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Formanek Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$8.0MEducation$5.0MHuman Services$3.5MArts & Culture$3.4MRecreation & Sports$2.4MCrime & Legal$1.3MEnvironment$1.2MYouth Development$945kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $156k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+11 grants · $6.0M
$165,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$155M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUTH VILLAGES$1,300,000
BROOKS MUSEUM$1,000,000
CHURCH HEALTH CENTER$750,000
RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT$600,000
JUST CITY$466,000
MUSO$400,000
PURE ACADEMY$400,000
LWALA$300,000
JACARANDA HEALTH$250,000
HEALTHY LEARNERS$250,000
HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES$250,000
INTEGRATE HEALTH$200,000
CEO WORKS$175,000
COMMUNITY LIFT$165,000
TNTP$157,927
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 (FY20–24, $4.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $250k → 16%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $250k → 16%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $250k → 16%YOUTH VILLAGES: $1.3M → 17%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $100k → 16%YOUTH VILLAGES: $1.0M → 17%YOUTH VILLAGES: $1.0M → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
ID
MT
IL
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
TN
SC
AL
TX
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$25M · 32 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

32 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
28

Total granted

$25M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+37%

Still filing today

59%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • YOUTH VILLAGES INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +66%
  • CH
    CHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +26%
  • MI
    MUSO INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M
  • AL
    ASPETUCK LAND TRUST
    one grant, 2023 · $282k · revenue -39%
  • SM
    SLINGSHOT MEMPHIS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue -24%
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
Nashville Public Radio

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.

Arts & Culture
2
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
3
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
4
America's Watershed Initiative

America's watershed initiative serves as a trusted voice that brings partners together and champions sound science to secure a future in which the rivers and people of the mississippi river watershed thrive.

Human Services
5
Theatre Memphis

To produce plays and encourage the arts by performance and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
6
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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7
Aqua-Africa Inc

Transform east african communities by providing access to clean well water and water systems.

International
8
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
9
Impacthealth-Tn

To foster a sustainable network of community health workers and to train frontline public health professionals who possess a deep understanding of and strong ties to the local community.

Human Services
10
Middle East Investment Initiative Inc

Middle east investment initiative, inc. (meii) stimulates sustainable economic activity and long-lasting job creation in the middle east and north africa (mena) by designing and deploying finance and technical assistance programs to…

Community Improvement
11
Bloodwater Mission Inc

Bloodwater mission, inc. (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization registered in nashville, tennessee that operates an international nonprofit that partners with african community-driven organizations to end water and hiv/aids…

Religion
12
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Iris Orchestra Inc; the most unlike its peers is E Fay Jones Conservancy. 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

39 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. 39 of the 68 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
20/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STATE COLLABORATIVE ON REFORMING EDUCATION (TN SCORE): $4,577,773 · OtherSTATE COLLABORATIVE ON REFORMING EDUCATION (TN SCORE)BROOKS MUSEUM: $3,150,000 · OtherBROOKS MUSEUMALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · OtherALLIANCE FOUNDATIONJACARANDA HEALTH: $750,000 · OtherINTEGRATE HEALTH: $675,000 · Other+44 more: $4,366,680 · Other+44 moreYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $3,300,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGES IN…HEALTHY LEARNERS: $850,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHY LEARNERS+1 more: $100,000 · Human ServicesMEMPHIS RIVER PARKS PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,400,000 · Community ImprovementMEMPHIS RIV…COMMUNITY LIFT CORP: $495,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY L…CHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC: $2,525,000 · HealthCHURCH HEA…+2 more: $5,250 · HealthMUSO INC: $1,600,000 · InternationalSASAMANI FOUNDATION INC: $162,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $150,000 · InternationalEducate: $75,000 · International+2 more: $55,000 · InternationalJust City Inc: $919,190 · Crime & LegalTENNESSEE INNOCENCE PROJECT: $318,000 · Crime & LegalProtect Our Aquifer: $300,000 · EnvironmentASPETUCK LAND TRUST: $281,825 · Environment+1 more: $500 · Environment
Other$14,519,453Human Services$4,250,000Community Improvement$2,895,000Health$2,530,250International$2,042,500Crime & Legal$1,237,190Environment$582,325

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $3,300,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC: $2,525,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetMEMPHIS RIVER PARKS PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,400,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetMUSO INC: $1,600,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetJust City Inc: $919,190 over 5y, 32% of budgetHEALTHY LEARNERS: $850,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetCOMMUNITY LIFT CORP: $495,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetTENNESSEE INNOCENCE PROJECT: $318,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetProtect Our Aquifer: $300,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetASPETUCK LAND TRUST: $281,825 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $250,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetE FAY JONES CONSERVANCY: $200,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetSASAMANI FOUNDATION INC: $162,500 over 3y, 22% of budgetTNTP INC: $157,927 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMID-SOUTH FOOD BANK: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIRIS ORCHESTRA INC: $150,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEducate: $75,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSLINGSHOT MEMPHIS INC: $75,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTHE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FISTULA: $50,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetJIFF INC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE OVERTON PARK SHELL INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSHELBY FARMS PARK CONSERVANCY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetASSET FUNDERS NETWORK: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MEMPHIS: $13,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDixon Gallery and Gardens: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWood River Community Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASTING FOR RECOVERY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVILLAGE OF HOPE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetARTSMEMPHIS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBALLET MEMPHIS CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUN VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG HOLE WATERSHED COMMITTEE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLYRA SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUICIDE & CRISIS INTERVENTION SVC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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 YOUTH VILLAGES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC ↗
  • Who funds MEMPHIS RIVER PARKS PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSO INC ↗
  • Who funds Just City Inc ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY LEARNERS ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LIFT CORP ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE INNOCENCE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Protect Our Aquifer ↗
  • Who funds ASPETUCK LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
  • Who funds E FAY JONES CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds SASAMANI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TNTP INC ↗
  • Who funds MID-SOUTH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds IRIS ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds GIVEDIRECTLY INC ↗
  • Who funds Educate ↗
  • Who funds SLINGSHOT MEMPHIS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗

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 …Jr Hyde III Family Fo…Thomas W Briggs Found…Christian Community F…The Assisi Foundation…The Kemmons Wilson Fa…Lichterman Loewenberg…Self FoundationThe Kresge FoundationThe McDonnell Family …Rose Montgomery Johns…Slingshot Memphis Inc
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis IncTN38.7× affinity18 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 · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Lichterman Loewenberg Foundation · Self Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · The McDonnell Family Foundation · Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation · Slingshot Memphis Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Aspetuck Land Trust: 28% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
15report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Formanek Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Formanek Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 68 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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