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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-3794889

The Simons Foundation Inc

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 1,727 grants and $272 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $271,958,633

    Grants listed
    1,727
    Assets, end of year
    $4,482,291,699

  • Tax year 2023

    $291,357,755

    Grants listed
    1,962
    Assets, end of year
    $4,587,102,476

  • Tax year 2022

    $309,976,519

    Grants listed
    1,825
    Assets, end of year
    $4,912,204,674

  • Tax year 2021

    $309,641,851

    Grants listed
    1,616
    Assets, end of year
    $5,260,913,419

  • Tax year 2020

    $294,000,833

    Grants listed
    1,449
    Assets, end of year
    $4,513,699,772

  • Tax year 2019

    $295,796,848

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $4,015,531,241

  • Tax year 2018

    $254,753,107

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $3,661,971,193

Grants paid in 2024

1,727 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. New York Genome CenterNew York, NY

    New york genome center 2018 "new gift"

    $20,000,000
  2. Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY

    Simons infinity investment matching gift

    $6,666,667
  3. University of EdinburghEdinburgh, United Kingdom

    A major programme of fundamental and clinical autism research

    $5,146,400
  4. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    Simons center for computational physical chemistry

    $4,434,919
  5. Clinical Research AssociatesNew York, NY

    Autism research

    $4,227,515
  6. Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL

    National institute for theory and mathematics in biology

    $4,125,000
  7. UC BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    Simons institute for the theory of computing

    $3,750,000
  8. Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY

    Simons math/physics operating fund

    $3,498,868
  9. Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryCold Spring Harbor, NY

    Applications of genomics to breast cancer detection, risk assessment and treatment response

    $3,380,302
  10. Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY

    Presidential innovation and excellence fund matching gift

    $3,072,666
  11. UCSFSan Francisco, CA

    Anatomical, molecular, and systems approaches to elucidate the mechanism of sex bias in the asd

    $2,865,975
  12. Hautes Etudes ScientifiquesBuressuryvette, France

    Operating support

    $2,187,500
  13. Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryCold Spring Harbor, NY

    Genetic contribution to autism

    $2,015,343
  14. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Support for arxiv mmodernization

    $1,544,180
  15. Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL

    Nsf-simons center for quantitative biology

    $1,500,000
  16. Research Foundation of the CUNYNew York City, NY

    CUNY masters in astrophysics bridge program

    $1,451,183
  17. Eth ZurichSchwerzenbach, Switzerland

    Prime - principles of microbial ecosystems

    $1,318,480
  18. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Nsf-simons center for mathematical and statistical analysis of biology

    $1,250,000
  19. Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY

    SCGP current use fund

    $1,250,000
  20. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Simons junior faculty fellows

    $1,125,000
  21. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Ultra-quantum matter

    $1,119,152
  22. Washington University in St LouisSt Louis, MO

    Analysis of mechanisms underlying sex epistasis in autism - core

    $1,050,961
  23. University of WashingtonSeattle, WA

    Data and tools to define the biogeography of marine phytoplankton

    $1,005,540
  24. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Nsf-simons center for mathematical and statistical analysis of biology

    $1,000,000
  25. Jet Propulsion LaboratoryPasadena, CA

    Planetary context of habitability and exobiology

    $1,000,000
  26. Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY

    Nyce matching grant

    $1,000,000
  27. UC BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    Collaboration on the theoretical foundations of deep learning

    $1,000,000
  28. MITCambridge, MA

    Arithmetic geometry, number theory, and computation

    $948,145
  29. Boston Children's HospitalBoston, MA

    Identification and impact of somatic mutations in regulatory regions in autism brain

    $914,008
  30. MITCambridge, MA

    Computational biogeochemical modeling of marine ecosystems

    $890,169
  31. UCSDLa Jolla, CA

    Array project 3

    $880,262
  32. Geisinger ClinicDanville, PA

    Simons variation in individuals project (vip) recruitment core and phase 2 coordination site

    $856,641
  33. University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    Collaborative research: transferable, hierarchical, expressive, optimal, robust, interpretable networks (theorinet)

    $825,000
  34. Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY

    Stony brook simons STEM scholars program

    $794,685
  35. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    Simons-nyu science explorations program

    $770,284
  36. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Sex-specific differences in cognitive and brain aging; spi murphy: conserved regulatory pathways in age-related loss of plasticity and cognitive function

