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Freeman Family Foundation Inc

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$12k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Religion$42kHealth$41kInternational$19kEducation$15kPublic Benefit$10kPhilanthropy$2kRecreation & Sports$800Arts & Culture$200
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $8,250, the rows itemized in this filing. The $12,350 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,100 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$8,250
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLLIERVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$8,250
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 (FY19–19, $800) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%SPORTS OUTREACH INSTITUTE: $800 → 8%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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$99k · 3 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +151% since the first grant, against +110% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
8

Total granted

$99k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+151%
+110%

Still filing today

67%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
EducationHealthReligionHuman ServicesArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther
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

  • WC
    WORLD CATARACT FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $41k · revenue +63%
  • CP
    COLLIERVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    4× · 2019–2022 · $39k
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    3× · 2019–2021 · $19k · revenue +151%

Funded once

  • TP
    THE PEER POWER FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +217%
  • CO
    COUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -9%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +84%
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
University of Southern Mississippi Foundation

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…

Education
2
Methodist Foundation of Mississippi Inc

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…

Religion
3
Middle Tennessee Christian Foundation

Christian fellowship for college students

Religion
4
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc

The community foundation is a philanthropic organization that manages charitable funds with a broad base of donors to benefit the areas of western tennessee, eastern arkansas, and northern mississippi. since 1969, the community foundation…

Philanthropy
5
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

—
6
Mcmurry University

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.

Education
7
University of Southern Mississippi Research Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to oversee the acquisition of gifts, contributions and grants for sponsored research for individuals, industries, private organizations and government agencies and to assist with transferring technology…

Education
8
Woman's Missionary Union Foundation

The woman's missionary union foundation was organized for the purpose of motivating and facilitating the making of gifts, donations, and benefactions for the advancement, promotion and maintenance of woman's missionary union and the…

Human Services
9
Houston Christian University

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."

—
10
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission On Colleges Inc

The southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states. the commission's mission is the enhancement of…

Education
11
University of Mississippi Foundation

The university of mississippi foundation is a nonprofit corporation chartered in 1973 by the state of mississippi to operate primarily for the benefit of the university of mississippi. the foundation is responsible for receiving,…

Education
12
University of Chattanooga Foundation Inc

Support of higher education through special projects of the university of tennessee at chattanooga

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christian Community Foundation of Memphis; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

9 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. 9 of the 12 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLLIERVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $39,250 · OtherCOLLIERVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHIDLEWILD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $2,000 · Other+1 more: $1,000 · OtherWORLD CATARACT FOUNDATION: $41,000 · HealthWORLD CATARACT FOUNDATIONSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $19,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURS…THE PEER POWER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationTHE PEER POWE…UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…BLUE MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $1,200 · EducationBLUE MOUNTAIN…COUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS: $10,000 · Public BenefitCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS: $1,600 · PhilanthropySports Outreach Institute Inc: $800 · Human ServicesMID-SOUTH PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION: $200 · Arts & Culture
Other$42,250Health$41,000Religion$19,000Education$15,200Public Benefit$10,000Philanthropy$1,600Human Services$800Arts & Culture$200

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 budgetWORLD CATARACT FOUNDATION: $41,000 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $19,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEER POWER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE MOUNTAIN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSports Outreach Institute Inc: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMID-SOUTH PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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 of Greater Memphis IncTN17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Freeman Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Freeman Family Foundation Inc 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 12 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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