· Private foundation
Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k39 grants · $120k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE MAGEE FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| ARKANSAS ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| OXFORD UNIVERSITY UMC | $9,810 |
| YOUTH PROGRAMS INC | $8,400 |
| NORTHMINISTER BAPTIST CHURCH | $7,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| JACKSON FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELT | $5,000 |
| AVE MARIA HOME | $5,000 |
| CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| FRIENDS OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $5,000 |
| NEW LIFE OF JACKSON | $5,000 |
| CARING AND SHARING PANTRY | $4,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MS FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MS FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| ST MICHAEL CATHOLIC CHURCH | $3,500 |
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 (FY17–25, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 80% 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.
73 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 38 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION7× · 2019–2025 · $106k · revenue +68%
- YLYOUNG LIFE6× · 2019–2025 · $28k · revenue +38%
- SCSTEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC6× · 2018–2025 · $18k · revenue +103%
Funded once
- WMWILLIAM MAGEE CENTER FOR WELLNESS Eone grant, 2021 · $20k
- WMWilliam Magee Ctr for Wellness Educationone grant, 2017 · $17k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLEone grant, 2017 · $10k
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.
True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.
Support the research activities of the university of mississippi medical center
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis, Inc. sees a world where every family has what they need to ensure the best health outcomes for their children. They provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and…
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…
Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.
The mission of Children's of Alabama is to provide the finest pediatric health services to all children in an environment that fosters excellence in research and medical education. Children's will be an advocate for all children and work…
To prepare young ladies and gentlemen for college success within a highly-structured, nurturing, christian environment.
The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."
To encourage and demonstrate grace in the body of christ across racial lines, so that communities throughout mississippi can see practical evidence of the gospel message.
Harding academy of memphis, inc. is a private school providing education from pre kindergarten through grade twelve.
The mission of the humane society is to save and enhance the lives of pets through cooperative and innovative approaches to adoption, spay/neuter, sheltering and community engagement.
Methodist children's home equips children, youth, and families to flourish by offering hope through christian-centered relationships, services, and support.
How this is measured
60 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. 60 of the 161 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.
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds OPERATION SHOESTRING INC ↗
- Who funds STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds YOUTH PROGRAMS INC ↗
- Who funds PATILLO CENTER-SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds DANA'S HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds EPISCOPAL COLLEGIATE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ARKANSAS ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Mustard Seed Inc ↗
- Who funds DOROTHY DAY HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY ↗
- Who funds CHESHIRE ABBEY ↗
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI SPAY AND NEUTER (SPAN) ↗
- Who funds SUNNYBROOK CHILDREN'S HOME 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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Mississippi · Ergon Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Howard & Mary Eliza McMillan Foundation · Selby and Richard McRae Foundation · The Scott Foundation · The Pruet Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elmer & Gladys Ferguson Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Rollins College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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