David E Simon & Jacqueline S Simon
Indianapolis, IN · EIN 14-1859319. Reported 135 grants totalling $22.6M to 91 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. David E Simon & Jacqueline S Simon did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $125,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $2,050,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Defamation League (adl) | New York, NY | $3,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Park Avenue Synagogue | New York, NY | $2,917,518 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ajc | New York, NY | $2,150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Uja-Federation of New York | New York, NY | $1,220,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Miami | Miami, FL | $1,205,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ascension St Vincent Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $1,005,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Horace Mann School | New York, NY | $1,005,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (fcas) | Foxborough, MA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Youth Renewal Fund | New York, NY | $970,425 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Israel Public Affairs Committee | Washington, DC | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indiana Golf Foundation | Franklin, IN | $600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Simon Youth Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $501,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 30 Day Fund | Richmond, VA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Rambam Medical Center | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fallen Heroes Fund | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Israel Antiquities Authority | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gemilos Chasodim Chasdei Moshe | Brooklyn, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ner L'horeinu Inc | Sun Lakes, AZ | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $430,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund | New York, NY | $320,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lehrman Community Day School | Miami Beach, FL | $260,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc (aief) | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Criminal Justice Reform Foundation | New York, NY | $182,470 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Rambam | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Sheba Medical Center | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Columbia Business School | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| King Baudoin Foundation United States | New York, NY | $94,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wizo New York | New York, NY | $88,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Congregation Beth El Zedeck | Indianapolis, IN | $81,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Shaquille O'neal Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Paid in Full Foundation | Las Vegas, NV | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Rabin Medical Center | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barzilai Medical Center | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fashion Scholarship Fund | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indiana Innovation Council | Carmel, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nareit Foundation | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Riley Children's Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saks Fifth Avenue Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Society for Yad Vashem | New York, NY | $41,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Women's Foundation of New York | New York, NY | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Temple Beth Sholom | Miami Beach, FL | $32,650 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation | New York, NY | $30,425 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Troops First Foundation- Vaqueros Del Mar | Boerne, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Delivering Good Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| God's Love We Deliver | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Surf Club Foundation | Surfside, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Center for Discovery | Harris, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women in Need Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Indiana Children's Wish Fund | Indianapolis, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Indiana Youth Services Association | Indianapolis, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Museum of Jewish Heritage | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fort Bragg-US Army | Fort Bragg, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Baptist Athletics | Indianapolis, IN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 50 Ways Foundation | Morganville, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aish | Clifton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alzheimer's Foundation | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School | Indianapolis, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Columbus Torah Academy | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | Glenview, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Iu Health Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| K9S for Warriors | Ponte Vedra, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Renew Indianapolis | Indianapolis, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Hughie & Selma Black Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Michigan Hillel | Ann Arbor, MI | $7,030 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chabad Southampton Jewish Center | Southampton, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Devils Youth Foundation | Newark, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Indiana Historical Society | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israel 365 Charity Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Push Empowered Pregnancy | Katonah, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ripples of Kindness Foundation | Naples, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Caroline Symmes Cancer Endowment | Carmel, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Worthless Studios | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Jewish Professionals | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blount County Children's Advocacy Center Inc | Maryville, TN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humane Society for Hamilton County | Noblesville, IN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pga Reach | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Advancement Center | Indianapolis, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Westminster Neighborhood Services | Indianapolis, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aid Coalition | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boomer Esiason Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys Town | Boys Town, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pawsitive Possibilities Rescue Inc | Lindenhurst, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish National Fund | Rockville Centre, NY | $720 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Beit Ruth Inc | Jericho, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cancer Support Community | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leket Israel Fund | Teaneck, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
27 of 91 (30%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 39%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Ajc
CONTRIBUTION TO GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - Uja-Federation of New York
ISRAEL EMERGENCY DAY AFTER FUND - Anti-Defamation League (adl)
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION TO OPERATING SUPPORT - Ascension St Vincent Foundation
2022 WOMEN & INFANT'S TOWER - University of Miami
SYLVESTER COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER - Park Avenue Synagogue
2024-2025 MEMBERSHIP2024 GRANT PAYMENT 2024 BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE2024 / 2025 KOL NIDRE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 86 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 37 | $3,105,455 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 39 | $4,841,425 | $40,000 |
| 2023 | 37 | $7,849,695 | $36,000 |
| 2024 | 22 | $6,754,163 | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. David E Simon & Jacqueline S Simon has 2 of them, worth $1,200,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana Golf Foundation | Franklin, IN | $1,000,000 |
| Youth Renewal Fund | New York, NY | $200,000 |
Where its money goes
67% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from David E Simon & Jacqueline S Simon's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 78394, Indianapolis, IN, 46278. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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