    $750,000
  37. Smithsonian InstitutionWashington, DC

    The role of microbiomes in shaping the ecology and evolution of tropical forest ecosystems

    $750,000
  38. NYU School of MedicineNew York, NY

    Simons junior faculty fellows

    $749,759
  39. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Triangulation of missense variant impact through multimodal modeling and functional assays

    $748,492
  40. University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    Simons chair in probability and evolutionary theory

    $728,748
  41. Woods Hole OceanographicWoods Hole, MA

    Advancing big data solutions for high volume image data in marine plankton ecology

    $722,309
  42. UC BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    A plasma haloscope for the post-inflation axion

    $710,550
  43. Whitehead InstituteCambridge, MA

    Autism, sex differences, and microglia - core

    $709,977
  44. University of MiamiKey Biscayne, FL

    Institute of mathematical sciences of the americas

    $700,000
  45. Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY

    Simons junior faculty fellows

    $691,551
  46. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Simons collaboration on extreme electrodynamics of compact sources

    $636,202
  47. New York Hall of ScienceCorona, NY

    Building a stem-engagement partnership in corona

    $629,369
  48. Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY

    Tbi research fund for ape and human origins.

    $625,000
  49. UCSFSan Francisco, CA

    Understanding the cellular and circuit bases for behavioral impairments in the scn2a knock-out rat

    $619,895
  50. MITCambridge, MA

    Glial mechanisms by which sleep preserves cognitive function and plasticity in aging

    $618,619
  51. University of TexasDallas, TX

    Cellular resolution multi-omics of white matter tracts in asd

    $613,450
  52. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Hidden symmetries and fusion energy

    $609,688
  53. UCSDLa Jolla, CA

    Simons observatory

    $597,150
  54. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    A new laboratory search for dark matter with a small-scale experiment

    $573,449
  55. Rutgers University NewarkNewark, NJ

    Simons junior faculty fellows

    $562,500
  56. UC Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA

    The simons fund for visiting scientists at the kavli institute of theoretical physics

    $562,500
  57. Baylor College of MedicineHouston, TX

    Genetic and molecular dissection of autism sex differences - project 3

    $550,732
  58. Woods Hole OceanographicWoods Hole, MA

    Exploring the biochemical functions of marine microbial communities through native and community proteomics

    $522,030
  59. Brown UniversityProvidence, RI

    Astrophysical investigations of dynamical chern-simons theory

    $520,558
  60. Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL

    Nsf-simons center for quantitative biology

    $500,000
  61. Princeton Plasma Physics LaboratoryPrinceton, NJ

    Remapping across time, space and region; population analysis of cognitive variables

    $500,000
  62. Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY

    Stony brook university center for foundations of nuclear science

    $500,000
  63. The Research FDN for SUNY BuffaloBuffalo, NY

    Development of therapeutics for foxg1 syndrome using patient-specific human ipsc and mouse models

    $500,000
  64. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Genetic analysis of cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

    $495,791
  65. Boston Children's HospitalBoston, MA

    Piloting gene- and mutation- specific aso therapies for asd

    $488,557
  66. Abdus Salam Int CentreTrieste, Italy

    Abdus salam international centre for theoretical physics

    $485,767
  67. UCSFSan Francisco, CA

    Genetic and molecular dissection of autism sex differences - project 2

    $485,706
  68. Research Foundation Stony BrookStony Brook, NY

    Simons collaboration on the non-perturbative bootstrap

    $483,720
  69. University of WashingtonSeattle, WA

    Scope-aloha and gradients

    $482,099
  70. University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA

    Sex-specific differences in cognitive and brain aging; spi murphy: conserved regulatory pathways in age-related loss of plasticity and cognitive function

    $468,750
  71. Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA

    A registry for clinical and functional data for variants in the grin gene family

    $460,557
  72. UCSDLa Jolla, CA

    Prime - principles of microbial ecosystems

    $455,397
  73. MITCambridge, MA

    Top down control and metabolic cross-feeding in marine microbiomes

    $454,975
  74. Woods Hole OceanographicWoods Hole, MA

    Diversity and persistence in plankton communities: linking models and observations of taxa and trait dynamics

    $454,072
  75. University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA

    Microbial growth, interactions, and biogeographies from 'omics data

    $452,310
  76. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Arithmetic geometry, number theory, and computation

