John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

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| formation = {{start date and age|1925}}

| founder = {{hlist | Olga Guggenheim | Simon Guggenheim}}

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| headquarters = New York City, New York, U.S.

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| leader_title = President

| leader_name = Edward Hirsch

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| website = {{URL|gf.org}}

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The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation is a private foundation formed in 1925{{cite web|url = http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4932668 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20141119005630/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4932668 |url-status = dead |archive-date = November 19, 2014 | access-date = 18 November 2014 | publisher = Bloomberg Businessweek | title = Company Overview of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation}} by Olga and Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died on April 26, 1922.{{cite news|access-date=2018-12-04|title=Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Dead; Philanthropist and Arts Patron|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/16/archives/mrs-simon-guggenheim-dead-philanthropist-and-arts-patron.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=16 February 1970 }} The organization awards Guggenheim Fellowships to professionals who have demonstrated exceptional ability by publishing a significant body of work in the fields of natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and the creative arts, excluding the performing arts.