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Who does Simpson Foundation fund?

Simpson Foundation has awarded $45 million across 213 grants to 93 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $20,000, with most between $5,000 and $70,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $20,000 versus $5,500 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$45.2M
Typical grant
$20K
Grantees
93
Grants
213
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

93 of 93 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
U University of California Berkeley Foundation $14.0M32022–20242024— —
Cancer Support Community San Francisco Bay Area $5.2M22023–20242024CA
U Ucsf Foundation $5.1M32020–20242024— —
U Uc Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive $3.4M120202020— —
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County $3.2M52020–20242024CA
Oakland Museum of California $2.5M52020–20242024CA
G Girlsmart Literacy Program $2.5M42020–20232023CA
California College of the Arts $1.7M52020–20242024CA
B Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive $1.0M120222022— —
C California Symphony $665K52020–20242024— —
U Uc Theatre Berkeley Music Group $615K52020–20242024— —
California Shakespeare Theater $578K52020–20242024CA
Diablo Regional Arts Association $381K52020–20242024CA
Life Learning Academy $375K32021–20242024CA
O Oakland Leaf $340K32020–20242024— —
B Big Wave Project $325K42020–20242024— —
The Ruth Bancroft Garden INC $292K52020–20242024CA
New Literary Project $245K42021–20242024CA
Oakland Leaf Foundation $230K22021–20222022CA
U C Santa Cruz Foundation $178K120202020CA
Museum of Craft and Design $155K52020–20242024CA
U University of California Regents $125K32022–20242024— —
Northern Light School $124K52020–20242024CA
K Kala Art Institute $121K52020–20242024— —
L Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation $108K42020–20242024— —
Northwest Maritime Center $100K22020–20212021WA
The Underground Museum INC $90K120202020CA
T The Crucible $84K42020–20232023— —
R Rock the Casa $80K32021–20242024— —
Audubon Canyon Ranch INC $75K32020–20222022CA
T The Ecology Center $75K120202020— —
L Las Trampas $72K32020–20222022— —
Walnut Creek Library Foundation $71K42020–20232023CA
L Los Angeles Dance Project $70K120202020— —
Project Hope Alliance $65K120202020CA
C Cancer Support Community San Francisco $60K22021–20222022— —
First Place for Youth $50K120202020CA
H Heirs to Our Oceans $50K120202020— —
L La Dance Project $50K120222022— —
The Ron Finley Project $45K120202020CA
John Muir Health Foundation $40K42020–20232023CA
O Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts $40K120202020— —
Futures Without Violence $40K42020–20242024CA
Compassion and Choices $25K42020–20242024CO
P Para Los Ninos $25K120202020— —
The Zellerbach Family Foundation $25K120202020CA
C Calpirg Education Fund $25K120242024— —
Transcendence Theatre Company $25K120202020CA
Kennedy King Memorial College Scholarship Fund $20K22021–20222022CA
A Association of California Symphony Orchestras $20K42020–20242024— —
The Edible Schoolyard Project $20K32020–20222022CA
C Creative Growth Arts Center $17K32022–20242024— —
N National Ms Society $16K42020–20232023— —
University of California Press Foundation $16K22020–20242024CA
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art $15K22021–20222022CA
T The Gardens at Heather Farms $15K32020–20222022— —
C Chinese Culture Center Foundation $15K22023–20242024— —
F Families Without Borders $14K32020–20242024CA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts $12K22020–20212021CA
Teach for America INC $12K22020–20232023NY
N National Center for Cancer Research $11K120222022— —
K Kennedy-King Memorial Scholarship Fund $10K120232023— —
S Sierra Chamber Society $10K22021–20222022CA
K Kennedy-King $10K120202020— —
New Performance Traditions $10K22023–20242024CA
Oxbow School $10K120202020CA
T Teach for America Bay Area $10K22021–20222022— —
Piedmont Makers $10K22020–20232023CA
S Sf Museum of Modern Art $8K22021–20222022— —
P Paul Dresher Ensemble $6K32020–20222022— —
P Playground $6K120212021— —
U Uc Berkeley Foundation $5K120202020— —
Orinda Community Foundation INC $5K120232023CA
C Casa Contra Costa County $5K120212021— —
Junior Center of Art & Science $5K120222022CA
La Casa De Las Madres $5K120202020CA
A Association of California Symphony $5K120232023— —
N National Foundation for Cancer Research $5K120242024— —
Save Mount Diablo $4K32020–20242024CA
S Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation $2K120202020— —
Monument Crisis Center $2K120202020CA
S Shakespeare for Kids $2K120212021— —
K Kcsm Jazz 91 $2K120222022— —
T The Gardens at Heather Farm $2K120232023— —
S Shelter INC (project Hearth) $2K120242024— —
C Chinese Culture Foundation $2K120222022— —
Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences $1K120222022CA
U University of California Botanic Garden at Berkeley $1K120242024— —
C Community Arts Foundation $1K120202020CA
U University of California Press Foundation $1K120222022— —
S Shelter INC $1K120232023— —
Berkeley Public Library Foundation $1K120202020CA
California Public Interest Research Group INC $1K120232023CA

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