    $450,000
  77. Rockefeller Philanthropy AdvisorsNew York, NY

    Science philanthropy alliance

    $450,000
  78. Science Philanthropy AllianceNew York City, NY

    Science philanthropy alliance membership

    $450,000
  79. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Learning the universe

    $446,114
  80. New York Genome CenterNew York, NY

    Genome accessibility as a high-resolution biomarker for asd gene therapy

    $436,364
  81. Spelman CollegeAtl, GA

    Training women of color in STEM at spelman college

    $433,694
  82. ResearchamericaArlington, VA

    Stac task force on a national vision for S&T to advance u.s. Competitiveness in the 21st century

    $427,328
  83. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    Hidden symmetries and fusion energy

    $425,699
  84. MITCambridge, MA

    Science in vivo: phase II

    $423,175
  85. Broad InstituteCambridge, MA

    Multimodal fingerprinting of cellular phenotypes associated with asd risk variants

    $422,553
  86. MITCambridge, MA

    Simons investigator in mathematics

    $420,000
  87. University of CambridgeCambridge, United Kingdom

    Simons investigator in physics

    $420,000
  88. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Simons collaboration on celestial holography

    $417,490
  89. Broad InstituteCambridge, MA

    Neurodev: genetic characterization of neurodevelopmental disorders in african populations

    $416,129
  90. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Spark sleep study, phenotype analysis, and pipeline benchmarking

    $416,115
  91. Princeton Plasma Physics LaboratoryPrinceton, NJ

    Microbial nitrogen cycling: novel organisms and enigmatic processes

    $409,152
  92. University of ArizonaTucson, AZ

    Simons early career investigator in marine microbial ecology and evolution award

    $405,000
  93. Woods Hole OceanographicWoods Hole, MA

    Simons early career investigator in marine microbial ecology and evolution award

    $405,000
  94. UC BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    Collaborative research: transferable, hierarchical, expressive, optimal, robust, interpretable networks (theorinet)

    $400,000
  95. University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada

    High throughput asd variant functional testing using genetic interaction technologies in model systems

    $399,595
  96. Oregon Health and SciencePortland, OR

    High-throughput molecular and connectivity asd variant phenotyping in vivo using single-cell, single-virion genomic technologies

    $399,500
  97. The Hospital for Sick ChildrenToronto, Canada

    Functional annotation of gene variants in asd risk genes using dna methylation signatures

    $399,479
  98. University of TorontoToronto, Canada

    A splicing code for elucidating genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorder

    $398,982
  99. UCSDLa Jolla, CA

    Deep insights into microbial interactions through high-resolution observations and modeling

    $394,218
  100. UCSDLa Jolla, CA

    Platforms to accelerate development of aso therapeutics for haploinsufficiencies associated with autism

    $392,707
  101. University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA

    Putting genes associated with autism in their neurobiological context by transcriptomic and proteomic analyses

    $392,666
  102. University of Georgia Res FDNAthens, GA

    Prime - principles of microbial ecosystems

    $390,810
  103. NYU School of MedicineNew York, NY

    Research in computational vision

    $388,103
  104. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Identifying functionally convergent genetic factors associated with autism - project 1

    $387,547
  105. Marine Biological LaboratoryWoods Hole, MA

    Ecosystem on the edge: how coastal marsh plants and microbes thrive in an oscillating environment

    $384,005
  106. Queens CollegeFlushing, NY

    Extreme wave phenomena based on symmetries

    $382,584
  107. University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA

    Simons investigator in aquatic microbial ecology award

    $375,061
  108. Boston Children's HospitalBoston, MA

    Aging brain

    $375,000
  109. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Arxiv operating gift

    $375,000
  110. Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

    Linking molecules, circuits and behavior to promote plasticity and memory in the aging brain; glial mechanisms by which sleep preserves cognitive function and plasticity in aging

    $375,000
  111. National Academy of SciencesWashington, DC

    Nsf-baltics-nas grant program for ukraine

    $375,000
  112. Princeton Plasma Physics LaboratoryPrinceton, NJ

    Simons junior faculty fellows

    $375,000
  113. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Sex-specific differences in cognitive and brain aging; conserved regulatory pathways in age-related loss of plasticity and cognitive function

    $375,000
  114. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Conserved regulatory pathways in age-related loss of plasticity and cognitive function; glial mechanisms by which sleep preserves cognitive function and plasticity in aging

    $375,000
  115. UCSFSan Francisco, CA

    Understanding how blood-borne factors improve the function of the aging brain; sex-specific differences in cognitive and brain aging

