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Crawford-Howard Private Foundation

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.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$4.5MYouth Development$2.0MPhilanthropy$1.1MHuman Services$776kArts & Culture$463kEnvironment$307kEmployment$285kMembership Benefit$132kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $169k
  • $50k–250k16 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$69,600
Median grant
4
States reached
$29M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Minneapolis Foundation$250,000
Communit Foundation of Greater Memphis$200,000
Capstone Education Group Inc$100,000
Girls Inc$100,000
Memphis Teacher Residency Inc$100,000
Memphis Rise Academy Charter School$100,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis$100,000
Knowledge Quest$100,000
Maple Street School$100,000
Carpenter Art GardenPurple House$100,000
Freedom Preparatory Academy$85,000
Service Over Self$80,000
Tech901$75,497
Red Fox Community School$69,600
Hutchison School$65,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $421k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Service Over Self: $80k → 17%Service Over Self: $70k → 17%Service Over Self: $55k → 17%Service Over Self: $55k → 17%Service Over Self: $55k → 17%Service Over Self: $54k → 17%Service Over Self: $52k → 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.8M · 32 repeat orgs$211k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against -20% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
7

Total granted

$8.8M
$166k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
-20%

Still filing today

63%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentHuman ServicesReligionArts & CultureOther
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

  • CE
    CAPSTONE EDUCATION GROUP INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $700k · revenue +40%
  • KQ
    KNOWLEDGE QUEST INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $661k · revenue +230%
  • MT
    MEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $625k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • GI
    GIRLS INCORPORATED OF MEMPHIS
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -20%
  • CM
    Cotton Museum at Memphis Cotton Exchsnge
    one grant, 2017 · $14k
  • AD
    Alzheimer's Day Services
    one grant, 2022 · $14k
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 Academy of Science and Engineeri

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

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
Libertas School of Memphis

Our mission is to be a school for human flourishing: cultivating the minds, hands, and hearts of children in memphis for lives of wonder, work, and love.

Education
4
Collegiate School of Memphis

To prepare young ladies and gentlemen for college success within a highly-structured, nurturing, christian environment.

Education
5
Lead Public Schools Inc

Lead public schools exists to prepare all our students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in college and in life.

Education
6
Compass Charter School

Compass charter school is a safe and nurturing educational environment that honors the individuality of each learner. by engaging in a process of inquiry, our graduates will be equipped with the necessary skills to lead fulfilling personal…

Education
7
City Leadership

City leadership's mission is to recruit, develop, and catalyze leaders for the benefit of the city of memphis. the organization was founded in order to maximize the leadership capital and potential of memphis. city leadership strives to…

Public Benefit
8
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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9
Museum School

The museum school celebrates, nurtures and enhances the ability of all participants through experimental, project-based learning. infusing the arts and utilizing resources available at local museums.

Education
10
The Montgomery Academy

The montgomery academy develops leaders committed to honor, scholarship, service and the pursuit of excellence.

Food & Nutrition
11
Presbyterian School

Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…

Education
12
Episcopal School of Nashville

The episcopal school of nashville, a diverse urban independent school, is dedicated to nurturing the joy of learning and the spirit of discovery in each of its students.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Porter-Leath; the most unlike its peers is Shining Bright Ministries. 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

