Joe L & Hester Sims Family
China Grove, NC · EIN 56-1941864. Reported 152 grants totalling $362,941 to 60 recipients 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 71 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 | 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
77% 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 $2,000. 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 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). 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: 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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