    $375,000
  116. UCSFSan Francisco, CA

    Aging brain

    $375,000
  117. University of TorontoToronto, Canada

    Gene therapies for grin disorder

    $373,617
  118. Technical University of DenmarkKGS Lyngby, Denmark

    Ocean systems ecology: from first principles to ecosystem functions

    $372,944
  119. Radboud University Medical CenterNijmegen, Netherlands

    An all human ipsc-based neuronal network platform for functional validation of asd-linked variants

    $371,841
  120. University of Illinois at ChicagoChicago, IL

    Development of a crispr base editing gene therapy for correction of rett syndrome

    $371,666
  121. MITCambridge, MA

    Simons investigator in aquatic microbial ecology award

    $367,972
  122. University of Texas AustinAustin, TX

    Nsf-simons institute for artificial intelligence and cosmic origins

    $365,416
  123. Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA

    Simons-emory international consortium on motor control (co-director)

    $362,636
  124. The Graduate Center CUNYNew York City, NY

    Simons investigator in MMLS

    $361,839
  125. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Testing gravity at sub-micron scale with nuclear transitions

    $361,450
  126. University of WashingtonSeattle, WA

    Genetic and molecular dissection of autism sex differences - project 1

    $358,377
  127. University of Texas AustinAustin, TX

    Simons investigator in aquatic microbial ecology award

    $356,250
  128. University of HawaiiHonolulu, HI

    Scope-aloha

    $352,230
  129. University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA

    Simons investigator in aquatic microbial ecology award

    $350,845
  130. NYU School of MedicineNew York, NY

    International brain laboratory (ibl); dissecting navigation and the general logic of episodic state computation

    $345,401
  131. University of HawaiiHonolulu, HI

    Microbial metabolic transformation of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter

    $345,375
  132. Queen Mary University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom

    Life at large n

    $344,448
  133. CNRS - Paris-CentreParis, France

    Learning the universe

    $343,576
  134. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Identification of somatic mutations in regulatory regions in autism - project 1

    $343,343
  135. UC Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA

    Accelerating oceanographic research with spectroscopy and machine learning

    $340,703
  136. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Modelling the effects of variations in stratosophic aerosol reflectivity

    $335,474
  137. University of Michigan FlintFlint, MI

    Antisense oligonucleotide therapy of x-linked protocadherin 19 related autism and epilepsy

    $335,323
  138. American Mathematical SocietyProvidence, RI

    Ams-simons research enhancement grants for pui faculty

    $334,800
  139. MITCambridge, MA

    The MIT integrative microbiology initiative

    $334,118
  140. Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, MA

    Functionalizing the asd variome - core

    $333,475
  141. Woods Hole OceanographicWoods Hole, MA

    Dom2: chemical characterization of acylated polysaccharides in dissolved organic matter and marine microbes

    $332,668
  142. University of ChicagoChicago, IL

    Simons collaboration on perfection in algebra, geometry, and topology

    $332,191
  143. University of MarylandCollege Park, MD

    Scope-aloha

    $330,766
  144. UC BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    Population coding in sensory cortex in multiple mouse models of autism

    $330,720
  145. University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO

    Lab-based fundamental tests of general relativity at the interface with quantum mechanics using optical atomic clocks

    $330,049
  146. Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterW Hollywood, CA

    Outer brain and inner brain: computational principles and interactions

    $327,300
  147. University of MarylandCollege Park, MD

    Eco-evolutionary theories of viral fitness on a continuum from lysis to latency

    $325,566
  148. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    Wave turbulence

    $324,620
  149. University of MarylandCollege Park, MD

    Simons collaboration on extreme electrodynamics of compact sources

    $324,548
  150. University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA

    Simons investigator in computer science

    $324,000
  151. University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN

    Localization of waves

    $322,229
  152. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Laboratory characterization of aerosol emissivity

    $321,880
  153. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    CCB experimental sub projects

    $315,000
  154. UC Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA

    Data assimilative microbial modeling and other model development and analysis for the northeast pacific

    $314,546
  155. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Global categorical symmetries

    $313,460
  156. University of EdinburghEdinburgh, United Kingdom

    Global categorical symmetries

    $311,141
  157. MITCambridge, MA

    Ecosystem on the edge: how coastal marsh plants and microbes thrive in an oscillating environment