25 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. 25 of the 44 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
13/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAPSTONE EDUCATION GROUP INC: $700,000 · EducationCAPSTONE EDUCATION GROUP INCMEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY INC: $625,000 · EducationMEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY INCFRAYSER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $490,000 · EducationFRAYSER COMMUNITY SCHOOLSPRESBYTERIAN DAY SCHOOL: $422,000 · EducationPRESBYTERIAN DAY SCHOOLTHE HUTCHISON SCHOOL: $422,000 · EducationTHE HUTCHISON SCHOOLMAPLE STREET FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · EducationMAPLE STREET FOUNDATION INCTECH901: $285,380 · EducationTECH901FREEDOM PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $283,800 · EducationFREEDOM PREPARATORY ACADEMY INCCHILDREN AND FAMILY ENRICHMENT AT IDLEWILD: $280,000 · EducationCHILDREN AND FAMILY ENRICHMENT AT IDLEWILDRED FOX COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $252,000 · EducationRED FOX COMMUNITY SCHOOLCARPENTER ART GARDEN: $185,000 · EducationGirls Inc: $570,000 · OtherGirls IncPORTER-LEATH: $355,000 · OtherPORTER-LEATHCarpenter Art GardenPurple House: $325,000 · OtherCarpenter Art GardenPurple …LET'S INNOVATE THROUGH EDUCATION DBA LIT: $275,000 · OtherLET'S INNOVATE THROUGH EDUC…Memphis Rise Academy Charter School: $150,000 · OtherMemphis Rise Academy Charte…ELMWOOD CEMETERY: $132,000 · OtherELMWOOD CEMETERYCotton Museum at Memphis Cotton Exchange: $104,000 · OtherGIRLS INCORPORATED OF MEMPHIS: $100,000 · Other+16 more: $411,002 · Other+16 moreKNOWLEDGE QUEST INC: $660,680 · Youth DevelopmentKNOWLEDGE QUES…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MEMPHIS: $623,400 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC: $570,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FO…THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $550,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MINNEAPO…Service Over Self Inc: $421,000 · Human ServicesWOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $285,000 · EnvironmentMEMPHIS GARDEN CLUB: $96,000 · EnvironmentMEMPHIS FOURTH ESTATE INC: $62,000 · Arts & CultureShining Bright Ministries: $52,000 · Religion
Education$4,345,180Other$2,422,002Youth Development$1,284,080Philanthropy$1,120,000Human Services$421,000Environment$381,000Arts & Culture$62,000Religion$52,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAPSTONE EDUCATION GROUP INC: $700,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetKNOWLEDGE QUEST INC: $660,680 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetMEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY INC: $625,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MEMPHIS: $623,400 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC: $570,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $550,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFRAYSER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $490,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN DAY SCHOOL: $422,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTHE HUTCHISON SCHOOL: $422,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetService Over Self Inc: $421,000 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetMAPLE STREET FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetPORTER-LEATH: $355,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTECH901: $285,380 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetWOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $285,000 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetFREEDOM PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $283,800 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN AND FAMILY ENRICHMENT AT IDLEWILD: $280,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetLET'S INNOVATE THROUGH EDUCATION DBA LIT: $275,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetRED FOX COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $252,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetCARPENTER ART GARDEN: $185,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetELMWOOD CEMETERY: $132,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF MEMPHIS: $100,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetMEMPHIS GARDEN CLUB: $96,000 over 8y, 28% of budgetMEMPHIS FOURTH ESTATE INC: $62,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetShining Bright Ministries: $52,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetAthletic Opportunity Fund Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 100% 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.

  • Who funds CAPSTONE EDUCATION GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds KNOWLEDGE QUEST INC ↗
  • Who funds MEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MEMPHIS ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRAYSER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE HUTCHISON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Service Over Self Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAPLE STREET FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PORTER-LEATH ↗
  • Who funds TECH901 ↗
  • Who funds WOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN AND FAMILY ENRICHMENT AT IDLEWILD ↗
  • Who funds LET'S INNOVATE THROUGH EDUCATION DBA LIT ↗
  • Who funds RED FOX COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CARPENTER ART GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds ELMWOOD CEMETERY ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF MEMPHIS ↗
  • Who funds MEMPHIS GARDEN CLUB ↗
  • Who funds MEMPHIS FOURTH ESTATE INC ↗
  • Who funds Shining Bright Ministries ↗
  • Who funds Athletic Opportunity Fund 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.

Community Foundation …Christian Community F…The Kemmons Wilson Fa…Jr Hyde III Family Fo…Slingshot Memphis IncThomas W Briggs Found…Crews Family Foundati…Thomas Garrott Founda…The Urban Child Insti…The Assisi Foundation…United Way of the Mid…The Sims Family Chari…
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis IncTN35.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Slingshot Memphis Inc · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · Crews Family Foundation · Thomas Garrott Foundation · The Urban Child Institute · The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc · United Way of the Mid South · The Sims Family Charitable Trust 44-5001145

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 Crawford-Howard Private Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Crawford-Howard Private Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 44 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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