Simons Foundation
A mathematician's foundation built to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences, funding deep inquiry and running its own Flatiron Institute where computation meets discovery.
Financial profile
Simons Foundation · EIN 13-3794889 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $124,058,660 | $565,004,000 | $3,665,970,542 | Dec 2023 | ||
| FY2022 | $373,367,640 | $523,078,723 | $4,013,993,852 | Dec 2022 | ||
| FY2021 | $185,756,576 | $412,683,480 | $4,377,739,678 | Dec 2021 | ||
| FY2020 | $129,477,470 | $538,911,340 | $3,540,613,295 | Dec 2020 | ||
| FY2019 | $523,660,840 | $489,036,625 | $3,168,818,951 | Dec 2019 | ||
| FY2015 | $225,077,146 | $436,495,136 | $2,075,642,217 | Dec 2015 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Simons Foundation is read alongside.
APSF
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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KF
The Kavli Foundation
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WMKF
W. M. Keck Foundation
A major foundation that funds pioneering science, engineering, and medical research at the riskiest edge of…
RC
Research Corporation
A century old philanthropy that bets early on unproven scientists and new fields, having backed more than…
BF
Brinson Foundation
A Chicago foundation that funds education and frontier scientific research in the conviction that discovery…
Who backs SF
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
The outside view
A mathematician's foundation built to advance the frontiers of research in mathematics and the basic sciences, funding deep inquiry and running its own Flatiron Institute where computation meets discovery.
- Authority
- Build
- Outward
- Operational
Their shape
The Frontier
At home at the edge of what comes next.
The Frontier is restless and pioneering, always testing what comes next. Its gift is innovation and adaptability, its challenge is focus, and not leaving its longtime members behind.
Also reads toward The Citadel and The Legacy.
Strengths
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