Simson First Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
310935291
IRS 990-PF coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2025
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
2127215409
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,631
Expenses
$26,279

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Simson First Foundation is a nonprofit. Location: Columbus, OH. EIN 310935291. Tax year 2025 Form 990-PF reports $2.6K revenue and $26.3K expenses.

What it reported funding in 2025

The foundation reported 27 grants totaling $25,143. The stated grant purposes included cultural, educational, and religious, plus 1 other reported purpose.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 96% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 62

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 95.7%; rating input score 96; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Missing
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 2.97; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 62th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 27 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.