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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 13-3937693

Paul Simons Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Stony Brook, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 1 grant and $11.2 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.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $11,250,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $109,276,011

  • Tax year 2023

    $12,900,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $112,077,491

  • Tax year 2022

    $8,125,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $114,751,627

  • Tax year 2021

    $10,169,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $121,782,003

  • Tax year 2019

    $4,887,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $84,701,478

  • Tax year 2018

    $4,493,366

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $69,015,816

  • Tax year 2017

    $4,096,259

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $61,537,314

Grants paid in 2024

1 grant, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Avalon Nature Preserve IncStony Brook, NY

    General operating support

    $11,250,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Sports and recreation1 grant $11,250,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $11,250,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Marilyn SimonsDIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & SECRETARY Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Elizabeth SimonsDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Nathaniel SimonsDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Katherine GriffithsASSISTANT SECRETARY Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Elizabeth WilliamsonTREASURER Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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