Expanding opportunities for community service by active Foreign Service personnel and families at U.S. diplomatic missions.

 

The J. Kirby Simon Foreign Service Trust is a charitable fund established in the memory of Kirby Simon, a Foreign Service Officer who died in 1995 while serving in Taiwan. The Trust is committed to expanding the opportunities for community service, professional fulfillment and personal well-being of Foreign Service Officers and Specialists and their families. The trustees are present or former members of the Foreign Service/State Department community and friends.

The 2024 grant cycle is now open. Applications are due April 1. Instructions are here. Read about past grantees here.

Should you have any questions about the Trust, please email us at kirbysimontrust@gmail.com.

The Trust has been funded with contributions from Kirby Simon’s colleagues, friends, relatives, and other supporters of the Trust.

To help make our work possible, please visit our Donate page. Thank you!

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