Funding search · EIN 626399483 · Memphis, TN

The Sims Family Charitable Trust 44-5001145

Name: The Sims Family Charitable Trust 44-5001145 grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

94
grants reported: $826,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Tennessee Shakespeare Co2 grants · $150,000
Tennessee Shakespeare Company1 grant · $86,000
Memphis Univ School2 grants · $48,000
Tennessee Shakespeare Company1 grant · $34,500
The Catholic Diocese of Memphis2 grants · $30,000
Steorts Prop Dba City Retreat Mphs2 grants · $27,000
Christ Church Memphis2 grants · $24,000
St Paul Institute2 grants · $22,000
Pew Ministries3 grants · $20,000
Memphis Zoo3 grants · $18,000

Giving over time

$108,500

2022

$215,000

2023

$214,000

2024

$289,000

2025

Grant history

All 94 reported grants, largest first.

$86,000
Tennessee Shakespeare Company · Germantown, TN · 2023
Program support
$75,000
Tennessee Shakespeare Co · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$75,000
Tennessee Shakespeare Co · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$40,000
Memphis Univ School · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$34,500
Tennessee Shakespeare Company · Germantown, TN · 2022
Program support
$25,000
The Catholic Diocese of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$17,000
St Paul Institute · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$17,000
Steorts Prop Dba City Retreat Mphs · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$15,000
Steorts Prop Dba City Retreat Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$15,000
Christ United Methodist · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$14,000
Christ Church Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$12,000
Christ United Methodist · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$12,000
Focus · Golden, CO · 2022
Program support
$11,000
Word On Fire Catholic Ministries · Elk Grove Village, IL · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Monteagle Sunday School Assembly · Monteagle, TN · 2025
Gift
$10,000
Christ Church Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$10,000
Monastery of Our Lady of Cenacle Fd · Mounds, OK · 2024
Gift
$10,000
St Peter S Church · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$10,000
Steorts Prop Dba City Retreat Mphs · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$10,000
Tennis Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$10,000
United States Israel Education Assn · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Gift
$9,000
Pew Ministries · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$9,000
St Louis Catholic Church · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$9,000
The Catholic Diocese of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$8,000
Hutchison School · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$8,000
St Peter S Church · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$8,000
Memphis Univ School · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$8,000
Pew Ministries · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$8,000
Theatre Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$8,000
Hutchinson School · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$7,000
Tennis Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$7,000
Memphis Zoo · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$7,000
St Louis Catholic Church · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$6,000
Memphis Zoo · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$6,000
Institute of Catholic Culture · McLean, VA · 2023
Program support
$6,000
St Paul Institute · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$5,500
Memphis University School · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Boys & Girls Clubs Greater Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$5,000
Memphis Botanic Garden · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$5,000
St Mary Byzantine Catholic · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2025
Gift
$5,000
Hutchison School · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$5,000
Monteagle Sunday School Assembly · Monteagle, TN · 2024
Gift
$5,000
St Paul Institute · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$5,000
The Catholic Diocese of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$5,000
Benedictine Sisters of Cullman · Cullman, AL · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Eternal World Television · Irondale, AL · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Focus · Golden, CO · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Memphis University School · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Monteagle Sunday School · Monteagle, TN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Pew Ministries · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
St Louis Catholic Church · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
St Theresa Catholic Church · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Theatre Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Memphis Zoo · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Monteagle Sunday School · Monteagle, TN · 2022
Program support
$4,000
Larry Hatchett Fishing Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$4,000
Dixon Gallery & Gardens · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$4,000
Humane Society of Mphs & Sh Co · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$3,000
Benedictine Sisters of Cullman Al · Cullman, AL · 2025
Gift
$3,000
Ronald McDonald House Charity · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$3,000
Theatre Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$3,000
University of the South · Sewanee, TN · 2025
Gift
$3,000
Memphis Botanic Garden · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$3,000
Memphis Coalition for Life · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$3,000
University of the South · Sewanee, TN · 2024
Gift
$3,000
Church Health Center · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Dixon Gallery & Gardens · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Dorothy Day House of Hospitality · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Memphis Botanic Gardens · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Church Health Center · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Dixon Gallery & Gardens · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Institute of Catholic Culture · McLean, VA · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Memphis Botanic Gardens · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Palmer Home for Children · Lake Cormorant, MS · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Pew Ministries · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$3,000
St Jude Childrens Research · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Benedictine Sisters of Cullman · Cullman, AL · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Calvary Rescue Mission · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$2,000
Community Foundation of Gtr Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$2,000
Dixon Gallery & Gardens · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$2,000
Dorothy Day House of Hospitality · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$2,000
Focus · Denver, CO · 2025
Gift
$2,000
Humane Society of Mphs & Sh Co · Memphis, TN · 2025
Gift
$2,000
Ect · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$2,000
English Speaking Union USA Mphs · Memphis, TN · 2024
Gift
$2,000
Saint Meinrad Archabbey · St Meinrad, IN · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Capstone Education Group · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Country Place Ministries · Moscow, TN · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Humane Society of Mphs & Shelby Co · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Hutchison · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Eternal Word Television Network · Irondale, AL · 2025
Gift
$1,000
Humane Society of Mphs & Shelby Co · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Praeger University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Ronald McDonald House · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program support

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