Tennessee · Public charity
Civic Tn
Civictn and its partners are working individually and collectively to create a more accessible, inclusive, and representative democracy by lifting up the voices of the disenfranchised, restoring the power and accessibility of the vote, and strengthening democracy in tennessee.
- $682k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $35,750
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $170,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $770k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Civic Tn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $214k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $672k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $828k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $647k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $622k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $265k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis for All Education Fund | $482,710 | 5 | 44% |
| The Equity Alliance Fund | $299,750 | 3 | 31% |
| Motus Strategies | $252,820 | 1 | n/a |
| Tn Immigrant & Refugee | $190,550 | 2 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood of Tennessee And | $176,100 | 3 | n/a |
| The Equity Alliance | $173,125 | 4 | 5% |
| Action Tn | $170,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Unified | $156,000 | 4 | 19% |
| American Muslim Advisory Counc | $145,825 | 4 | 15% |
| Memphis a Philip Randolph Institute | $139,200 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis for All Education Fund | $482,710 | 5 | 44% |
| The Equity Alliance Fund | $299,750 | 3 | 31% |
| Motus Strategies | $252,820 | 1 | n/a |
| Tn Immigrant & Refugee | $190,550 | 2 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood of Tennessee And | $176,100 | 3 | n/a |
| The Equity Alliance | $173,125 | 4 | 5% |
| Action Tn | $170,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Unified | $156,000 | 4 | 19% |
| American Muslim Advisory Counc | $145,825 | 4 | 15% |
| Memphis a Philip Randolph Institute | $139,200 | 5 | n/a |
| Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope | $129,500 | 3 | 12% |
| Tirrc Votes | $120,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Organize Tennessee | $108,500 | 4 | 44% |
| Chattanoogans in Action for Love Equality and Benevolence | $58,250 | 2 | 8% |
| Urban League of Greater Chattanooga | $50,000 | 3 | 1% |
| NAACP - Jacksonmadison Branch | $39,050 | 2 | n/a |
| Fair Share Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 45% |
| Think Tennessee | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region Inc | $27,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Forward Tn | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| More Human Internet Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forward Tn | $22,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc | $21,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nashville Peacemakers | $20,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Noah | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tennessee Disability Coalition | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Street Works Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Elmahaba Center | $17,200 | 1 | 16% |
| Black Clergy Collaborative Of Memphis | $17,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Memphis Artists for Change | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Orphanos Foundation | $10,843 | 1 | 0% |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| General Council on Finance & Admins of the United | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Praxis Project Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Civic Tn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 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: The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Southern Coalition for Social Justice · The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · Tennessee Investor Fund · Action Tn · The Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund Inc · Proteus Fund Inc · Bvm Capacity Building Institute Inc · The Kresge Foundation · Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
How this is measured
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About Civic Tn
- How much does Civic Tn give?
- Civic Tn reported 11 grants totaling $681,525 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Civic Tn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (71%), Health (15%), Civil Rights (9%).
- Who are Civic Tn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Memphis for All Education Fund ($483k), The Equity Alliance Fund ($300k), Motus Strategies ($253k).
- Does Civic Tn fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Civic Tn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
- Where is Civic Tn based?
- Civic Tn is based in TN.
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