    $311,100
  158. University College LondonLondon, United Kingdom

    The chemical root of biocatalyst and biosynthetic logic

    $309,805
  159. Birkbeck University of LondonLondon, United Kingdom

    Genetics and ai for individualised neural stratification (gaiins)

    $308,254
  160. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Learning the universe

    $307,706
  161. Eth Zurich FoundationZurich, Switzerland

    Simons collaboration on confinement and QCD strings

    $305,000
  162. Jet Propulsion LaboratoryPasadena, CA

    Dissecting social attention in autism using large-sample eye tracking over the internet

    $304,626
  163. MITCambridge, MA

    Scope-aloha and gradients

    $304,555
  164. John Carroll UniversityUniversity HT, OH

    Validation of an online neurobehavioral evaluation tool (net) across large autism cohorts

    $304,071
  165. University College LondonLondon, United Kingdom

    Systems chemistry: unified metabolite syntheses at the origin of life

    $301,532
  166. University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA

    Extreme wave phenomena based on symmetries

    $300,931
  167. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Targeted restoration of chromatin regulators for treatment of asds and developmental delays

    $300,000
  168. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    Collaborative research: transferable, hierarchical, expressive, optimal, robust, interpretable networks (theorinet)

    $300,000
  169. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    Math+x investigator

    $300,000
  170. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Spindles and cell division

    $300,000
  171. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Math+x investigator

    $300,000
  172. UCLALos Angeles, CA

    Math+x investigator

    $300,000
  173. University of MarylandCollege Park, MD

    Hidden symmetries and fusion energy

    $300,000
  174. Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA

    Neural coordination mechanisms underlying social interactions in rat models of autism

    $299,271
  175. Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA

    Critical period plasticity underlying complex learning in asd rat models

    $297,662
  176. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Addressing the archaeal-eukaryotic membrane transition through genetic and biochemical analyses of archaeal lipid biosynthesis

    $297,131
  177. University of Georgia Res FDNAthens, GA

    Ecosystem on the edge: how coastal marsh plants and microbes thrive in an oscillating environment

    $295,616
  178. Society for Ind and Applied MathsPhiladelphia, PA

    The siam-simons undergraduate summer research program

    $293,974
  179. Brown UniversityProvidence, RI

    Arithmetic geometry, number theory, and computation

    $291,158
  180. The Graduate Center CUNYNew York City, NY

    Its@cuny symposia series and graduate student program

    $290,074
  181. UCLALos Angeles, CA

    Sfari clinical site network for the national autism cohort

    $287,158
  182. University of WashingtonSeattle, WA

    Flow cytometry data to unravel phytoplankton growth and turnover rates

    $285,809
  183. Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY

    Cell-type-specific interactome disruption prioritize risk missense mutations for asd

    $285,000
  184. Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

    Identifying functionally convergent genetic factors associated with autism

    $284,935
  185. University of HawaiiHonolulu, HI

    Scope-aloha and gradients

    $284,718
  186. UCSDLa Jolla, CA

    Autism, sex differences, and microglia - project 2

    $280,001
  187. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    Neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition

    $278,200
  188. Society for Science & the PublicWashington, DC

    2023-2024 STEM action grants

    $277,998
  189. UCLALos Angeles, CA

    International brain laboratory

    $277,900
  190. University of WashingtonSeattle, WA

    Scope-aloha and gradients

    $275,832
  191. Plymouth Marine LaboratoryPlymouth, United Kingdom

    Ocean biogeochemistry and ecology from space

    $274,971
  192. Eth ZurichSchwerzenbach, Switzerland

    Prime - principles of microbial ecosystems

    $273,929
  193. Hampton UniversityHampton, VA

    Star_lite: a stellarator for training and research at hampton university

    $271,236
  194. Nas of UkraineKyiv, Ukraine

    Research during the war at the biggest ukrainian mathematical institution

    $270,006
  195. Boise State UniversityBoise, ID

    Simons early career investigator in aquatic microbial ecology and evolution award

    $270,000
  196. Duke UniversityDurham, NC

    Simons early career investigator in aquatic microbial ecology and evolution award

    $270,000
  197. Portland State UniversityPortland, OR

    Simons early career investigator in aquatic microbial ecology and evolution award

