Tennessee · Public charity
Building Memphis
BLDG Memphis drives investments in Memphis neighborhoods thru building capacity in supporting revitalization of Memphis neighborhods thru public policy development & advocacy, organizational capacity building & community education.
- $179k
- Granted FY2022
- 7
- Grants FY2022
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $22,833
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $46,167
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Total assets, FY2022
- $566k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 71% of the organizations Building Memphis funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $133k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 7 | $179k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $30k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $223k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcy Ball Development Corporation | $46,167 | 1 | 5% |
| Center for Transforming Communities | $43,188 | 2 | 3% |
| Klondike Smokey City Community Development Corpora | $35,333 | 2 | 6% |
| Vollintine Evergreen Community Assoc | $32,500 | 1 | 21% |
| Heights Community Development Corporation | $28,833 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Lift Corp | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Whitehaven Economic Development Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Memphis Tilth | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Restoration Time Family and Youth Services | $22,850 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcy Ball Development Corporation | $46,167 | 1 | 5% |
| Center for Transforming Communities | $43,188 | 2 | 3% |
| Klondike Smokey City Community Development Corpora | $35,333 | 2 | 6% |
| Vollintine Evergreen Community Assoc | $32,500 | 1 | 21% |
| Heights Community Development Corporation | $28,833 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Lift Corp | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Whitehaven Economic Development Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Memphis Tilth | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Restoration Time Family and Youth Services | $22,850 | 3 | n/a |
| Frayser Community Development Corporation | $22,833 | 1 | 2% |
| Kingdom Community Builders | $22,833 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Life Network | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South City Opportunity Revital | $16,583 | 1 | 9% |
| Legacy of Legends CDC | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kingdom Power Outreach Ministries | $2,465 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($44k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Building Memphis supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Lift Corp · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Kresge Foundation · United Way of the Mid South · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Building Memphis
- How much does Building Memphis give?
- Building Memphis reported 7 grants totaling $179,082 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
- What does Building Memphis fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2022, its largest causes are Community Improvement (49%), Housing & Shelter (18%), Health (7%).
- Who are Building Memphis's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2022: Alcy Ball Development Corporation ($46k), Center for Transforming Communities ($43k), Klondike Smokey City Community Development Corpora ($35k).
- Does Building Memphis fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Building Memphis?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Lift Corp, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, The Kresge Foundation.
- Where is Building Memphis based?
- Building Memphis is based in TN.
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