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Give to Live Foundation at a glance

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Give to Live Foundation

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.

$170k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Education$135kYouth Development$77kHealth$15kPhilanthropy$5kRecreation & Sports$3kEnvironment$2kArts & Culture$2kReligion$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$9.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS$100,000
YOUNG LIFE WINDY GAP$15,000
WOODLAND PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL$10,000
CARNIVAL EDUCATION FUND$10,000
BRIARCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$10,000
GERMANTOWN CHARITY HORSESHOW$5,000
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL$4,500
ED MURPHEY CLASSIC$2,500
MAKE A WISH MID SOUTH$2,500
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$2,000
TENNESSEE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY$1,500
YOUNG LIFE - ST LOUIS$1,500
WOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY$1,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED$1,000
DELTA WATERFOWL FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MAYO CLINIC: $10k → 9%YOUNG LIFE - ST LOUIS: $2k → 11%BRIARCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $10k → 10%THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: $500 → 14%TENNESSEE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $2k → 17%YOUNG LIFE WINDY GAP: $15k → 12%YOUNG LIFE: $36k → 9%DELTA WATERFOWL FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $500 → 14%CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL: $5k → 17%YOUNG LIFE: $500 → 9%GERMANTOWN CHARITY HORSESHOW: $5k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS: $100k → 17%DUCKS UNLIMITED: $1k → 17%WOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY: $1k → 17%SCHOOL SEED FOUNDATION: $900 → 17%CARNIVAL EDUCATION FUND: $10k → 17%ED MURPHEY CLASSIC: $3k → 17%YOUNG LIVES MEMPHIS: $500 → 17%For the Kingdom Inc: $25k → 17%WOODLAND PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL: $10k → 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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 30% of Give to Live Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 73% of the giving stays in TN; by stated purpose, 62%.

Give to Live Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its 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
Memphis Lung Physicians Foundation Inc

Memphis lung physicians foundation, inc. provides quality medical health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, or age. memphis lung physicians foundation, inc. specializes in pulmonary, critical care and sleep…

Health
2
Ducks Unlimited Inc Group Return

Ducks unlimited, inc. conserves, restores, and manages wetlands and associated habitats for north america's waterfowl. these habitats also benefit additional wildlife and people.

Environment
3
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee

Together we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

Human Services
4
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Mississippi Chartered

The make-a-wish foundation of mississippi chartered (the foundation) is a mississippi nonprofit corporation, organized for the purpose of creating life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

Health
5
Baptist Clinical Research Institute Inc

Baptist clinical research institute, inc. engages in and facilitates medical and scientific research and educational activities in clinical areas.

Science & Tech
6
Westminster School

To educate children by engaging them actively in experiences that challenge students to solve problems as cooperative, confident, and responsible learners.

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7
University of Memphis Foundation

The foundation accepts, manages, and disburses private support to the university of memphis.

Education
8
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Inc

The mission of mississippi baptist medical center, inc. is to serve the community through continuously improving quality medical care and effective use of education and technology in a personal and compassionate environment.

Health
9
Mississippi Baptist Health Systems Inc

Mississippi baptist health systems, inc.'s foundation and tradition is its christian healing ministry. the mission is to serve the community through continuously improving quality medical care and effective use of education and technology…

Health
10
Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Texas Gulf Coast & Louisiana Inc

Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

Health
11
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
12
Baptist Memorial Hospital- North Mississippi Inc

Baptist memorial hospital-north mississippi, inc. provides quality medical health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, or age.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Mid-South Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
5/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS: $100,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MEMPHISYOUNG LIFE WINDY GAP: $15,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE WINDY GAPCHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL: $4,500 · Other+3 more: $2,500 · OtherYOUNG LIFE: $36,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFEFOR THE KINGDOM INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOR THE KINGDOM INCED MURPHEY CLASSIC INC: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentBRIARCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM INC: $10,000 · EducationBRIARCREST CHR…WOODLAND PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationWOODLAND PRESB…CARNIVAL EDUCATIONAL FUND INC: $10,000 · EducationCARNIVAL EDUCA…MAYO CLINIC: $10,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-SOUTH INC: $2,500 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $2,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 · HealthGERMANTOWN CHARITY HORSE SHOW: $5,000 · PhilanthropySchoolSeed Foundation: $900 · PhilanthropyWOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentDucks Unlimited Inc: $1,000 · EnvironmentTENNESSEE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $1,500 · Arts & CultureDelta Waterfowl Foundation: $1,000 · Animals
Other$122,000Youth Development$64,000Education$30,000Health$15,000Philanthropy$5,900Environment$2,000Arts & Culture$1,500Animals$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUNG LIFE: $36,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOR THE KINGDOM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIARCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODLAND PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARNIVAL EDUCATIONAL FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGERMANTOWN CHARITY HORSE SHOW: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-SOUTH INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDelta Waterfowl Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 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.

Christian Community F…Community Foundation …The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Christian Community Foundation of MemphisTN21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · 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 Give to Live Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Give to Live Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%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 · 0–60%
    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.
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    How do I get to Give to Live Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Give to Live 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 22 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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