· Private foundation
First Horizon Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k68 grants · $138k
- $10k–50k20 grants · $310k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
- $250k+2 grants · $3.8M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FIRST HORIZON BANK | $3,210,000 |
| ARTSMEMPHIS | $600,000 |
| BOBBY DODD INSTITUTE | $100,000 |
| CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF | $75,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF | $30,000 |
| CBHS | $25,000 |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MEMPHIS" | $25,000 |
| CAMPBELL CLINIC FOUNDATION" | $25,000 |
| AG GASTON BUSINESS INSTITUTE | $25,000 |
| DRESS FOR SUCCESS HOUSTON" | $22,000 |
| COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC" | $15,000 |
| BOBBY DODD INSTITUTE | $15,000 |
| DISCH-DECLOUET SOCIAL SERVICE CTR | $12,500 |
| DOGWOOD ARTS, INC" | $12,500 |
| SOLOMON HOUSE | $12,500 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
81 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2023, 50 since wound down; 58 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.5M went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OHOPERATION HOPE INC.2× · 2021–2022 · $3.0M
- AARTSMEMPHIS2× · 2021–2023 · $1.1M
- CBCHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY2× · 2021–2022 · $453k
Funded once
- RCRHODES COLLEGEone grant, 2022 · $500k
- BHBALLAD HEALTH FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $315k
- MCMEMPHIS CHAMBER FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $300k
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.
0 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2021–2023.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2021 to 2023, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 0 of the 742 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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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