Tennessee · Private foundation
Allen Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $106k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $57,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $819k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Allen Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $106k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $88k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $55k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $62k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $50k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $20k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $30k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Prospect Baptist Church | $102,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Together Ministry Center | $56,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Speech & Hearing Center of the Midsouth Dba Memphis Oral School for the Deaf | $50,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Down Syndrome Society | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Southern Jewel Dog Rescue | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Desoto Hope | $15,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Union University | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Forever Young Veterans Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Prospect Baptist Church | $102,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Together Ministry Center | $56,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Speech & Hearing Center of the Midsouth Dba Memphis Oral School for the Deaf | $50,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Down Syndrome Society | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Southern Jewel Dog Rescue | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Desoto Hope | $15,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Union University | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Forever Young Veterans Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Catalyst Missions Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Pioneer Missions Global | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The University of Tennesseewest Institute for Cancer Research | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Porter-Leath | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($107k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Allen Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Grace Foundation of Memphis Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Allen Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Allen Family Foundation Inc give?
- Allen Family Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $105,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Allen Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (55%), Health (19%), Education (14%).
- Who are Allen Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New Prospect Baptist Church ($103k), Together Ministry Center ($56k), Speech & Hearing Center of the Midsouth Dba Memphis Oral School for the Deaf ($50k).
- Does Allen Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Allen Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Allen Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, The Grace Foundation of Memphis Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Allen Family Foundation Inc based?
- Allen Family Foundation Inc is based in TN.
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