The Jon Sims Endowment Fund for the Performing Arts, Inc. (JSEF) engages in donor solicitation and other fundraising activities on behalf of investing LGBTQ+ non-profit, tax-exempt performing arts organizations. JSEF holds and invests the funds that are so raised and distributes the earnings on them to investing organizations (and other worthy LGBTQ+ performing arts organizations) upon application by their respective Boards of Directors for such purposes as musical development and increased visibility to the general public, and in such amount as the Directors of JSEF assess as prudent.