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The Simmons Foundation: 40 grants to organizations, $1.7 million (tax year ended December 2025)
The Simmons Foundation, a private foundation in Houston, TX, paid 40 grants to organizations totaling $1,707,100 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on August 10, 2026. The largest was $250,000 to Kids' Meals Inc in Houston, TX for challenge grant for the building hope capital campaign.
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- EIN
- 760398915
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- Assets
- $7,294,826
- Grants paid
- $1,712,100
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed August 10, 2026, IRS object ID 202622229349100977. It reported $1,712,100 in grants paid; 40 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kids' Meals Inc | Houston, TX | Challenge grant for The Building Hope Capital Campaign | Human services | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northwest Colorado Health | Steamboat Springs, CO | Multi-Year grant towards support services and programs and Casey's Pond Senior Living Facility | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Camp for All Foundation | Houston, TX | Capital campaign for housing children and adults with special needs at Chappell Hill camp | Youth development | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lift Up Routt County | Steamboat Springs, CO | Multi-year grant for Lift Up Our Future Capital Campaign to enlarge operational space | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Yampa Valley Autism Program | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for acquisition costs of new service location | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yampa Valley Sustainability Council | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for acquisition of new administrative headquarters | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| YMCA of Greater Houston | Houston, TX | Support for the Youth Trafficked Persons Assistance Program | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Book Trails Inc | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for food truck for Summer Reading Ranch to increase youth literacy rates in NW Colorado | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lift Up Routt County | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for food bank and emergency fund | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Northwest Colorado Health | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for health programs to vulnerable populations regaqrdless of ability to pay | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northwest Colorado Health | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for Home Services Campaign providing care to residents to age in place | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rocky Mountain Youth Corps | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support and event sponsorship for environmental stewardship through youth work programs | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Steamboat Springs Discovery Learning Center | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for Routt County Family Development Center and Childcare | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United Way of the Yampa Valley | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support to assist with community giving programs | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yampa Valley Community Foundation | Steamboat Springs, CO | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Steamboat Reading Inc | Steamboat Springs, CO | Challenge Grant towards high intensity reading program to end illiteracy | Education | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Colorado | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for after school programs in NW Colorado | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Caring for Colorado Centennial Fund | Denver, CO | Support for statewide reproductive health services at safety net clinics in Colorado | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Colorado Mountain College Foundation | Glenwood Springs, CO | To support the Adult Education Literacy Program | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Integrated Community | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support of legal services for immigrants | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Old Town Hot Springs | Steamboat Springs, CO | Grant towards operations of community health and fitness programs | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partners for Youth | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for youth mentoring programs | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Houston Parks Board | Houston, TX | Support for art installation at Weiss Park on North Post Oak Lane | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Yampa Valley Community Foundation | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for HOPE Initiative for Routt County behavioral health peer assistance program | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Advocates-Crisis Trauma and Survivor Services | Craig, CO | Support for domestic violence prevention in NW Colorado | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Colorado | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for development of Boys & Girls Club teen center | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Routt County Council On Aging | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for general and administration & establishement of animeals program | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Strings Music Festival | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for musical arts performances geared to low and moderate income youth and families | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Yampa Valley Sustainability Council | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for emvironmental stewardship, recycling, and global climate education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yampatika Outdoor Awareness Association | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support of environmental education and youth summer programming in Routt and Moffat | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Book Trails Inc | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for outdoor literacy camp capital campaign | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colorado Mountain College Foundation | Glenwood Springs, CO | Support for Steamboat Springs Campus HERO Scholarship Fund | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Agriculture Alliance | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support to create a resilient and thriving future for regional agriculture in the Yampa Valley | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Routt Community Charter School | Clark, CO | Support of preschool | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Opera Steamboat | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for opera programming in NW Colorado | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Senior Citizens Action Group Inc | Craig, CO | To help older adults in need of services and programing in Moffat County | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Steamboat Creates | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for arts programming for youth of Routt County | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Steamboat Reading Inc | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for reading and tutoring programs for at risk and low income children in NW Colorado | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Totally Kids Inctotally Tots Inc | Grand JCT, CO | Support for purchase of a 6 seater stroller and tuition assistance | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Old Town Hot Springs | Steamboat Springs, CO | Grant towards event sponsorship of Flip Flop Fete | $2,100 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 12, 2025, IRS object ID 202513169349103371. It reported $3,485,000 in grants paid; 13 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town Hot Springs | Steamboat Springs, CO | To support "It's In The Water" for Routt County's public pool | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yampa Valley Community Foundation | Steamboat Springs, CO | To support the "Save Casey's Pond" | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Houston Area Women's Center | Houston, TX | Support for Campaign For Courage | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yampa Valley Community Foundation | Steamboat Springs, CO | General support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Women's Resource | Houston, TX | Owning our Destiny Campaign | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yampa Valley Autism Program | Steamboat Springs, CO | To support families living with developmental disabilities | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Liftup Routt County | Steamboat Springs, CO | Grant for HVAC System at donation center | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partners for Youth | Steamboat Springs, CO | General support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yampa Valley Sustainability Council | Steamboat Springs, CO | General support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rocky Mountain Youth Corps | Steamboat Springs, CO | General support | Youth development | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Routt County Humane Society | Steamboat Springs, CO | To provide care, shelter, and advocacy for animals in need | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Way of the Yampa Valley | Steamboat Springs, CO | Support for Northwest Colorado resident needs | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yampatika | Steamboat Springs, CO | To inspire environmental stewardship through education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,240,000 |
| Human services | $465,000 |
| Youth development | $160,000 |
| Education | $45,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 |
| Environment | $10,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $5,000 |
States funded
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Updated August 10, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.