The Melvin and Bren Simon Charitable Foundation Number One

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Carbondale, Colorado · EIN 35-2049367 · Private foundation · Website

Grants paid (2024)$1.2M

Organizations funded3

Typical grant$100,000

Total assets$19.8M

Half of its grants to organizations were between $52,000 and $1,010,617.

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From the return

How to apply

On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Education2

Where it gives

66% of grants went outside Colorado.

Where it gives most, by cause

Its largest causes in a single state on the latest return. Each page shows the leading foundations that fund the same cause there, with their largest grants.

Grants paid in tax year 2024

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
UCLA Foundation	Pasadena, CA	To support UCLA division of digestive diseases	$1,010,617
Summit54	Aspen, CO	Support the operations of summit 54 which is to provide K-12 education support in the roaring fork valley.	$100,000
Friends of Casita Ac Inc	East Falmouth, MA	To support construction of simple homes for poor residents in the area of san miguel de allende mexico	$52,000

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2024	$1,162,617	3
2023	$1,096,983	4

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Oct 14, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202522879349100532
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 35-2049367
Profile updated Nov 10, 2026

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