Simmons University
Simmons University is a community of higher learning that unites passion with purpose.
Simmons University at a glance
In short: Simmons University gave $350K across 6 grants in 2025 (avg $58K), mostly in Massachusetts. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $349,840
- -7.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 6
- +100.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $58,307
- -53.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $9,000
- Total assets
- $558,235,786
- -1.3% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Massachusetts (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Simmons University funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 6 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention Inc ($299K). Together the top 6 received $350K.
Grant Size Distribution
17 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 13 grants of 17 (76%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 6 itemized grants.
Cities
How Simmons University gives
- Giving grew 389% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $11K (2021) to $512K (2023). In 2025 it made 6 grants totaling $350K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention Inc Boston, MA | Subaward | $299,197 |
| Assumption University Worcester, MA | Subaward | $21,393 |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Inc Waltham, MA | Scholarship | $10,000 |
| Bay Cove Human Services Inc Boston, MA | Subaward | $8,000 |
| Treft Systems Inc Boston, MA | Subaward | $5,750 |
| Boston Book Festival Inc Cambridge, MA | Scholarship | $5,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $558,235,786 | $225,907,706 | $221,461,844 | $349,840 | 6 | $30,851,226 |
| 2024 | $565,498,206 | $220,504,078 | $226,607,526 | $378,704 | 3 | $17,806,953 |
| 2023 | $555,475,518 | $224,969,965 | $238,706,696 | $511,593 | 3 | $6,971,019 |
| 2022 | $569,733,532 | $254,418,400 | $250,050,396 | $71,612 | 3 | $20,214,517 |
| 2021 | $600,839,705 | $219,229,470 | $220,931,695 | $11,365 | 2 | $9,071,725 |
| 2020 | $504,770,000 | $234,956,189 | $239,411,518 | $153,125 | 2 | $7,037,080 |
About Simmons University
Based on IRS filings
Simmons University is a public charity focused on Education, based in Boston, MA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $558.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 6 grants totaling $350K. Net investment income was $30.9M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Simmons University is led by Susan Mackenty Brady, CEO & Inst. for Inclusive Leadership since 2023 (on filings since 2020); 11 of 37 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Susan Mackenty Brady
CEO & Inst. for Inclusive Leadership
Ceo-Inst.for Inclusive Leadership → CEO & Inst.for Inclusive Leadership, 2022
CEO & Inst.for Inclusive Leadership → CEO & Inst. for Inclusive Leadership, 2023
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$282K (2020) → $315K (2025)
Lynn Perry Wooten
President
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$293K (2021) → $533K (2025)
Alix Laager
Trustee & Committee Chair
Trustee → Trustee & Committee Chair, 2023
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
April Evans
Trustee & Committee Chair
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Denise Coll
Trustee & Committee Chair
Clerk, Trustee & Comm.chair → Clerk, Trustee & Committee Chair, 2022
Clerk, Trustee & Committee Chair → Trustee & Committee Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Fender
Trustee & Committee Chair
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeffrey Singer
Trustee & Committee Chair
Trustee → Trustee & Committee Chair, 2022
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Millicent Gorham
Trustee & Committee Chair
Trustee → Trustee & Committee Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pamela J. Toulopoulos
Trustee & Committee Chair
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Regina M. Pisa
Chair of the Board & Trustee
Chair of Board & Trustee → Chair of the Board & Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2020
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Winston Tabb
Trustee & Committee Chair
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roberto Ifill
Trustee & Commitee Chair
Vice Chair & Trustee → Trustee & Commitee Chair, 2025
On filings since 2021
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jane Buyers Trustee Committee
Chair
New on the 2025 filing
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Barbara Latz Cohen
Trustee
Trustee & Committee Chair → Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Eckert
Clerk & Trustee
Trustee → Clerk & Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tiffany Dufu
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stacy Mullaney
Trustee
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alison Taunton-Rigby
Vice Chair & Trustee
Trustee → Vice Chair & Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2023
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patricia D'amore
Trustee
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Ferriero
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steven Lipiner
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Angela Patterson
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charlotte Streat
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Irene Speridakos
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laura Wood
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maureen Thornton Syracuse
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Traverso
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Terri Cooper
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kerri Brophy
Vice President & Enrollment Management