    $270,000
  198. Rutgers University NewarkNewark, NJ

    Simons early career investigator in marine microbial ecology and evolution award

    $270,000
  199. University of HawaiiHonolulu, HI

    Simons early career investigator in marine microbial ecology and evolution award

    $270,000
  200. Woods Hole OceanographicWoods Hole, MA

    Simons early career investigator in marine microbial ecology and evolution award

    $270,000
  201. Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA

    Pathogenic insight into asd from novel mapping of behavioral dynamics in the infant-caregiver dyad from 0 to 6 months

    $267,065
  202. UCLALos Angeles, CA

    Quantitative motor phenotyping in nonsyndromic autism spectrum disorder and chromatin modifying disorders

    $261,860
  203. The Hospital for Sick ChildrenToronto, Canada

    Investigating neural oscillations in early autism with innovative wearable meg

    $260,403
  204. Marine Biological LaboratoryWoods Hole, MA

    Ecosystem on the edge: how coastal marsh plants and microbes thrive in an oscillating environment

    $258,498
  205. UC BerkeleyBerkeley, CA

    Simons investigator in computer science

    $258,000
  206. UC IrvineIrvine, CA

    Simons investigator in physics

    $258,000
  207. Albert Einstein College of MedicineBronx, NY

    Neuro-oscillatory function and network communication in asd and unaffected siblings

    $257,209
  208. UCSDLa Jolla, CA

    Dom2 : examining the intrinsic reactivity of terpenoid-like compounds as important components of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter

    $256,937
  209. MITCambridge, MA

    Scope-aloha and gradients

    $253,938
  210. UC DavisDavis, CA

    The electroretinogram and FMRP: correlate biomarkers for asd

    $253,585
  211. Howard Hughes Medical InstituteChevy Chase, MD

    Integrative approaches to understanding whole-brain computation

    $252,215
  212. University of CambridgeCambridge, United Kingdom

    Simons bridge for postdoctoral fellowships at ini

    $251,824
  213. Kennedy Krieger InstituteBaltimore, MD

    Validation of a digital movement-based measure of early social communication

    $250,747
  214. Associao Instituto InternacionalNatal, Brazil

    International institute of physics - theoretical research in frontier areas

    $250,000
  215. Boston UniversityBoston, MA

    Investigating mechanisms underlying perceptual integration in autism

    $250,000
  216. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Social, cultural, and scientific constitution of therapeutic practices in psychiatry recruitment fund gift

    $250,000
  217. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Understanding how blood-borne factors improve the function of the aging brain

    $250,000
  218. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Conserved regulatory pathways in age-related loss of plasticity and cognitive function

    $250,000
  219. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Discovering neural underpinnings of age-related changes in perceptual and value-based decision-making

    $250,000
  220. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Promoting functional brain maintenance insights from successful agers

    $250,000
  221. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Discovering neural underpinnings of age-related changes in perceptual and value-based decision-making

    $250,000
  222. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    On the cosmological and particle physics implications of the string swampland

    $250,000
  223. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Understanding how blood-borne factors improve the function of the aging brain

    $250,000
  224. Perimeter InstituteWaterloo, Canada

    The simons emmy noether fellows program expansion at perimeter

    $250,000
  225. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Understanding how blood-borne factors improve the function of the aging brain

    $250,000
  226. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Linking molecules, circuits and behavior to promote plasticity and memory in the aging brain

    $250,000
  227. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    How does sleep sustain synaptic lipid function across life?

    $250,000
  228. The Jackson LaboratoryBar Harbor, ME

    Integration of electrophysiological and transcriptomic signatures of cognitive resilience in the hippocampus using patch-seq

    $250,000
  229. Umea UniversityUmea, Sweden

    Promoting functional brain maintenance insights from successful agers

    $250,000
  230. University of ChicagoChicago, IL

    Promoting functional brain maintenance insights from successful agers

    $250,000
  231. University of MontrealMontreal, Canada

    Simons CRM scholars program

    $250,000
  232. University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

    Actimetry-based study of sleep traits in autism spectrum disorder

    $250,000
  233. University of OsloNorway

    Promoting functional brain maintenance insights from successful agers

    $249,999
  234. Stichting VuAmsterdam, Netherlands

    Computation-through-dynamics as a framework to link brain and behavior

    $249,996
  235. Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

    Characterizing sleep physiology in asd: a path from genes to treatment

    $249,986
  236. UCLALos Angeles, CA

    Discovering neural underpinnings of age-related changes in perceptual and value-based decision-making

    $249,974
  237. University of CopenhagenKobenhavn, Denmark

    Glial mechanisms by which sleep preserves cognitive function and plasticity in aging

