Simpson PSB Fund

• Simpson PSB Fund focuses on arts and education, generally supporting organisations and initiatives that further and improve the local community, the arts or educational resources, with a record that includes museum, library and garden operations, theatre performances, youth education and arts engagement, and social and emotional resources for students.
• It works by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, and its team proactively identifies organisations it considers to have the highest performance or potential, so this is not one to approach cold with a speculative proposal.
• If invited, a written submission should set out the charitable purpose and its link to the local community, the arts or education, and there are no submission deadlines to plan around.
• For sizing a request, half of its 115 grants were $20,000 or less (the median), the typical range runs from $1,000 to $525,000, and one grant reached about $10,000,000, while 99% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had already funded in the previous two filings, pointing to an emphasis on continuing existing relationships.
• No geographic focus is stated, though its filings show grants mainly in California.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• University of California Berkeley Foundation · To support the missions and operations of the berkeley art museum and pacific film archive, the library fund, and the botantical garden.
  $10,020,3722024 tax year
• Ucsf Foundation · To further the organization's mission to advance health worldwide by supporting research for breast cancer treatment options and initiatives for providing patients with access to compassionate and equitable care.
  $4,970,4732024 tax year
• Girls Incorporated of Alameda County · To provide funds for unrestricted general support and scholarships to help girls from underserved bay area communities rise to be strong, smart and bold.
  $790,0002024 tax year
• Oakland Museum of California · To provide funds for unrestricted general operating support to further the mission of the organization.
  $525,0002024 tax year
• Uc Theatre Berkeley Music Group · To provide funds in support of the creation of a chief operating officer position at the uc theatre.
  $200,0002024 tax year
• New Literary Project · To provide funds for unrestricted general support that invests in students, teachers, readers, authors and writers by offering free workshops for underserved younger writers; a national award to a mid-career author; and other events to celebrate storytelling and creative writing.
  $160,0002024 tax year
• Oakland Leaf · To provide funds for unrestricted general support for students needing social and emotional resources and enrichment opportunities, that include the love cultivating schoolyards program, theater arts, poetry and other dynamic youth activities.
  $110,0002024 tax year
• California College of the Arts · To support the maker/meet/future capital campaign for the expansion of the cca san francisco campus, and to benefit the cca scholarship fund for talented and deserving art and design students.
  $100,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.