Vp-Enrollment Management → Vice President & Enrollment Management, 2022
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$170K (2020) → $290K (2025)
Laura Brink Pisinski
Vice President, Real Est. Development & Facil.mgmt
Vice President, Real Est.dev. & Facil.mgmt. → Vice President, Real Est. Development & Facil. Management, 2023
Vice President, Real Est. Development & Facil. Management → Vice President, Real Est. Development & Facil.mgmt, 2025
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$191K (2020) → $217K (2025)
Meghan Kass
Vice President, Chief Finance Officer & Treasurer
Vice President, Chief Fin.off. & Treasurer → Vice President, Chief Finance Officer & Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$161K (2022) → $301K (2025)
Stephanie Cosner
Provost
Vice Provost → Provost, 2025
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$267K (2023) → $331K (2025)
Heather Shlosser
Dean & School of Nursing
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$220K (2024) → $284K (2025)
Beth Kramer Vp Chief
Development Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$293K (2025)
David Bruce
Vice President & Chief Info. Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$223K (2025)
Gretchen Groggel Ralstonvp Gen
Counc. & Secr. of Board
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$221K (2025)
Sara Simberg
Interim Vice President, Co-Gen. Counsel & Secretary Bot
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$133K (2025)
Former officers (34)
- Former: Agenia Clark (2020–2024) — Trustee & Committee Chair
- Former: Jane Buyers (2020–2024) — Trustee & Committee Chair
- Former: Julie Johnson Staples (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Suzanne Murphy (2020–2024) — Vice President & Chief People Officer
- Former: William Bellamy (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: William Speck (2020–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Gretchen Groggel Ralston (2022–2024) — Vice President, General Counc. & Secr. of Board
- Former: Beth Kramer (2023–2024) — Vice President & Chief Development Officer
- Former: Cate McLaughlin (2024) — Associate Vice President, Campaign Plan. & Maj. Gifts
- Former: Diane Grossman (2024) — Interim Dean of Ifill College
- Former: Grace Richardson (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Karen Hammond (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Kathleen Rogers (2020–2023) — Senior Vice President, Chf.staff & Gen.counc.
- Former: Bec Rollins (2023) — Vice President, Marketing & Committee
- Former: Lepaine McHenry (2023) — Dean & Cnbhs
- Former: Debra Perez (2020–2022) — Senior Vice President & Org.culture · Filing note: Until 720
- Former: Kathleen I. Schuller Bleakie (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Marie Desjardins (2020–2022) — Dean
- Former: Stephanie Berzin (2020–2022) — Vice Provost
- Former: Lepaine Sharp-McHenry (2021–2022) — Dean
- Former: Mike Barone (2022) — Former Int.vp-Fin. & Treasurer
- Former: Renique Kersh (2022) — Vice President & Student Affairs
- Former: Amy White (2020–2021) — Sr.vp-Inst.adv. · Filing note: Until 620
- Former: Helen G. Drinan (2020–2021) — President · Filing note: Until 620
- Former: Jennifer Rice (2020–2021) — Vp-Advancement · Filing note: Until 520
- Former: Leslie Lake (2020–2021) — Trustee · Filing note: Until 11/2020
- Former: Sheila C. Conboy (2020–2021) — Sr.vp & Provost · Filing note: Until 520
- Former: Brian Norman (2021) — Dean
- Former: Lynette Cook-Francis (2021) — Svp-Stu.eng. & Enr.mgmt.
- Former: Michael J. Barone (2021) — Interim Vice President for Finance & Treasurer
- Former: Carol Lovell (2020) — Interim Vice President for Finance · Filing note: Until 420
- Former: Debra Orr (2020) — Chief Info.officer & Avp-Admin. · Filing note: Until 120
- Former: Lynette Cook-Francisuntil (2020) — Sr.vp-Student Engag. & Enroll.mgmt.
- Former: Marianne Lord (2020) — Former Vp-Advancement · Filing note: Until 12/2018
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $533K, to Lynn Perry Wooten (President). 11 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Simmons University
How much does Simmons University give each year?
Simmons University gave $350K across 6 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $379K across 3 grants.
What is Simmons University's typical grant size?
Simmons University's median grant in 2025 was $9,000, and its average grant was $58,307, across 6 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Simmons University give grants?
Simmons University gives mostly in Massachusetts: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Boston, MA (3 grants).
Does Simmons University give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 6 grants with a stated purpose on Simmons University's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Subaward" (4 grants).
Who are Simmons University's largest grantees?
Simmons University's largest 2025 grantees include Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention Inc ($299,197), Assumption University ($21,393) and Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Inc ($10,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 94% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Simmons University?
Simmons University reported $558.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $225.9M.
What is Simmons University?
Simmons University is a public charity focused on Education, based in Boston, MA. It holds $558.2M in total assets as of 2025.
What is Simmons University's EIN?
Simmons University's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-2103629. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 14, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 12, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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