Tennessee · Public charity
Belz 2008 Foundation
The foundation is organized to operate exclusively for charitable purposes by conducting or supporting activities solely for the benefit of, and to further the purposes of, the jewish foundation of memphis, a nonprofit charitable organization.
- $183k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $183,226
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $183,226
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $46M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Belz 2008 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $388k 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 | 1 | $183k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $388k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $331k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $298k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $305k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva University | $1,095,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc | $570,866 | 2 | 1% |
| Baron Hirsch Congregation | $355,252 | 3 | n/a |
| Peabody Place Museum Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Methodist Healthcare Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| United Way of the Mid South | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $51,850 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Memphis Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Tennessee Holocaust Commission Inc | $35,700 | 3 | 3% |
| Margolin Hebrew Academy-Yeshiva of the South | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva University | $1,095,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc | $570,866 | 2 | 1% |
| Baron Hirsch Congregation | $355,252 | 3 | n/a |
| Peabody Place Museum Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Methodist Healthcare Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| United Way of the Mid South | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $51,850 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Memphis Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Tennessee Holocaust Commission Inc | $35,700 | 3 | 3% |
| Margolin Hebrew Academy-Yeshiva of the South | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wolf River Conservancy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Memphis Library Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Israel Project | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gush Etzion Foundation | $5,750 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Belz 2008 Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About Belz 2008 Foundation
- How much does Belz 2008 Foundation give?
- Belz 2008 Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $183,226 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Belz 2008 Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Arts & Culture (28%), Philanthropy (13%).
- Who are Belz 2008 Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Yeshiva University ($1.1M), Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc ($571k), Baron Hirsch Congregation ($355k).
- Does Belz 2008 Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Belz 2008 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Belz Foundation, Jewish Foundation of Memphis, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc.
- Where is Belz 2008 Foundation based?
- Belz 2008 Foundation is based in TN.
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