The Simon Family Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The filing states no geographic focus, funding field, eligibility criteria or exclusions, and its grants span food banks, cultural, health, school, social-service and community organisations, so a charity doing varied charitable work can reasonably ask.
- Most of its grants fall between $10,000 and $270,000, with a median of $90,000, so a request near that middle range suits the usual pattern; its largest grant was $400,000, so that band describes typical grants rather than a limit.
- The filing gives no deadlines, but it does accept applications, and an organisation can submit a written statement of charitable purpose.
- In its latest filing, 97% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded in earlier filings, so its giving looks relationship-led, though a new organisation should not be discouraged from applying for that reason.
Overview
The Simon Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Highland Park, IL.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filed grant record does not name a particular funding field; its stated grant purposes refer only to recipients’ exempt purposes. Grants went to a broad mix of organisations, including food banks, theatre and other cultural organisations, health-care and medical research bodies, schools and universities, social-service organisations, community organisations, science and public-media bodies, and humanitarian charities. The record therefore shows support for varied charitable work through grants to organisations. The filing requests a written statement of charitable purpose but does not set out eligibility criteria or preferences among applicants.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Illinois, New York and District of Columbia.
How to apply
Organisations can submit a written statement of charitable purpose.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 97% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 149 grants to organisations were $90,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
5 other states: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 7% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 97% of grant dollars went to organisations The Simon Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 14% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 49 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $100k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Greater Chicago Food Depository · To further the exempt purpose of the organization$400,0002024 tax year
- Timeline Theatre Company · To further the exempt purpose of the organization$370,0002024 tax year
- A Silver Lining Foundation Chicagoland Cancer Info Coalition · To further the exempt purpose of the organization$325,0002024 tax year
- Northern Illinois Food Bank · To further the exempt purpose of the organization$300,0002024 tax year
- World Central Kitchen · To further the exempt purpose of the organization$300,0002024 tax year
- DonorsChoose · To further the exempt purpose of the organization$300,0002024 tax year
- Jewish National Fund · To further the exempt purpose of the organization$250,0002024 tax year
- Planned Parenthood of Illinois · To further the exempt purpose of the organization$200,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Steven Simon — Assistant
- Judith Simon — Vice President
- Albert Simon III — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $5,506,576 | $4,790,000 | $96,037,052 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $5,394,444 | $4,860,000 | $104,852,745 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $6,183,169 | $5,470,000 | $118,245,470 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Highland Park, IL
Applying to The Simon Family Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (847) 835-9195
- Highland Park, IL