Tennessee · Private foundation
Children's Foundation of Memphis
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2021
- 12
- Grants FY2021
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $564,109
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $38M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 27% of the organizations Children's Foundation of Memphis funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $423k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 11 | $765k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $985k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $1.6M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $1.7M | 54% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $1.7M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Foundation Research Institute | $3,535,100 | 4 | 20% |
| The Campbell Foundation | $450,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation | $370,892 | 1 | 1% |
| A Step Ahead Foundation Inc | $337,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Memphis | $240,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Memphis Teacher Residency Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Teach for America Inc | $195,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Agape Child and Family Services Inc | $190,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Porter-Leath | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Binghampton Christian Academy Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Foundation Research Institute | $3,535,100 | 4 | 20% |
| The Campbell Foundation | $450,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation | $370,892 | 1 | 1% |
| A Step Ahead Foundation Inc | $337,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Memphis | $240,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Memphis Teacher Residency Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Teach for America Inc | $195,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Agape Child and Family Services Inc | $190,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Porter-Leath | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Binghampton Christian Academy Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Arise2read Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Speech & Hearing Center of the Midsouth Dba Memphis Oral School for the Deaf | $70,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Jiff Inc | $51,704 | 1 | 4% |
| Child Advocacy Center | $50,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Memphis Botanic Garden Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Memphis Opportunity Scholarship Trust Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kindred Place Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mid-South Food Bank | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harwood Center Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hope House | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($558k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Children's Foundation of Memphis 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: Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · Plough Foundation · The Urban Child Institute · John Dustin Buckman Charitable Trust · Crews Family Foundation · United Way of the Mid South · Thomas Garrott Foundation · Belz Foundation · Slingshot Memphis Inc
How this is measured
About Children's Foundation of Memphis
- How much does Children's Foundation of Memphis give?
- Children's Foundation of Memphis reported 12 grants totaling $1,329,501 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Children's Foundation of Memphis fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Health (55%), Philanthropy (18%), Education (11%).
- Who are Children's Foundation of Memphis's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Children's Foundation Research Institute ($3.5M), The Campbell Foundation ($450k), Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation ($371k).
- Does Children's Foundation of Memphis fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Children's Foundation of Memphis 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 Children's Foundation of Memphis?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation of Memphis, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation.
- Where is Children's Foundation of Memphis based?
- Children's Foundation of Memphis is based in TN.
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