Joe L & Hester Sims Family
China Grove, NC · EIN 56-1941864. Reported 152 grants totalling $362,941 to 60 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Joe L & Hester Sims Family did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $10,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran World Relief | Baltimore, MD | $41,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of Rowan Inc | Spencer, NC | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rowan Helping Ministries | Salisbury, NC | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St John's Lutheran Church | Salisbury, NC | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Redeemer Lutheran Church | Catawba, NC | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St John Lutheran Church | Salisbury, NC | $13,691 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rowan County United Way | Salisbury, NC | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Care Clinic of Rowan | Salisbury, NC | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Goshen Valley Boys Ranch | Canton, GA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Malaria Consortium US | Raleigh, NC | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity Rowan Co | Salisbury, NC | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food for Thought | Salisbury, NC | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smart Start Rowan | Salisbury, NC | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Historic Salisbury Foundation | Salisbury, NC | $8,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lutheran Services Carolina | Salisbury, NC | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lutheran Services Carolinas | Salisbury, NC | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Tampa, FL | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Salisbury, NC | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bread Riot | Salisbury, NC | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brigade Boys and Girls Club | Wilmington, NC | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lutheran Immigration and Refugee | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meals on Wheels Forever Home | Salisbury, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Raleigh, NC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Child Fund International | Richmond, VA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Graces Guatemala School | Salisbury, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvest Hope Food Bank | Columbia, SC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| How to Save a Life Rescue | Salisbury, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jf Hurley YMCA | Salisbury, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Main Street Marketplace | China Grove, NC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nazareth Child and Family Connect | Rockwell, NC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Novant Nhrmc Auxiliary | Salisbury, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rowan Public Library | Salisbury, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sudan Rowan | Salisbury, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Care Ring | Charlotte, NC | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Main Street Mission | China Grove, NC | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nazareth Child and Family Council | Rockwell, NC | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Crisis Council of Rowan | Spencer, NC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Piedmont Players | Salisbury, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Atlanta, GA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs | Lake Waccamaw, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for the Faith & the Arts | Salisbury, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Food Bank of Central and Eastern | Raleigh, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Redeemer Food Ministry | Catawba, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rowan Co Literacy Council | Salisbury, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rowan County Literacy Council | Salisbury, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Town of Spencer | Spencer, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc | Raleigh, NC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Art and Soul Rowan | Salisbury, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for the Faith & the Art | Salisbury, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children of War Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation of Hope | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The High Road | Salisbury, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alzheimers Association | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Epworth Childrens Home | Columbia, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jdrf | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Old Baldy Foundation | Bald Head Is, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Together We Rise | Brea, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unicef | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
41 of 60 (68%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 76%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 71 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | $85,500 | $1,500 |
| 2022 | 36 | $95,250 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 39 | $86,000 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 41 | $96,191 | $2,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 77% of this one's giving went to organizations in North Carolina. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in North Carolina.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Joe L & Hester Sims Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1475 Corriher Springs Rd, China Grove, NC, 28023. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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