Private foundation · New York, NY

The Simons Foundation Inc

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Typical grant size
$8K – $84K – $162K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
407
Repeat grantees
285
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

David Spergel
PRESIDENT
$929K
Euan Robertson
COO
$630K
Marlow Kee
CFO/TREASURER
$510K
Brett Dakin
GEN. COUNSEL/SEC./CHIEF COMPL. OFF.
$456K
Emery N Brown
TRUSTEE
$20K
Peter Littlewood
TRUSTEE
$20K
Cornelia Bargmann
TRUSTEE
$19K
Shirley M Tilghman
TRUSTEE/VICE CHAIR
$18K
David Eisenbud
TRUSTEE
$18K
William H Press
TRUSTEE
$17K
Ingrid Daubechies
TRUSTEE
$15K
James Simons
CO-CHAIR (THRU 5/2024)
Andrew Golden
TRUSTEE (AS OF 6/2024)
Jill Pipher
TRUSTEE (AS OF 10/2024)
Bill Ford
TRUSTEE (AS OF 6/2024)
Marilyn Simons
CO-CHAIR OF THE BOARD

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
6.1%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
8,585
Total grants awarded
$3.0B
Total amount
$349K
Average grant
$295.8M
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$272.0M
1727 grants
2023
$291.4M
1962 grants
2022
$310.0M
1825 grants
2021
$309.6M
1616 grants
2020
$294.0M
1449 grants
2019
$295.8M
1 grants
2018
$254.8M
1 grants
2017
$272.1M
1 grants
2016
$232.4M
1 grants
2015
$233.8M
1 grants
2014
$232.4M
1 grants

Top recipients

See Attachment 18
2 grants · NY
$550.5M
See Attachment 17
2 grants · NY
$504.4M
See Statement 17
1 grant · NY
$233.8M
Total Grants Paid See Statement 15 Attached
1 grant · NY
$232.4M
13 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$104.5M
51 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$96.4M
4 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$65.7M
78 grants · CA · ≈ likely match
$60.3M
MIT
215 grants · MA
$47.8M
227 grants · MA · ✓ Exact match
$42.5M

