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Simons Foundation

Simons Foundation is a private foundation, based in New York City, that advances the frontiers of research in mathematics and basic sciences.

EIN: 13-3794889

President

David Spergel

Major gifts tracked

$5 million

Major gifts to Simons Foundation

Donor	Amount	Announced	Purpose
OpenAI Read the story	$5 million	Oct 15, 2026	Workshops, conferences and special programs to help researchers understand and build on results produced by AI

Key facts

Founded: 1994, by Marilyn and Jim Simons, with offices in New York Citysource
Leadership: David Spergel was appointed president in 2021, after Marilyn Simons stepped down after 26 yearssource
2024 charitable disbursements: $481,607,180 on its Form 990-PF for the fiscal year ending December 2024source
OpenAI contribution: $5 million from OpenAI for workshops, conferences and special programs on AI-produced resultssource

WYDE coverage of Simons Foundation

WYDE Newsroom has published one article about Simons Foundation, on Oct 27, 2026. Simons Foundation is a recipient in 1 story. The most recent is OpenAI Says Its AI Produced 3 Science Results, Including a Disproof of the Exponential Time Hypothesis.

OpenAI Says Its AI Produced 3 Science Results, Including a Disproof of the Exponential Time Hypothesis

OpenAI says its models produced results in mathematics (harmonic analysis), computer science (complexity theory) and physics (quantum field theory). The post reports no outside verification yet.

Oct 27, 2026 · 4 min read · Recipient

Reported alongside Simons Foundation

OpenAI · in 1 story with Simons Foundation
David Gross · in 1 story with Simons Foundation
Greg Brockman · in 1 story with Simons Foundation
Ramamohan Paturi · in 1 story with Simons Foundation
Russell Impagliazzo · in 1 story with Simons Foundation
Ryan Williams · in 1 story with Simons Foundation

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