Short Family Foundation
Cornelius, NC · EIN 32-6081835. Reported 185 grants totalling $1,654,125 to 104 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Short Family 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $100,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cain Center for the Arts | Cornelius, NC | $127,681 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Young Life | Colorado Springs, CO | $102,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $101,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| High Country Young Life | Boone, NC | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Family Association | Tupelo, MS | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Raleigh, NC | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $48,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Durham, NC | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Convoy of Hope | Springfield, MO | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lake City Church | Mooresville, NC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Homes for Our Troops | Taunton, MA | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dav Corn Child Dev Center | Davidson, NC | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lake City Church | Lake Charles, LA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Samaritan Purse | Boone, NC | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Banner Elk Christian Fellowship | Banner Elk, NC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Big Brother Big Sister | Lake Charles, LA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Community in Christ Lutheran Church | Cornelius, NC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hope House | Huntersville, NC | $27,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ada Jenkins | Davidson, NC | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Matthew 25 Missions | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way | Alexandria, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pine Lake Preparatory | Mooresville, NC | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Peninsula Foundation | Peninsula, OH | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ada Jenkins Families and Careers Development Center Inc | Davidson, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Davidson-Cornelius Child Development Center | Davidson, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Moffitt Cancer Center | Tampa, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Suncoast Humane Society | Englewood, FL | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Music With Friends | Charlotte, NC | $15,444 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Home for Our Troops | Taunton, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lemon Bay Theater | Englewood, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Matthew 25 Ministries | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Peninsula Baptist Preschool | Mooresville, NC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Morning Out Preschool - First Presbyterian Church | Boone, NC | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Pine Lake School | Mooresville, NC | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Feeding America | Charlotte, NC | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tunnel to Tower | Staten Island, NY | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Atrium Health Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Big Day at the Lake | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Davidson College Sports | Davidson, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Focus on the Family Community Services the Hope Center | Hammond, LA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Liberty Prep | Mooresville, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Prison Fellowship Ministries | Arlington, VA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Young Life Nicaragua | Colorado Springs, CO | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Focus on the Family | Colorado Springs, CO | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Banner Elk Christian | Banner Elk, NC | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Banner Elk Elementary School | Banner Elk, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cornerstone Summit Church | Boone, NC | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | Charlotte, NC | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tim Tebow Foundation | Jacksonville, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Levine Children's Hospital | Charlotte, NC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hunter's Chapel Church | Cornelius, NC | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Breast Cancer Metasurvivor | Annapolis, MD | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Heart Association | Durham, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Banner Elk Elementary | Banner Elk, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Be the Light | Salisbury, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Be the Light Inc | Owls Head, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brother Big Sister | Charlotte, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catawba Young Life | Hickory, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cic | Cornelius, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Morning Out | Boone, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hospice and Palliative Care | Charlotte, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| K-Love Inc | Franklin, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Parks | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army | Durham, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seamen's Church | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Think Pink Inc | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vineyard Elementry School | Naples, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Corn Lemley Fire | Cornelius, NC | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cp Missions | Available Upon Request, NC | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| E2D | Charlotte, NC | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Right to Life | Alexandria, VA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Charity Nav | Glen Rock, NJ | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hinds Feet Farm | Huntersville, NC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| K Love Radio | Omaha, NE | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Wwii Museum | New Orleans, LA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rett Syndrome | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Paul Church | Raleigh, NC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ace Foundation | Oak Brook, IL | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arbor Dale Presbyterian | Banner Elk, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boone United Methodist Church | Boone, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Farrah Turner Foundation | Lake City, SC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gideons | Nashville, TN | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Guideposts Foundation | Danbury, CT | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| High Country Charitable Foundation Inc | Banner Elk, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lemon Bay Think Pink | Englewood, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pw Global | Available Upon Request, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Support Stacey a | Richmond, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ukrain Relief | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wine to Water | Boone, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Access to Success | Davidson, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hospice | New Hartford, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Little Hocking Fire Dept | Little Hocking, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Relatives | Charlotte, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sunninghill Jill Kids | Cornelius, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brandermill Church | Midlothian, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lake Norma Animal Shelter | Mooresville, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sunlight Community Church | Port Saint Lucie, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Erie Metro Parks Stocksdale | Huron, OH | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
54 of 104 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 57%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Cain Center for the Arts
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION - United Way
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What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 75 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | $234,200 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 42 | $251,431 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 45 | $308,411 | $3,000 |
| 2024 | 34 | $393,361 | $7,500 |
| 2025 | 31 | $466,722 | $10,000 |
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
57% of its giving went to organizations in North Carolina. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Short Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 17211 Connor Quay Court, Cornelius, NC, 28031. 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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