The Sims Family Charitable Trust
Private foundation · Memphis, TN · EIN 62-6399483 · reported 2023–2025
76grants reported
$5,000median award
$3,000lower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$718Ktotal paid
8states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 19 of its 76 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $166K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
4385 Poplar Ave
Memphis, TN 38117-3715
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
This address is a trust department, not an office. 24 other foundations file from the same address, which means a bank or a management company administers the trust. Put the full legal name of the fund and its EIN at the top of the letter, or it lands in a pile with thousands of others and nobody knows which fund you are writing about.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Shakespeare Company | Germantown, TN | $86,000 |
| Tennessee Shakespeare Co | Memphis, TN | $75,000 |
| Tennessee Shakespeare Co | Memphis, TN | $75,000 |
| Memphis Univ School | Memphis, TN | $40,000 |
| The Catholic Diocese of Memphis | Memphis, TN | $25,000 |
| St Paul Institute | Memphis, TN | $17,000 |
| Steorts Prop Dba City Retreat Mphs | Memphis, TN | $17,000 |
| Steorts Prop Dba City Retreat Memphis | Memphis, TN | $15,000 |
| Christ Church Memphis | Memphis, TN | $14,000 |
| Christ United Methodist | Memphis, TN | $12,000 |
| Word on Fire Catholic Ministries | Elk Grove Village, IL | $11,000 |
| Monteagle Sunday School Assembly | Monteagle, TN | $10,000 |
| United States Israel Education Assn | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 |
| Monastery of Our Lady of Cenacle FD | Mounds, OK | $10,000 |
| Tennis Memphis Inc | Memphis, TN | $10,000 |
| St Peter S Church | Memphis, TN | $10,000 |
| Christ Church Memphis | Memphis, TN | $10,000 |
| Steorts Prop Dba City Retreat Mphs | Memphis, TN | $10,000 |
| St Louis Catholic Church | Memphis, TN | $9,000 |
| Pew Ministries Inc | Memphis, TN | $9,000 |
| The Catholic Diocese of Memphis | Memphis, TN | $9,000 |
| St Peter S Church | Memphis, TN | $8,000 |
| Hutchison School | Memphis, TN | $8,000 |
| Hutchinson School | Memphis, TN | $8,000 |
| Theatre Memphis | Memphis, TN | $8,000 |
| Memphis Univ School | Memphis, TN | $8,000 |
| Pew Ministries Inc | Memphis, TN | $8,000 |
| Tennis Memphis Inc | Memphis, TN | $7,000 |
| Memphis Zoo | Memphis, TN | $7,000 |
| St Louis Catholic Church | Memphis, TN | $7,000 |
| Memphis Zoo | Memphis, TN | $6,000 |
| Institute of Catholic Culture | McLean, VA | $6,000 |
| St Paul Institute | Memphis, TN | $6,000 |
| Memphis Botanic Garden | Memphis, TN | $5,000 |
| St Mary Byzantine Catholic | Sherman Oaks, CA | $5,000 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs Greater Memphis | Memphis, TN | $5,000 |
| Benedictine Sisters of Cullman | Cullman, AL | $5,000 |
| Monteagle Sunday School | Monteagle, TN | $5,000 |
| Memphis University School | Memphis, TN | $5,000 |
| St Louis Catholic Church | Memphis, TN | $5,000 |
| Theatre Memphis | Memphis, TN | $5,000 |
| Focus | Golden, CO | $5,000 |
| St Theresa Catholic Church | Memphis, TN | $5,000 |
| Eternal World Television | Irondale, AL | $5,000 |
| Pew Ministries Inc | Memphis, TN | $5,000 |
| Monteagle Sunday School Assembly | Monteagle, TN | $5,000 |
| Hutchison School | Memphis, TN | $5,000 |
| The Catholic Diocese of Memphis | Memphis, TN | $5,000 |
| St Paul Institute | Memphis, TN | $5,000 |
| Larry Hatchett Fishing Foundation | Memphis, TN | $4,000 |
| Humane Society of Mphs & SH Co | Memphis, TN | $4,000 |
| Dixon Gallery & Gardens | Memphis, TN | $4,000 |
| Theatre Memphis | Memphis, TN | $3,000 |
| University of the South | Sewanee, TN | $3,000 |
| Ronald McDonald House Charity | Memphis, TN | $3,000 |
| Benedictine Sisters of Cullman AL | Cullman, AL | $3,000 |
| Memphis Botanic Gardens | Memphis, TN | $3,000 |
| Dixon Gallery & Gardens | Memphis, TN | $3,000 |
| Dorothy Day House of Hospitality | Memphis, TN | $3,000 |
| Church Health Center | Memphis, TN | $3,000 |
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