Simons Foundation Inc.
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 13-3794889 · Headquarters: New York, NY 10010-7037 · Website
NTEE code: T20 · Applications: Preselected only — does not accept unsolicited applications
Total grants paid: $3,894,108,394.00 (2016–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 2707 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($1,877,363,690.00); $2,016,744,704.00 across 5876 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $117,692,262.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Genome Center Inc. | New York, NY | $20,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202433189349101913 |
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc. | Stony Brook, NY | $12,500,000.00 | FY2020 | 202143169349102159 |
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc. | Stony Brook, NY | $12,500,000.00 | FY2021 | 202213159349101931 |
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc. | Stony Brook, NY | $8,930,918.00 | FY2021 | 202213159349101931 |
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc. | Stony Brook, NY | $7,921,982.00 | FY2022 | 202333149349102308 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Riverside, CA | $5,700,000.00 | FY2020 | 202143169349102159 |
| Northwell Health Foundation | Westbury, NY | $5,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202143169349102159 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $4,434,919.00 | FY2024 | 202503179349103885 |
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc. | Stony Brook, NY | $4,366,354.00 | FY2023 | 202433189349101913 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $4,125,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503179349103885 |
| National Museum of Mathematics | New York, NY | $4,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202433189349101913 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spg Hbr, NY | $3,380,302.00 | FY2024 | 202503179349103885 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spg Hbr, NY | $3,315,402.00 | FY2023 | 202433189349101913 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spg Hbr, NY | $3,219,463.00 | FY2022 | 202333149349102308 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spg Hbr, NY | $3,170,644.00 | FY2020 | 202143169349102159 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spg Hbr, NY | $3,127,278.00 | FY2021 | 202213159349101931 |
| Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | $3,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202143169349102159 |
| Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | $3,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202213159349101931 |
| Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | $3,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202333149349102308 |
| World Science Foundation | New York, NY | $3,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202143169349102159 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $117,692,262.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $505,551,912.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1727 | 471 | 1256 | $202,168,946.00 |
| FY2023 | $503,448,267.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1962 | 633 | 1329 | $172,450,231.00 |
| FY2022 | $499,676,040.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1825 | 519 | 1306 | $223,202,245.00 |
| FY2021 | $464,417,507.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1616 | 477 | 1139 | $201,365,204.00 |
| FY2020 | $440,375,339.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1449 | 607 | 842 | $162,560,109.00 |
| FY2019 | $428,477,662.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1 | 0 | 1 | $295,796,848.00 |
| FY2018 | $380,955,445.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1 | 0 | 1 | $254,753,107.00 |
| FY2017 | $366,999,314.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1 | 0 | 1 | $272,079,587.00 |
| FY2016 | $304,206,908.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1 | 0 | 1 | $232,368,427.00 |
| All years on file | $3,894,108,394.00 | 8583 | 2707 | 5876 | $2,016,744,704.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/678be546-e220-43a1-bbd5-f7f21a59e67f
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 13-3794889.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).