    $249,974
  238. Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA

    Ecosystem on the edge: how coastal marsh plants and microbes thrive in an oscillating environment

    $249,973
  239. University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI

    Conserved regulatory pathways in age-related loss of plasticity and cognitive function

    $249,644
  240. University of WashingtonSeattle, WA

    Linking molecules, circuits and behavior to promote plasticity and memory in the aging brain

    $249,380
  241. Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, Canada

    Characterizing macromolecular allocation strategies used by marine microbes for trait-based models

    $249,092
  242. University of StirlingStirling, United Kingdom

    The cortical head direction system as a model for systems-level alterations in three rat models of autism spectrum disorder/intellectual disability

    $248,584
  243. University of ToledoToledo, OH

    Ecosystem on the edge: how coastal marsh plants and microbes thrive in an oscillating environment

    $248,152
  244. Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, MI

    Developing the SCDC2

    $247,987
  245. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Promoting functional brain maintenance insights from successful agers

    $247,921
  246. UC Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA

    Scope-aloha and gradients

    $247,620
  247. University of TbingenTbingen, Germany

    Neural tracking of acoustic-prosodic content in speech in adults with high-functioning asd

    $247,085
  248. Technion Research & DevelopmentHaifa, Israel

    Scope-aloha and gradients

    $246,284
  249. NYU School of MedicineNew York, NY

    Salary support for cosmology senior research scientist - ijjas

    $245,955
  250. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Characterizing social impairments and the role of dopamine in asd

    $245,455

Approved for future payment

246 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid; the largest 50 are shown.

  1. The Graduate Center CUNYNew York City, NY

    Empire ai membership grant

    $25,000,000
  2. Northwestern UniversityChicago, IL

    Ai for the sky - the skai institute

    $9,761,885
  3. University of Texas AustinAustin, TX

    Nsf-simons institute for artificial intelligence and cosmic origins

    $9,634,584
  4. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Laboratory characterization of aerosol emissivity

    $1,126,944
  5. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Modelling the effects of variations in stratosophic aerosol reflectivity

    $1,111,193
  6. MITCambridge, MA

    Ecosystem on the edge: how coastal marsh plants and microbes thrive in an oscillating environment

    $1,003,700
  7. University of Georgia Res FDNAthens, GA

    Ecosystem on the edge: how coastal marsh plants and microbes thrive in an oscillating environment

    $868,539
  8. Stony Brook FoundationStony Brook, NY

    Simons math/physics operating fund

    $860,560
  9. University of ToledoToledo, OH

    Ecosystem on the edge: how coastal marsh plants and microbes thrive in an oscillating environment

    $714,626
  10. Carnegie Institution for ScienceWashington, DC

    Simons early career investigator in aquatic microbial ecology and evolution award

    $675,000
  11. University of WashingtonSeattle, WA

    Flow cytometry data to unravel phytoplankton growth and turnover rates

    $614,186
  12. Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

    Identifying functionally convergent genetic factors associated with autism

    $530,935
  13. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    Global distinguished professor gift

    $518,947
  14. Lewis H Latimer FundFlushing, NY

    Scale impact through culturally responsive steam engagement

    $450,000
  15. California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA

    Modelling the effects of changes in sulphuric content in shipping diesel fuel on atmospheric radiative transfer

    $436,218
  16. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Spark sleep study, phenotype analysis, and pipeline benchmarking

    $432,155
  17. National Academy of SciencesWashington, DC

    Nsf-baltics-nas grant program for ukraine

    $375,000
  18. University of Puerto RicoSan Juan, PR

    Probe: computational physics initiative at upr/brown

    $361,126
  19. National Inst for Nuclear PhysicsFrascati Rome, Italy

    Simons visiting program at ggi

    $338,592
  20. UCSDLa Jolla, CA

    Autism, sex differences, and microglia - project 2

    $309,486
  21. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Simons investigator in astrophysics

    $300,000
  22. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Hidden symmetries and fusion energy

    $289,993
  23. University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN

    Localization of waves

    $269,840
  24. MITCambridge, MA

    Glial mechanisms by which sleep preserves cognitive function and plasticity in aging

    $250,000
  25. UCLALos Angeles, CA

    Modelling radiative transfer effects of variations in properties of stratospheric aerosols

    $248,271
  26. UCSDLa Jolla, CA

    Autism, sex differences, and microglia - project 3

    $237,803
  27. Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel

    Thalamo-cortico-amygdala network dysfunctions underlying impaired sensory integration dysfunction in asd

