Shallow Ford Foundation Inc
Clemmons, NC · EIN 04-3795285. Reported 146 grants totalling $2,638,141 to 74 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Shallow Ford Foundation Inc, by its IRS classification it raises and distributes funds for diseases & disorders (NTEE G12).
- How spread out its giving is. 74 distinct organizations, with 16% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 49% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $12,800; the smallest was $5,100 and the largest $205,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love Out Loud | Winston Salem, NC | $425,449 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Weekends With Warriors Inc | Wilmington, NC | $205,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation | Winston Salem, NC | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cancer Services Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $159,750 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The V Foundation | Cary, NC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Operation Helo Inc | Cornelius, NC | $133,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yadkin County Public Schools | Yadkinville, NC | $127,148 | 11 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hands of Hope Medical Clinic | Yadkinville, NC | $59,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Yadkin Arts Council Inc | Yadkinville, NC | $56,025 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Yadkin County Rescue Squad and Emergency Medical Services Inc | Yadkinville, NC | $51,653 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Yadkin Valley Economic Development District Inc | Boonville, NC | $51,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Magnify Ministries | Yadkinville, NC | $48,750 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Calvary Baptist Church | Winston Salem, NC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Center of Surry Inc | Dobson, NC | $38,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina | Winston Salem, NC | $38,365 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Winston-Salem State University | Winstonsalem, NC | $36,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Clemmons United Methodist Church | Clemmons, NC | $35,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Surry Community College | Dobson, NC | $31,067 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lewisville-Clemmons Chamber of Commerce | Clemmons, NC | $29,400 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Forbush Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | Yadkinville, NC | $28,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Smart Start of Yadkin County Inc | Yadkinville, NC | $27,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Crisis Control Ministry Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $27,650 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Appalachian State University | Boone, NC | $27,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yadkin County Economic Dev | Yadkinville, NC | $25,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hotwire Ministries Inc | Chapin, SC | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwestern Regional Library | Elkin, NC | $23,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pleasant Grove Baptist Church | Ronda, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Salpointe Catholic Education Foundation | Tucson, AZ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Forsyth Technical Comm College | Winston Salem, NC | $19,016 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Threshold Retreat Inc | East Bend, NC | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Imprints Cares | Winston Salem, NC | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Yadkin Riverkeeper Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Childrens Law Center of Central North Carolina | Winston Salem, NC | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City Lights Ministry | Winston Salem, NC | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Solus Christus Inc | East Bend, NC | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Forbush Friends Meeting Inc | East Bend, NC | $15,895 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Hope Pregnancy Care | Yadkinville, NC | $15,704 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hospice of Surry County Inc | Dobson, NC | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hospice & Palliative Carecenter | Winston Salem, NC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Diaper Bank of North Carolina | Hillsborough, NC | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Horizons Adult Day Services Inc | Yadkinville, NC | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Surry Community College Foundation | Dobson, NC | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Nc-Wilmington | Wilmington, NC | $12,170 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boonville Business and Downtown Development Association Inc | Boonville, NC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Town of East Bend | East Bend, NC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Historic Nissen House Inc | Lewisville, NC | $11,524 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Davie County | Mocksville, NC | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Engage West Africa Inc | Dallas, GA | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Animal Adoption and Rescue Foundation of Winston-Salem Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bloomsberg Commonwealth University | Bloomsburg, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fostering Faith Foundation | Clemmons, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rotary Zones 33-34 Foundation | Venice, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Winston-Salem Rescue Mission Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Relief Corporation O National | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salem Band | Winston Salem, NC | $8,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Nc-Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $8,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arts for Life | Asheville, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Care Center for Forsyth County | Winston Salem, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crossnore Communities for Children | Crossnore, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Davidson-Davie Community College | Lexington, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Financial Pathways of the Piedmont Inc | Winstonsalem, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lead Girls of Nc Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| School Health Alliance for Forsyth County | Winston Salem, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Senior Services Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Assembly of God | Winston Salem, NC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army National Corp | Alexandria, VA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Services Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Carolina a & T State Univ | Greensboro, NC | $6,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clemmons Food Pantry Inc | Clemmons, NC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Winston-Salem Street School | Winston Salem, NC | $5,425 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Love Community Development Corporation | Winston Salem, NC | $5,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
31 of 74 (42%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 50 of 74 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 23 | $467,619 | $12,000 |
| 2021 | 26 | $318,127 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 24 | $325,039 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 24 | $321,600 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 49 | $1,205,756 | $9,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
97% of its giving went to organizations in North Carolina. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in North Carolina.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Shallow Ford Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 49 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 567, Clemmons, NC, 27012.
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