Mike & Carolyn Jones Foundation
Tabor City, NC · EIN 20-1997491. Reported 123 grants totalling $204,990 to 54 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. Mike & Carolyn Jones Foundation 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 $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $300 and $1,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $20,100. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Presbyterian Church | Myrtle Beach, SC | $66,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brookgreen Gardens | Pawleys Island, SC | $26,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Meredith College | Raleigh, NC | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coastal Carolina University Research Foundation | Conway, SC | $10,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbus Jobs Foundation | Whiteville, NC | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tabor City Committee of 100 | Tabor City, NC | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $7,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Columbus County Community Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Directions | Burlington, NC | $4,640 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wellspring Church Myrtle Beach | Myrtle Beach, SC | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Homes of Nc | Lake Waccamaw, NC | $3,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Matthew 25 Ministries | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Myrtle Beach Regional Economical Development Corporation | Conway, SC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Global Training Network | Peoria, AZ | $2,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Art Museum of Myrtle Beach | Myrtle Beach, SC | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lower Cape Fear Lifecare | Wilmington, NC | $2,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Campus Outreach - Meisenheimers | Clemson, SC | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sc Tennis Patrons Foundation | Belton, SC | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Freedom Readers Inc | Surfside Beach, SC | $1,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lowcountry Food Bank | Myrtle Beach, SC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Myrtle Beach, SC | $1,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sea Haven for Girls | North Myrtle Beach, SC | $1,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Unc Health Foundation | Chapel Hill, NC | $1,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Grand Strand | Myrtle Beach, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palmetto Shores Church | Myrtle Beach, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Long Bay Symphony | Myrtle Beach, SC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Warsaw United Methodist Church | Warsaw, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scripture Union | Vally Forge, PA | $900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lifeline Children's Services | Myrtle Beach, SC | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Conway, SC | $700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Compassion International | Colorado Springs, CO | $650 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Associated Charities | Myrtle Beach, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carolina Master Chorale | Myrtle Beach, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coastal Samaritan Center | Myrtle Beach, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Kitchen | Myrtle Beach, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friendship Medical Clinic | Conway, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Myrtle Beach, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Helping Hand North Strand | Longs, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels | Myrtle Beach, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mercy Ships | Garden Valley, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rape Crisis Center | Myrtle Beach, SC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tidelands Hospice | Myrtle Beach, SC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bethany Christian Services | Myrtle Beach, SC | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 64 Endowed Scholarship Adult Learners | Allentown, PA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gideons | Loris, SC | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| River Oasks School (mrs Cazier) | Myrtle Beach, SC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clarendon Baptist Church | Alcolu, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coastal Recovery Center | Myrtle Beach, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Carribbean Youth Network | Pittsburgh, PA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lake Forest Church Missions | Huntersville, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lake Waccamaw United Methodist Church | Lake Waccamaw, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Piney Grove Baptist Church | Evergreen, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity United Methodist Church | North Myrtle Beach, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Action | Whiteville, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
29 of 54 (54%) 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 87%, 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- First Presbyterian Church
PROVIDE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY & SUPPORT SERVICES AT THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL LEVELS - Brookgreen Gardens
PRESERVATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S NATIVE FLORA AND FAUNA & DISPLAY/PRESERVATION OF GARDEN SCULPTURES - Meredith College
PROVIDING HIGHER EDUCATION TO STUDENTS AND PREPARING THEM FOR THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD - Samaritan's Purse
TO FUND OPERATIONS OF PROVIDING SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF WAR, POVERTY, AND NATURAL DISASTERS. - Columbus Jobs Foundation
TO FUND EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES PROMOTING JOB GROWTH AND CREATION IN COLUMBUS COUNTY. - Tabor City Committee of 100
TO FUND EVERYDAY ACIVITIES PROMOTING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE SOCIAL SERVICES SECTOR.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 39 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $32,900 | $500 |
| 2022 | 26 | $42,100 | $500 |
| 2023 | 30 | $57,640 | $600 |
| 2024 | 44 | $72,350 | $500 |
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. 65% of this one's giving went to organizations in South 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 $500. 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 South 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Mike & Carolyn Jones Foundation'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: Po Box 674, Tabor City, NC, 28463. 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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