    $225,300
  28. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Neural mechanisms of context dependent cognitive behavior

    $218,200
  29. Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA

    Discovering repeating neural motifs representing sequenced behavior

    $218,200
  30. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Characterizing latent states and neural dynamics governing cognitive behavior; international brain laboratory

    $218,200
  31. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Neuromodulatory interactions and the control of long-time scale behaviors

    $218,200
  32. University of ViennaVienna, Austria

    Neuromodulatory interactions and the control of long-time scale behaviors

    $218,200
  33. Rochester Museum & Science CenterRochester, NY

    RMSC STEM ambassadors program- engaging new audiences in STEM learning

    $213,318
  34. Whitehead InstituteCambridge, MA

    Autism, sex differences, and microglia - core

    $206,921
  35. University of TbingenTbingen, Germany

    Neural tracking of acoustic-prosodic content in speech in adults with high-functioning asd

    $204,509
  36. Art of Problem Solving FoundationNew York, NY

    Beam capacity-building for scale and expansion

    $200,000
  37. STEM From DanceBrooklyn, NY

    Empowering girls in STEM

    $200,000
  38. Techbridge GirlsSacramento, CA

    CEO transition gift

    $200,000
  39. Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA

    Identifying translational sleep biomarkers in autism

    $199,996
  40. Brandeis UniversityWaltham, MA

    Identifying translational sleep biomarkers in autism

    $199,974
  41. University of WashingtonSeattle, WA

    Using brain-machine interfaces to identify & manipulate computational principles of learning

    $185,000
  42. Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ

    Brain-wide dynamics of a social interaction

    $184,999
  43. Columbia UniversityNew York, NY

    Learning the universe

    $179,814
  44. Stanford UniversityStanford, CA

    Simons collaboration on extreme electrodynamics of compact sources

    $178,164
  45. Transforming Lives Community OrgBaltimore, MD

    Stemcx summer practicum experience

    $175,800
  46. Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NY

    Science at open worlds

    $169,625
  47. Scripps ResearchLa Jolla, CA

    Outer brain and inner brain: computational principles and interactions

    $165,748
  48. New York UniversityNew York, NY

    Wave turbulence

    $156,854
  49. National Association of MathsAtlanta, GA

    Nam mathfest conference grant

    $154,000
  50. University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI

    Hidden symmetries and fusion energy

    $150,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education438 grants $76,256,38062% of the total
  2. Health37 grants $24,994,53020% of the total
  3. Human services19 grants $7,237,9626% of the total
  4. Jobs and employment28 grants $4,550,5014% of the total
  5. Science and technology31 grants $3,576,0133% of the total
  6. Medical research11 grants $2,266,1422% of the total
  7. 9 other causes41 grants $3,951,9303% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York236 grants $83,084,898
  2. California222 grants $43,707,120
  3. Massachusetts171 grants $35,404,812
  4. New Jersey68 grants $11,309,480
  5. Illinois56 grants $10,331,122
  6. Pennsylvania56 grants $6,353,768
  7. Washington39 grants $5,331,534
  8. Maryland47 grants $4,144,933
  9. Texas78 grants $3,808,509
  10. Georgia33 grants $3,471,317

Officers, directors and trustees

16 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Marilyn SimonsCO-CHAIR OF THE BOARD Hours 16Pay $0
  • James SimonsCO-CHAIR (THRU 5/2024) Hours 16Pay $0
  • David EisenbudTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $18,000
  • Emery N BrownTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $20,000
  • Peter LittlewoodTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $20,000
  • Andrew GoldenTRUSTEE (AS OF 6/2024) Hours 1Pay $0
  • Shirley M TilghmanTRUSTEE/VICE CHAIR Hours 1Pay $18,000
  • William H PressTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $17,000
  • Cornelia BargmannTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $19,000
  • Jill PipherTRUSTEE (AS OF 10/2024) Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ingrid DaubechiesTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $15,000
  • Bill FordTRUSTEE (AS OF 6/2024) Hours 1Pay $0
  • David SpergelPRESIDENT Hours 40Pay $928,564
  • Euan RobertsonCOO Hours 40Pay $629,645
  • Marlow KeeCFO/TREASURER Hours 40Pay $510,428
  • Brett DakinGEN. COUNSEL/SEC./CHIEF COMPL. OFF. Hours 40Pay $455,750

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