· Private foundation
Bernard & Shirley Lapides Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN FEDERATION OF THE ARTS | $19,000 |
| REAL GOOD DOG RESUCE | $15,680 |
| WOMAN'S EXCHANGE OF MEMPHIS | $10,000 |
| EMMETT TILL MEMORIAL COMMISSION | $5,000 |
| MIFA | $3,800 |
| TEMPLE ISRAEL | $3,380 |
| COMMUNITY FDN OF NW MISSISSIPPI INC | $1,500 |
| CHABAD AT UNIV OF WISCONSIN INC | $1,000 |
| MEMPHIS JEWISH HOME AND REHAB | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS COFFEEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY | $500 |
| MOST VALUABLE KIDS ATLANTA | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 31%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RGREAL GOOD DOG RESCUE7× · 2018–2024 · $84k · revenue +1%
- TATHE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS INC3× · 2022–2024 · $28k · revenue +58%
- HSHumane Society of Memphis & Shelby County2× · 2017–2018 · $25k · revenue +285%
Funded once
SMILE TRAIN INCone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +19%- WWE2GETHERone grant, 2021 · $4k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $3k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…
The metropolitan museum of art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.
The museum of fine arts houses and preserves preeminent collections and aspires to serve a wide variety of people through direct encounters with works of art in order to encourage inquiry and to heighten public understanding and…
The mint museum welcomes all to be inspired and transformed through the power of art and creativity.
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
The newport art museum's mission is to share a diversity of art and experiences that spark reflection, inspiration, and connection within our newport community and beyond. the museum was founded in 1912 on the belief that arts and culture…
Our mission is to engage, educate and excite the community by collecting, exhibiting, and preserving works of art for the enjoyment of all. the museum of fine arts, st. petersburg, florida (mfa) is the cultural leader of our community. our…
The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…
How this is measured
23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 40 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds REAL GOOD DOG RESCUE ↗
- Who funds WOMAN'S EXCHANGE OF MEMPHIS INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County ↗
- Who funds MIFA CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds EMMETT TILL INTERPRETIVE CENTER ↗
- Who funds ARTPLACE MISSISSIPPI INC ↗
- Who funds Mississipp Folk Art Foundation ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc ↗
- Who funds Dixon Gallery and Gardens ↗
- Who funds APERTURE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DELTAARTS INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE ↗
- Who funds CHABAD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds SPRING INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST ↗
- Who funds B'NAI B'RITH HOME AND HOSPITAL FOR AGED INC (D/B/A MEMPHIS JEWISH HOME & REHAB) ↗
- Who funds WESTCHESTER HEBREW HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ARTTABLE INC ↗
- Who funds PAWS CROSSED ANIMAL RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
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 · Belz Foundation · Lawrence Lewis Foundation · Plough Foundation · The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Foundation of Memphis · Terra Foundation for American Art · The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · The Ford Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bernard & Shirley Lapides Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bernard & Shirley Lapides Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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