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James G Hanes Memorial Fund

Winston Salem, NC · EIN 56-6036987. Reported 82 grants totalling $8,794,632 to 62 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$50,000median grant
$8,794,632granted, 2020-2024
62recipients, as named on its returns
19%of grantees funded again the next year
$55.8Massets, latest filing

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. James G Hanes Memorial Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $18,000 and $150,000; the smallest was $4,000 and the largest $790,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
1 grant
$5,000 - $10,000
6 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
18 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
10 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
23 grants
$100,000 and Up
24 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Southeastern Center for Contemporary ArtWinstonsalem, NC$1,609,976332022
Nc Museum of Art FoundationRaleigh, NC$1,539,984432024
Senior ServicesWinstonsalem, NC$600,000332022
Unc School of the Arts FoundationWinston Salem, NC$500,000112024
Crossnore Communities for ChildrenWinstonsalem, NC$366,022222022
Crossnore Communities forWinstonsalem, NC$250,000112023
Muse Winston SalemWinstonsalem, NC$250,000112022
Second Harvest Food BankWinstonsalem, NC$250,000112020
Winston Salem Foundation Futures FuWinston Salem, NC$250,000112024
Wake Forest University TeachWinstonsalem, NC$237,500332024
Wsfcs Education FoundationKernersville, NC$200,000112024
Winston Salem Arts CouncilWinstonsalem, NC$176,000112020
Friends of Rjr AuditoriumWinstonsalem, NC$150,000112021
Imprints CaresWinston Salem, NC$150,000112023
Nc Business Leaders for EducationCary, NC$150,000222022
Unc School of the ArtsWinstonsalem, NC$150,000112020
Summit SchoolWinstonsalem, NC$136,667222024
Miracles in SightWinstonsalem, NC$125,000222024
Nature ConservancyDurham, NC$100,000112020
Family Services IncWinston Salem, NC$83,333112024
Horizons Residential Care CenterRural Hall, NC$80,000112024
YWCA of Ws and Forsyth CountyWinston Salem, NC$80,000212024
Cancer ServicesWinstonsalem, NC$75,000112023
Crosby ScholarsWinstonsalem, NC$75,000112020
Experiment in Self RelianceWinstonsalem, NC$75,000112022
Winston Salem Theatre AllianceWinstonsalem, NC$75,000112021
Piedmont OperaWinston Salem, NC$65,000112023
Bethesda Center for the HomelessWinstonsalem, NC$62,676112023
Forsyth Jail & Prison MinistriesWinstonsalem, NC$60,000222024
Ifb SolutionsWinston Salem, NC$60,000222024
Creative Center of NcWinstonsalem, NC$50,000112021
Dream Center of Forsyth CountyWinstonsalem, NC$50,000112024
Forsyth County Humane SocietyWinstonsalem, NC$50,000112023
Heart Math TutoringCharlotte, NC$50,000112024
Smart Start of Forsyth CountyWinston Salem, NC$50,000112024
YWCAWinstonsalem, NC$50,000112022
BookmarksWinstonsalem, NC$48,000222024
Piedmont Environmental AllianceWinstonsalem, NC$48,000332024
Samaritan MinistriesWinstonsalem, NC$47,174112021
Junior Achievement of the TriadGreensboro, NC$45,000112020
Aperature CinemaWinstonsalem, NC$30,000112020
A Bed and a BookWinston Salem, NC$26,000222023
Appalachian State UniversityBoone, NC$25,000112020
Appalachian State University FoundationBoone, NC$25,000112021
Starworks CenterStar, NC$25,000112021
Trellis Supportive CareWinstonsalem, NC$25,000112021
Grace Clinic of Yadkin ValleyElkin, NC$20,000112024
Hope of Winston SalemWinston Salem, NC$20,000112023
A Simple GestureGreensboro, NC$15,000112024
Gateway Environmental InitiativeWinstonsalem, NC$15,000112020
StarworksStar, NC$12,000112024
Elkin Education FoundationElkin, NC$10,000112024
Gateway Nature PreserveWinston Salem, NC$10,000112023
Greater Winston SalemWinston Salem, NC$10,000112023
Parenting PathWinston Salem, NC$10,000112023
YMCA of Northwest NcWinston Salem, NC$10,000112024
Authoring ActionWinstonsalem, NC$8,000112024
Paisley Ib Magnet School PtsaWinston Salem, NC$7,500112024
Piedmont Shakespeare CompanyGreensboro, NC$6,800112024
Nc Center for Nonprofit OrganizationsRaleigh, NC$5,000112020
Rhinoleap ProductionsWinstonsalem, NC$5,000112021
Into the WildKing, NC$4,000112023

13 of 62 (21%) 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 19%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 39 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.

Human Services
12 grants
Education
9 grants
Mental Health
3 grants
Community Improvement
2 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants
Crime & Legal
2 grants
Environment
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202015$1,561,992$75,000
202114$1,479,166$36,087
202211$1,626,014$75,000
202316$1,892,668$40,000
202426$2,234,792$50,000

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

Winstonsalem, NC
$4.7M
Winston Salem, NC
$3.1M
Kernersville, NC
$200K
Cary, NC
$150K
Durham, NC
$100K
Rural Hall, NC
$80K
Clemmons, NC
$75K
Greensboro, NC
$67K

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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.

The Winston-Salem Foundation31 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund25 shared recipientsReynolds American Foundation23 shared recipientsTa John W and Anna H21 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc21 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc17 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $50,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in North Carolina.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 James G Hanes Memorial Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: 480 Shepherd Street, Winston Salem, NC, 27103. 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.

EIN 56-6036987 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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