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City Leadership

CITY LEADERSHIP's mission is to recruit, develop, and catalyze leaders for the benefit of the city of memphis.

$41k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$142kYouth Development$31kArts & Culture$15k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $17,522, the rows itemized in this filing. The $41,206 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $23,684 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$17,522
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF MEMPHIS$17,522
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 19%. 0% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 19%MEMPHIS ATHLETIC MINISTRIES: $8k → 17%MEMPHIS ATHLETIC MINISTRIES: $7k → 17%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $8k → 17%THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF MEMPHIS: $25k → 17%MEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY: $8k → 17%THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF MEMPHIS: $21k → 17%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $5k → 17%THE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF MEMPHIS: $18k → 17%MEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY: $5k → 17%MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL: $8k → 17%MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL: $8k → 17%SOULSVILLE CHARTER SCHOOL: $9k → 17%SOULSVILLE CHARTER SCHOOL: $8k → 17%STAX MUSIC ACADEMY: $8k → 17%STAX MUSIC ACADEMY: $7k → 17%NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $10k → 17%NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $8k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$188k · 9 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
0

Total granted

$188k
$0

Still filing today

100%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
EducationReligionArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SF
    SOULSVILLE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $15k · revenue +26%
  • MT
    MEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $13k · revenue +16%
  • Teach for America Inc
    2× · 2022–2023 · $13k · revenue +20%

Funded once

    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.

    04Its field

    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.

    1
    Memphis Merit Academy Inc

    Memphis merit academy charter school prepares kindergarten through 8th-grade students in memphis for success in high school, college, and life by providing rigorous academics, high-quality instruction, and character development in a…

    Education
    2
    Harding Academy of Memphis Inc

    Harding academy of memphis, inc. is a private school providing education from pre kindergarten through grade twelve.

    Education
    3
    Memphis University School

    Memphis university school is a college-preparatory school dedicated to academic excellence, cultivation of service and leadership, and the development of well-rounded young men of strong moral character, consistent with the school's…

    Education
    4
    Kings Academy Nashville

    King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.

    Education
    5
    Tennessee Christian Preparatory School

    Educate children in a christ like manner

    Education
    6
    Christian Academy of the Cumberlands

    Elementary and high school education

    Education
    7
    Allmemphis Inc

    Allmemphis, inc. works to equip teachers and literacy coaches in partner schools with orton-gillingham training, then provides a multi-year in-school mentorship to support the implementation of the approach.

    Education
    8
    Memphis Rise Academy Inc

    To provide students in grades 6-12 with an excellent education, preparing them to pursue ambitious goals and succeed in college.

    Education
    9
    Purpose Preparatory Academy Inc

    Through rigorous curriculum, high-quality instruction, and positive character development, purpose preparatory academy charter school ensures that all kindergarten through grade four students achieve the academic skills, knowledge, and…

    —
    10
    Memphis Academy of Science and Engineeri

    To produce lifelong learners, critical thinkers, effective communicators, and productive members of the global community

    Education
    11
    Campbell County Christian Academy Inc

    To partner with families in providing students a christ-centered and academically challenging education equipping them with a biblical worldview as they grow in understandings, attitudes, skills, and in favor with god and man.

    Education
    12
    Memphis College Preparatory Elementary School

    To provide kindergarten through fifth grade students with the academic and ethical foundation to excel in school and in life.

    Education
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Soulsville Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
    04the grantee network

    9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

    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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

    Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

    0
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    0
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    9/9
    Grantees still filing
    3/9
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF MEMPHIS: $63,201 · EducationCOLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF MEMPHISNEW HOPE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $18,274 · EducationNEW HOPE CHRISTIAN ACADEMYSOULSVILLE CHARTER SCHOOL: $17,257 · EducationSOULSVILLE CHARTER SCHOOLMEMPHIS GRIZZLIES PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $16,537 · EducationMEMPHIS GRIZZLIES PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INCMEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY INC: $13,223 · EducationMEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY INCTeach for America Inc: $13,223 · EducationTeach for America IncMEMPHIS ATHLETIC MINISTRIES INC: $15,290 · ReligionMEMPHIS A…SOULSVILLE FOUNDATION: $15,290 · Arts & CultureSOULSVILL…STREETS MINISTRIES INC: $15,290 · Human ServicesSTREETS M…
    Education$141,715Religion$15,290Arts & Culture$15,290Human Services$15,290

    Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

    25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF MEMPHIS: $63,201 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNEW HOPE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $18,274 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOULSVILLE CHARTER SCHOOL: $17,257 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEMPHIS GRIZZLIES PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $16,537 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEMPHIS ATHLETIC MINISTRIES INC: $15,290 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOULSVILLE FOUNDATION: $15,290 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSTREETS MINISTRIES INC: $15,290 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY INC: $13,223 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $13,223 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
    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.

    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.

    Christian Community F…Community Foundation …Slingshot Memphis IncThe Kemmons Wilson Fa…John Dustin Buckman C…Thomas W Briggs Found…Charities Aid Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
    Christian Community Foundation of MemphisTN21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Slingshot Memphis Inc · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · John Dustin Buckman Charitable Trust · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

    How this is measured
    Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

    How much its grantees rely on government

    Each dot is one organization City Leadership funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from City Leadership. Bigger dots raise more.

    2025
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
      typical government reliance, FY20–25
      How this is measured
      Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
      05Through Plinth

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      How do I get to City Leadership?

      Find your warmest path to City Leadership through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

      Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

      On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 9 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

      How this is measured
      Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

      Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

      Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $193 of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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