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Private foundation (trust)EIN 760453177Est. 1994-12

THE VIRGINIA & LE SIMMONS FOUNDATION

HOUSTON, TX 77002

Total Assets

$15.9M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$395K

FY 2024

Grants Made

20

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$20K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$250–$180K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$2.2M

Total Expenses

$425K

Qualifying Distributions

$401K

Distributable Amount

$672K

Min. Investment Return

$679K

Payout rate 60%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.60%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

20 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $250 through median $5K to maximum $180K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $2.0M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

131 grants

TEXAS CHILDREN HOSPITAL
$1.1M
3 grants
RICE UNIVERSITY
$566K
7 grants
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
$533K
3 grants
THE KINKAID SCHOOL
$518K
4 grants
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$439K
2 grants
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
$345K
3 grants
GEORGE & BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION
$279K
5 grants
TEXAS HEARING INSTITUTE
$191K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

131 grants

<$10K
79
grants
$10–50K
33
grants
$50–250K
15
grants
$250K–1M
3
grants
$1–5M
1
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

14 states

Texas
$3.5M
64% of total
Massachusetts
$749K
14% of total
Utah
$558K
10% of total
California
$449K
8% of total
Virginia
$64K
1% of total
Wyoming
$58K
1% of total
Washington
$51K
1% of total
New York
$20K
0% of total
Pennsylvania
$5K
0% of total
Iowa
$3K
0% of total

+4 more states

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