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

New York Genome Center
NEW YORK GENOME CENTER 2018 "NEW GIFT"
NY · TY 2024
$20.0M
Stony Brook Foundation
SIMONS INFINITY INVESTMENT MATCHING GIFT
NY · TY 2024
$6.7M
University of Edinburgh
A MAJOR PROGRAMME OF FUNDAMENTAL AND CLINICAL AUTISM RESEARCH
TY 2024
$5.1M
New York University
SIMONS CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
NY · TY 2024
$4.4M
Clinical Research Associates
AUTISM RESEARCH
NY · TY 2024
$4.2M
Northwestern University
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THEORY AND MATHEMATICS IN BIOLOGY
IL · TY 2024
$4.1M
Uc Berkeley
SIMONS INSTITUTE FOR THE THEORY OF COMPUTING
CA · TY 2024
$3.8M
Stony Brook Foundation
SIMONS MATH/PHYSICS OPERATING FUND
NY · TY 2024
$3.5M
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
APPLICATIONS OF GENOMICS TO BREAST CANCER DETECTION, RISK ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT RESPONSE
NY · TY 2024
$3.4M
Stony Brook Foundation
PRESIDENTIAL INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE FUND MATCHING GIFT
NY · TY 2024
$3.1M
Ucsf
ANATOMICAL, MOLECULAR, AND SYSTEMS APPROACHES TO ELUCIDATE THE MECHANISM OF SEX BIAS IN THE ASD
CA · TY 2024
$2.9M
Hautes Etudes Scientifiques
OPERATING SUPPORT
TY 2024
$2.2M
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
GENETIC CONTRIBUTION TO AUTISM
NY · TY 2024
$2.0M
Cornell University
SUPPORT FOR ARXIV MMODERNIZATION
NY · TY 2024
$1.5M
Northwestern University
NSF-SIMONS CENTER FOR QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY
IL · TY 2024
$1.5M
Research Foundation of the Cuny
CUNY MASTERS IN ASTROPHYSICS BRIDGE PROGRAM
NY · TY 2024
$1.5M
Eth Zurich
PRIME - PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS
TY 2024
$1.3M
Stony Brook Foundation
SCGP CURRENT USE FUND
NY · TY 2024
$1.3M
Harvard University
NSF-SIMONS CENTER FOR MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGY
MA · TY 2024
$1.3M
Columbia University
SIMONS JUNIOR FACULTY FELLOWS
NY · TY 2024
$1.1M
Harvard University
ULTRA-QUANTUM MATTER
MA · TY 2024
$1.1M
Washington University in St Louis
ANALYSIS OF MECHANISMS UNDERLYING SEX EPISTASIS IN AUTISM - CORE
MO · TY 2024
$1.1M
University of Washington
DATA AND TOOLS TO DEFINE THE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON
WA · TY 2024
$1.0M
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
PLANETARY CONTEXT OF HABITABILITY AND EXOBIOLOGY
CA · TY 2024
$1.0M
Uc Berkeley
COLLABORATION ON THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF DEEP LEARNING
CA · TY 2024
$1.0M
Stony Brook Foundation
NYCE MATCHING GRANT
NY · TY 2024
$1.0M
Harvard University
NSF-SIMONS CENTER FOR MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGY
MA · TY 2024
$1.0M
MIT
ARITHMETIC GEOMETRY, NUMBER THEORY, AND COMPUTATION
MA · TY 2024
$948K
Boston Children's Hospital
IDENTIFICATION AND IMPACT OF SOMATIC MUTATIONS IN REGULATORY REGIONS IN AUTISM BRAIN
MA · TY 2024
$914K
MIT
COMPUTATIONAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING OF MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
MA · TY 2024
$890K
Ucsd
ARRAY PROJECT 3
CA · TY 2024
$880K
Geisinger Clinic
SIMONS VARIATION IN INDIVIDUALS PROJECT (VIP) RECRUITMENT CORE AND PHASE 2 COORDINATION SITE
PA · TY 2024
$857K
University of Pennsylvania
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: TRANSFERABLE, HIERARCHICAL, EXPRESSIVE, OPTIMAL, ROBUST, INTERPRETABLE NETWORKS (THEORINET)
PA · TY 2024
$825K
Stony Brook Foundation
STONY BROOK SIMONS STEM SCHOLARS PROGRAM
NY · TY 2024
$795K
New York University
SIMONS-NYU SCIENCE EXPLORATIONS PROGRAM
NY · TY 2024
$770K
Columbia University
SEX-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES IN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN AGING; SPI MURPHY: CONSERVED REGULATORY PATHWAYS IN AGE-RELATED LOSS OF …
NY · TY 2024
$750K
Smithsonian Institution
THE ROLE OF MICROBIOMES IN SHAPING THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
DC · TY 2024
$750K
NYU School of Medicine
SIMONS JUNIOR FACULTY FELLOWS
NY · TY 2024
$750K
Columbia University
TRIANGULATION OF MISSENSE VARIANT IMPACT THROUGH MULTIMODAL MODELING AND FUNCTIONAL ASSAYS
NY · TY 2024
$748K
University of Pennsylvania
SIMONS CHAIR IN PROBABILITY AND EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
PA · TY 2024
$729K
Woods Hole Oceanographic
ADVANCING BIG DATA SOLUTIONS FOR HIGH VOLUME IMAGE DATA IN MARINE PLANKTON ECOLOGY
MA · TY 2024
$722K
Uc Berkeley
A PLASMA HALOSCOPE FOR THE POST-INFLATION AXION
CA · TY 2024
$711K
Whitehead Institute
AUTISM, SEX DIFFERENCES, AND MICROGLIA - CORE
MA · TY 2024
$710K
University of Miami
INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES OF THE AMERICAS
FL · TY 2024
$700K
Stony Brook Foundation
SIMONS JUNIOR FACULTY FELLOWS
NY · TY 2024
$692K
Stanford University
SIMONS COLLABORATION ON EXTREME ELECTRODYNAMICS OF COMPACT SOURCES
CA · TY 2024
$636K
New York Hall of Science
BUILDING A STEM-ENGAGEMENT PARTNERSHIP IN CORONA
NY · TY 2024
$629K
Stony Brook Foundation
TBI RESEARCH FUND FOR APE AND HUMAN ORIGINS.
NY · TY 2024
$625K
Ucsf
UNDERSTANDING THE CELLULAR AND CIRCUIT BASES FOR BEHAVIORAL IMPAIRMENTS IN THE SCN2A KNOCK-OUT RAT
CA · TY 2024
$620K
MIT
GLIAL MECHANISMS BY WHICH SLEEP PRESERVES COGNITIVE FUNCTION AND PLASTICITY IN AGING
MA · TY 2024
$619K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.