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The Virginia & Le Simmons Foundation: 31 grants to organizations, $442,583 (tax year ended December 2025)
The Virginia & Le Simmons Foundation, a private foundation in Houston, TX, paid 31 grants to organizations totaling $442,583 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on July 13, 2026. The largest was $100,000 to California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA for to support caltech gps.
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- EIN
- 760453177
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- Assets
- $19,541,825
- Grants paid
- $442,583
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed July 13, 2026, IRS object ID 202601949349100075. It reported $442,583 in grants paid; 31 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | To support caltech gps | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sam Houston Area Council Boy Scouts of America | Houston, TX | To support operations | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Communities in Schools | Houston, TX | To support operations | $25,483 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cure Alzheimer's Fund | Wellesley Hills, MA | To support operations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| George & Barbara Bush Foundation | College Station, TX | To support the bush foundation centennial campaign | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| George & Barbara Bush Foundation | College Station, TX | To support presidential salute | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kinkaid School | Houston, TX | To support the tom moore endowed scholarship | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United Way of Greater Houston | Houston, TX | To support operations | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation | Cedar Hills, UT | To support operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Navy Seal Foundation | Virginia Beach, VA | To support operations | $24,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Easter Seals of Greater Houston | Houston, TX | To support operations | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $24,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Texas Hearing Institute | Houston, TX | To support operations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rice University | Houston, TX | To support operations | $19,750 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of Pumpkin Park | Houston, TX | To support operations | Recreation and sports | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harvard Business School Club of Houston | Houston, TX | To support operations | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Seton Education Partners | Mission, TX | To support brillante academy | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Third Option Foundation | Reston, VA | To support operations | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Holdsworth Center | Austin, TX | To support the champions of hope event | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $4,600 | apps.irs.gov |
| Uthealth Houston | Houston, TX | To support houston mission in action | $3,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sam Houston Area Council Boy Scouts of America | Houston, TX | To support the sports breakfast | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Houston Grand Opera | Houston, TX | To support operations | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Houston Zoo | Houston, TX | To support operations | Animal-related | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Texas Agrilife Research | Haskell, TX | To support operations | $2,290 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Texas at Tyler | Tyler, TX | To support operations | $1,140 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | Williamsburg, VA | To support operations | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rice University | Houston, TX | To support the shephard school of music | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Arkansas | Little Rock, AR | To support the division of agriculture | $570 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pan-Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | To support operations | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rice University | Houston, TX | To support the friends of fondren gala | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Provision Inc | Houston, TX | To support operations | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northeast Historic Film | Bucksport, ME | To support operations | $200 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed August 15, 2025, IRS object ID 202522279349100637. It reported $395,074 in grants paid; 20 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | To support the caltech comparative planetary evolution | Education | $180,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fund for Public Education | Jackson, WY | To support teton county's public schools | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sam Houston Area Council Boy Scouts of America | Houston, TX | To support the sam houston area council friends of scouting | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Harvard Business School Club of Houston | Houston, TX | To support the harvard business school club of houston | Education | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Texas Hearing Institute | Houston, TX | To support the texas hearing institute | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rice University - Baker Institute | Houston, TX | To support annual roundatable to support public policy | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Holdsworth Center | Austin, TX | To support the champions of hope event | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Navy Seal Foundation | Virginia Beach, VA | To support the navy seal foundation | $9,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Holly Hall Retirement | Houston, TX | To support the holly hall retirement community | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, TX | To support the md anderson cancer center | $5,220 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Kinkaid School | Houston, TX | To support the 2023-2024 kinkaid fund | Education | $5,164 | apps.irs.gov |
| George & Barbara Bush Foundation | College Station, TX | To support the george & barbara bush foundation | Education | $4,640 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Brookwood Community | Brookshire, TX | To support the citizens of the brookwood community | Education | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| River Oaks Foundation | Houston, TX | To support the campaign for the boulevard | Community improvement and capacity building | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Texas at Tyler | Tyler, TX | To support the university of texas at tyler | $2,280 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Texas Agrilife Research | Haskell, TX | To support kalina eskew research project | $1,720 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Memorial Park Conservancy | Houston, TX | To support the annual gala | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | To support the hoover institution | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Team Impact | Quincy, MA | To support the dallas cocktails and conversations event | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Church of Jesus Christ | Salt Lake City, UT | To support the church of jesus christ | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $402,804 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $40,600 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $26,000 |
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $24,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $5,000 |
| Human services | $5,000 |
| Animal-related | $2,500 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $2,500 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Texas | $413,537 |
| California | $281,000 |
| Wyoming | $50,000 |
| Virginia | $40,600 |
| Massachusetts | $26,500 |
| Utah | $25,250 |
| Arkansas | $570 |
| Maine | $200 |
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Updated July 13, 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.