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The Simons Foundation Inc Grants

Private foundation · EIN 13-3794889 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

Total grants paid
$272M
Grants reported
1,727
Typical grant
$72K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

$68.6M

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: THE SIMONS FOUNDATION INC

Where The Simons Foundation Inc gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

New York Genome Center

NEW YORK, NY

$20MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

New york genome center 2018 "new gift"

Stony Brook Foundation

STONY BROOK, NY

$6.7MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Simons infinity investment matching gift

University of Edinburgh

EDINBURGH

$5.1MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

A major programme of fundamental and clinical autism research

New York University

NEW YORK, NY

$4.4MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Simons center for computational physical chemistry

Clinical Research Associates

NEW YORK, NY

$4.2MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Autism research

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Simons Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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