Incorporated: received $38K on this topic Sim USA Incorporated $38K Sim USA Incorporated: received $36K on this topic Sim USA Incorporated $36K West Chesterfield Community Assn Inc: received $27K on this topic West Chesterfield Community Ass… $27K Sim USA Inc: received $24K on this topic Sim USA Inc $24K 12 funders, 15 recipients, grants matching “sims” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $2.5M to UNIVERSITY OF IOWA — simulation in motion iowa (sim-ia)
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Largest: $31,500 to SIMS FOUNDATION INC — this grant is designated for general support.
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Largest: $19,500 to SIM USA Incorporated — general support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
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Largest: $336,200 to SIM USA — funds were provided to support the global mission to spread the gospel.
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Largest: $15,000 to SIMS MICHELLE — fellowship stipend
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Largest: $183,041 to SIM — scholarships and radio ministry
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Largest: $10,000 to BILLY SIMS FOUNDATION INC — financial support
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Largest: $350,000 to JUANITA SIMS DOTY FOUNDATION — health and health equity
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Largest: $66,000 to SIM USA INCORPORATED — andrew & jen holloway
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Largest: $100,000 to HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION — medical student program - sims
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Largest: $70,350 to SIM USA — religious ministry
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Largest: $23,400 to SIM — for overseas christian missionaries
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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 →
