READ ALL THE FACTS on Guiding Hope Inc., the nonprofit Victor Sims founded
Finding: DOCUMENTED: revoked by the IRS, dissolved by the state.
Victor Sims founded Guiding Hope Inc., a foster-youth nonprofit, and served as its president. The IRS granted it 501(c)(3) status in January 2021. He never filed another IRS return. After three consecutive years of non-filing, the IRS automatically revoked the organization's federal tax-exempt status on June 15, 2023 — and it was never reinstated. Weeks later, on September 22, 2023, the State of Florida administratively dissolved the corporation for failing to file its annual report. In its entire existence, Guiding Hope never filed a single Form 990 with the IRS. Independent confirmation: Candid (GuideStar) shows no IRS filing on record. His own campaign email on file with the Polk Supervisor of Elections is victor.sims@guidinghope.org — a domain belonging to an organization that no longer legally exists.