The Virginia & L E Simmons Family Foundation
Private foundation · Houston, TX · EIN 76-0453177 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Virginia & LE Simmons Foundation
80grants reported
$5,000median award
$1,000lower quartile
$100smallest grant
$2.8Mtotal paid
10states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 80 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $250 in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
600 Travis St Ste 6600
Houston, TX 77002-2921
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Children Hospital TO SUPPORT NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH | Houston, TX | $1,006,000 |
| The Kinkaid School TO SUPPORT THE 2022-2023 KINKAID FUND | Houston, TX | $508,103 |
| Harvard University TO SUPPORT THE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL | Cambridge, MA | $225,000 |
| California Institute of Technology TO SUPPORT THE CALTECH COMPARATIVE PLANETARY EVOLUTION | Pasadena, CA | $180,000 |
| California Institute of Technology TO SUPPORT CALTECH GPS | Pasadena, CA | $100,000 |
| Rice University DJEREJIAN TRIBUTE GIFT | Houston, TX | $50,000 |
| Fund for Public Education TO SUPPORT TETON COUNTY'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS | Jackson, WY | $50,000 |
| Sam Houston Area Council Boy Scouts of America TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Houston, TX | $35,000 |
| Navy Seal Foundation CASH DONATION TO THE NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION | Virginia Beach, VA | $35,000 |
| Sam Houston Area Council Boy Scouts of America TO SUPPORT THE SAM HOUSTON AREA COUNCIL FRIENDS OF SCOUTING SPORTS BREAKFAST | Houston, TX | $35,000 |
| Sam Houston Area Council Boy Scouts of America TO SUPPORT THE SAM HOUSTON AREA COUNCIL FRIENDS OF SCOUTING | Houston, TX | $35,000 |
| Harvard Business School Club of Houston TO SUPPORT THE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CLUB OF HOUSTON | Houston, TX | $30,000 |
| Communities in Schools TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Houston, TX | $25,483 |
| Cure Alzheimer's Fund TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Wellesley Hills, MA | $25,000 |
| George & Barbara Bush Foundation TO SUPPORT THE BUSH FOUNDATION CENTENNIAL CAMPAIGN | College Station, TX | $25,000 |
| George & Barbara Bush Foundation TO SUPPORT PRESIDENTIAL SALUTE | College Station, TX | $25,000 |
| The Kinkaid School TO SUPPORT THE TOM MOORE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP | Houston, TX | $25,000 |
| United Way of Greater Houston TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Houston, TX | $25,000 |
| Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Cedar Hills, UT | $25,000 |
| Cure Alzheimer's Fund TO SUPPORT THE HOUSTON METHODIST DRUG REPURPOSING PROGRAM | Wellesley Hills, MA | $25,000 |
| Rice University TO SUPPORT CES COMMS POSITION | Houston, TX | $25,000 |
| United Way of Greater Houston TO SUPPORT THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON | Houston, TX | $25,000 |
| Texas Hearing Institute TO SUPPORT THE TEXAS HEARING INSTITUTE | Houston, TX | $25,000 |
| Navy Seal Foundation TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Virginia Beach, VA | $24,800 |
| Easter Seals of Greater Houston TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Houston, TX | $24,000 |
| Texas Hearing Institute TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Houston, TX | $20,000 |
| George & Barbara Bush Foundation TO SUPPORT THE GEORGE & BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION | College Station, TX | $20,000 |
| Rice University - Baker Institute TO SUPPORT ANNUAL ROUNDATABLE TO SUPPORT PUBLIC POLICY | Houston, TX | $20,000 |
| Rice University - Baker Institute TO SUPPORT ANNUAL ROUNDATABLE TO SUPPORT PUBLIC POLICY | Houston, TX | $20,000 |
| Rice University TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Houston, TX | $19,750 |
| Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation TO SUPPORT THE WILFORD WOODRUFF PAPERS FOUNDATION | Cedar Hills, UT | $10,000 |
| Holdsworth Center TO SUPPORT THE CHAMPIONS OF HOPE EVENT | Austin, TX | $10,000 |
| Navy Seal Foundation TO SUPPORT THE NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION | Virginia Beach, VA | $9,800 |
| Holly Hall Retirement TO SUPPORT THE HOLLY HALL RETIREMENT COMMUNITY | Houston, TX | $7,500 |
| MD Anderson Cancer Center TO SUPPORT THE MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER | Houston, TX | $5,220 |
| The Kinkaid School TO SUPPORT THE 2023-2024 KINKAID FUND | Houston, TX | $5,164 |
| Friends of Pumpkin Park TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| Harvard Business School Club of Houston TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| Seton Education Partners TO SUPPORT BRILLANTE ACADEMY | Mission, TX | $5,000 |
| Third Option Foundation TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Reston, VA | $5,000 |
| American Fund for Lse TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN FUND FOR LSE | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Harvard Business School Club of Houston TO SUPPORT THE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CLUB OF HOUSTON | Houston, TX | $5,000 |
| Seton Education Partners TO SUPPORT THE BRILLANTE ACADEMY | Mission, TX | $5,000 |
| George & Barbara Bush Foundation TO SUPPORT THE GEORGE & BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION | College Station, TX | $4,640 |
| Holdsworth Center TO SUPPORT THE CHAMPIONS OF HOPE EVENT | Austin, TX | $4,600 |
| Uthealth Houston TO SUPPORT HOUSTON MISSION IN ACTION | Houston, TX | $3,500 |
| Sam Houston Area Council Boy Scouts of America TO SUPPORT THE SPORTS BREAKFAST | Houston, TX | $3,000 |
| The Brookwood Community TO SUPPORT THE CITIZENS OF THE BROOKWOOD COMMUNITY | Brookshire, TX | $3,000 |
| Houston Grand Opera TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Houston, TX | $2,500 |
| Houston Zoo TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Houston, TX | $2,500 |
| River Oaks Foundation TO SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE BOULEVARD | Houston, TX | $2,500 |
| Texas Agrilife Research TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Haskell, TX | $2,290 |
| University of Texas at Tyler TO SUPPORT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER | Tyler, TX | $2,280 |
| Mississippi State University TO SUPPORT THE MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY | Mississippi State, MS | $2,000 |
| Texas Agrilife Research TO SUPPORT KALINA ESKEW RESEARCH PROJECT | Haskell, TX | $1,720 |
| University of Texas at Tyler TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Tyler, TX | $1,140 |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS | Williamsburg, VA | $1,000 |
| Rice University TO SUPPORT THE SHEPHARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC | Houston, TX | $1,000 |
| Boys and Girls Country TO SUPPORT BOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY | Hockley, TX | $1,000 |
| Lupus Research Alliance BREAKING THROUGH GALA CONTRIBUTION | New York, NY | $1,000 |
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