· Private foundation
Deborah D Tipton Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k37 grants · $138k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $146k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Robert Tipton Charitable Foundation | $200,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts | $25,000 |
| First Baptist Church - Pine Bluff AR | $20,000 |
| Theatre Memphis | $15,000 |
| Dixon Gallery and Gardens | $13,500 |
| In Touch Ministries | $12,500 |
| K-Love | $10,000 |
| Vanderbilt University | $10,000 |
| George Washington Foundation | $10,000 |
| Memphis University School | $10,000 |
| Trinity Episcopal Church of Pine Bluff | $10,000 |
| National Museum of Women in the Arts | $10,000 |
| Samaritan's Purse | $8,812 |
| American Express Foundation | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
82 repeat relationships: 43 still active in FY2024, 39 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PHPROJECT HEAL HELP TO EAT ACCEPT & LIVE4× · 2017–2022 · $174k · revenue +42%
- TMTHEATRE MEMPHIS7× · 2017–2024 · $103k · revenue +5%
- DGDixon Gallery and Gardens8× · 2017–2024 · $88k · revenue +34%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIAone grant, 2017 · $125k
- TPTURNING POINT COUNSELING INCone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -34%
- AAARKANSAS ARTS CENTERone grant, 2019 · $8k
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.
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.
Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.
Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.
Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.
Letourneau university is a comprehensive institution of christian higher education where educators engage learners to nurture christian virtue, to develop competency and ingenuity in their professional fields, to integrate faith and work,…
As a christian liberal arts university, milligan university seeks to honor god by educating men and women to be servant-leaders.
The texas medical association (tma), the nation's largest and one of the oldest state medical societies, represents over 59,000 physicians and medical students dedicated to enhancing the health of all texans. in collaboration with 110…
To build relationships with alumni and friends in order to secure private funds and other resources for the benefit of the university of southern mississippi (usm). the foundation receives, invests and distributes private gifts in support…
The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.
The foundation exists to cultivate and administer current and deferred gifts for the benefit of ms united methodist related institutions, agencies, local churches, and other ministries for charitable purposes and support and to educate…
Shaped by christian principles, mcmurry university challenges students to examine our complex world from multiple perspectives in preparation for lives of leadership, service and professional success.
Mississippi college is a private, co-educational, comprehensive university of liberal arts and sciences and professional studies dedicated to the pursuit of academic excellence. founded in 1826, mississippi college is the oldest…
To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…
How this is measured
59 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. 59 of the 115 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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- Who funds PROJECT HEAL HELP TO EAT ACCEPT & LIVE ↗
- Who funds THEATRE MEMPHIS ↗
- Who funds Dixon Gallery and Gardens ↗
- Who funds TENNESSEE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
- Who funds IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds THE GEORGE WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN REINS CENTER FOR EQUINE THERAPY ↗
- Who funds PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds LE BONHEUR CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds MID-SOUTH PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE HUTCHISON SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds The Madeira School ↗
- Who funds RAZORBACK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds Crystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc ↗
- Who funds TUCKER W HIPPS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
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 · Thomas Garrott Foundation · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Plough Foundation · Lawrence Lewis Foundation · The Sims Family Charitable Trust 44-5001145 · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · Belz Foundation · United Way of the Mid South · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Self Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Deborah D Tipton Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Deborah D Tipton Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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