Grants paid in 2024
Top 60 of 1,727 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV. Part XV itemizes $272M; Part I reports $107M in contributions paid
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New York Genome CenterNew York, NY | New york genome center 2018 "new gift" | $20M |
| Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY | Simons infinity investment matching gift | $6.7M |
| University of EdinburghEdinburgh, UK | A major programme of fundamental and clinical autism research | $5.1M |
| New York UniversityNew York, NY | Simons center for computational physical chemistry | $4.4M |
| Clinical Research AssociatesNew York, NY | Autism research | $4.2M |
| Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL | National institute for theory and mathematics in biology | $4.1M |
| UC BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | Simons institute for the theory of computing | $3.8M |
| Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY | Simons math/physics operating fund | $3.5M |
| Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryCold Spring Harbor, NY | Applications of genomics to breast cancer detection, risk assessment and treatment response | $3.4M |
| Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY | Presidential innovation and excellence fund matching gift | $3.1M |
| UCSFSan Francisco, CA | Anatomical, molecular, and systems approaches to elucidate the mechanism of sex bias in the asd | $2.9M |
| Hautes Etudes ScientifiquesBuressuryvette, FR | Operating support | $2.2M |
| Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryCold Spring Harbor, NY | Genetic contribution to autism | $2.0M |
| Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY | Support for arxiv mmodernization | $1.5M |
| Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL | Nsf-simons center for quantitative biology | $1.5M |
| Research Foundation of the CUNYNew York, NY | Cuny masters in astrophysics bridge program | $1.5M |
| Eth ZurichSchwerzenbach, SZ | Prime - principles of microbial ecosystems | $1.3M |
| Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | Nsf-simons center for mathematical and statistical analysis of biology | $1.3M |
| Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY | Scgp current use fund | $1.3M |
| Columbia UniversityNew York, NY | Simons junior faculty fellows | $1.1M |
| Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | Ultra-quantum matter | $1.1M |
| Washington University in St LouisSt Louis, MO | Analysis of mechanisms underlying sex epistasis in autism - core | $1.1M |
| University of WashingtonSeattle, WA | Data and tools to define the biogeography of marine phytoplankton | $1.0M |
| Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA | Nsf-simons center for mathematical and statistical analysis of biology | $1.0M |
| Jet Propulsion LaboratoryPasadena, CA | Planetary context of habitability and exobiology | $1.0M |
| Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY | Nyce matching grant | $1.0M |
| UC BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | Collaboration on the theoretical foundations of deep learning | $1.0M |
| MITCambridge, MA | Arithmetic geometry, number theory, and computation | $948K |
| Boston Children's HospitalBoston, MA | Identification and impact of somatic mutations in regulatory regions in autism brain | $914K |
| MITCambridge, MA | Computational biogeochemical modeling of marine ecosystems | $890K |
| UCSDLA Jolla, CA | Array project 3 | $880K |
| Geisinger ClinicDanville, PA | Simons variation in individuals project (vip) recruitment core and phase 2 coordination site | $857K |
| University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | Collaborative research: transferable, hierarchical, expressive, optimal, robust, interpretable networks (theorinet) | $825K |
| Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY | Stony brook simons stem scholars program | $795K |
| New York UniversityNew York, NY | Simons-nyu science explorations program | $770K |
| Columbia UniversityNew York, NY | Sex-specific differences in cognitive and brain aging; spi murphy: conserved regulatory pathways in age-related loss of plasticity and cogn… | $750K |
| Smithsonian InstitutionWashington, DC | The role of microbiomes in shaping the ecology and evolution of tropical forest ecosystems | $750K |
| NYU School of MedicineNew York, NY | Simons junior faculty fellows | $750K |
| Columbia UniversityNew York, NY | Triangulation of missense variant impact through multimodal modeling and functional assays | $748K |
| University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA | Simons chair in probability and evolutionary theory | $729K |
| Woods Hole OceanographicWoods Hole, MA | Advancing big data solutions for high volume image data in marine plankton ecology | $722K |
| UC BerkeleyBerkeley, CA | A plasma haloscope for the post-inflation axion | $711K |
| Whitehead InstituteCambridge, MA | Autism, sex differences, and microglia - core | $710K |
| University of MiamiKey Biscayne, FL | Institute of mathematical sciences of the americas | $700K |
| Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY | Simons junior faculty fellows | $692K |
| Stanford UniversityStanford, CA | Simons collaboration on extreme electrodynamics of compact sources | $636K |
| New York Hall of ScienceCorona, NY | Building a stem-engagement partnership in corona | $629K |
| Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY | Tbi research fund for ape and human origins. | $625K |
| UCSFSan Francisco, CA | Understanding the cellular and circuit bases for behavioral impairments in the scn2a knock-out rat | $620K |
| MITCambridge, MA | Glial mechanisms by which sleep preserves cognitive function and plasticity in aging | $619K |
| University of TexasDallas, TX | Cellular resolution multi-omics of white matter tracts in asd | $613K |
| Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | Hidden symmetries and fusion energy | $610K |
| UCSDLA Jolla, CA | Simons observatory | $597K |
| Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ | A new laboratory search for dark matter with a small-scale experiment | $573K |
| Rutgers University NewarkNewark, NJ | Simons junior faculty fellows | $563K |
| UC Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA | The simons fund for visiting scientists at the kavli institute of theoretical physics | $563K |
| Baylor College of MedicineHouston, TX | Genetic and molecular dissection of autism sex differences - project 3 | $551K |
| Woods Hole OceanographicWoods Hole, MA | Exploring the biochemical functions of marine microbial communities through native and community proteomics | $522K |
| Brown UniversityProvidence, RI | Astrophysical investigations of dynamical chern-simons theory | $521K |
| Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL | Nsf-simons center for quantitative biology | $500K |
By state: New York 236 · California 222 · INTL 214 · Massachusetts 171 · New Jersey 68 · Illinois 56
Giving by year
Contributions, gifts, and grants paid, from Form 990-PF via ProPublica.
About this foundation
Simons Foundation Inc is a private grantmaking foundation in New York, New York, administered in care of Marlow Kee, tax-exempt since 1995. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.
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Does Simons Foundation Inc accept grant applications?
No. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation checked that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations. Look for an introduction through a current grantee.
How much does Simons Foundation Inc give each year?
In tax year 2024 it paid $272M across 1,727 grants, a median of $72K.
Where does Simons Foundation Inc give?
New York (236 grants), California (222 grants), INTL (214 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.
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