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Jewish Foundation of Memphis

The mission of the JEWISH FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS is to encourage charitable giving, support partner agency endowment development and to build and sustain a virbant jewish community.

$12M
Granted FY2025still arriving
126
Grants FY2025still arriving
21
States reached
$1.5M
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$18MPhilanthropy$14MHuman Services$9.1MEducation$9.1MHealth$4.7MFood & Nutrition$2.3MInternational$1.7MArts & Culture$1.7MOther$0
02FY2025 · 126 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 126 grants below total $8,225,044, the rows itemized in this filing. The $11,959,699 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,734,655 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k38 grants · $266k
  • $10k–50k57 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.1M
  • $250k+8 grants · $4.7M
$17,330
Median grant
21
States reached
$111M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEMPHIS JEWISH FEDERATION$1,481,594
TEMPLE ISRAEL$1,122,907
UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM$576,133
JFS OF MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$415,939
BARON HIRSCH CONGREGATION$342,987
MARGOLIN HEBREW ACADEMYCYOS$280,297
BORNBLUM JEWISH COMMUNITY SCHOOL$256,177
AHS OF GREATER MEMPHIS FOUNDATION INC$250,000
MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$194,300
BETH SHOLOM SYNAGOGUE$179,548
ST GEORGE'S INDEPENDENT SCHOOL$147,500
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION$135,386
JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE$125,300
LAUSANNE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL$123,500
MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL$111,296
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $6.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 16%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ENDOWMENT FUN: $198k → 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER INC: $6k → 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF YAD ELIEZER IN: $5k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION: $8k → 11%CAMP SABRA: $7k → 11%CAMP SABRA: $5k → 11%ISRAEL SELECT CHARITY FUND INC: $10k → 14%BOCA WEST FOUNDATION: $64k → 11%BOCA WEST FOUNDATION: $62k → 11%BOCA WEST CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%BOCA WEST CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%CAMP BARNEY MEDINTZ: $50k → 14%AUTOZONER ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $25k → 17%BOCA WEST FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%BOCA WEST FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%AUTOZONER ASSISTANCE FUND INC: $25k → 17%WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS: $8k → 17%WOMENS FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHI: $7k → 17%WOMENS FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHI: $6k → 17%WOMENS FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHI: $5k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $20k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSC OF N: $40k → 17%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOC OF N: $20k → 17%KAVOD: $214k → 17%KAVOD: $93k → 17%KAVOD (ENSURING DIGNITY FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS): $2.0M → 17%KAVOD (ENSURING DIGNITY FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS): $1.5M → 17%KAVOD (ENSURING DIGNITY FOR HOLOCAU: $1.1M → 17%KAVOD (ENSURING DIGNITY FOR HOLOCAU: $1.1M → 17%KAVOD: $19k → 17%THE VILLAGE AT GERMANTOWN FOUNDATIO: $5k → 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

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
NJ
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$47M · 155 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

155 repeat relationships: 86 still active in FY2025, 69 since wound down; 26 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

155
100

Total granted

$47M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
0%

Still filing today

80%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $716k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureInternationalHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • K
    KAVOD
    7× · 2017–2024 · $6.0M · revenue ×95 · 42% of their budget
  • MJ
    MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.3M · revenue +3%
  • BB
    B'NAI B'RITH HOME AND HOSPITAL FOR AGED INC (D/B/A MEMPHIS JEWISH HOME & REHAB)
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • BR
    BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDA
    one grant, 2017 · $277k
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS
    one grant, 2022 · $198k · revenue +10%
  • HP
    HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $175k
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
Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education
2
Atlanta Jewish Academy Inc

Atlanta jewish academy is a college preparatory, co-educational, preschool-12th grade, independent jewish day school, guided by modern orthodox values and principles. we embody the ideals of community, tradition, individual development and…

Education
3
The Israel Institute Inc

The israel institute, inc. (the institute) enhances knowledge about modern israel by ensuring that more students have access to courses about israel during their time on campus.

International
4
American Friends of Menuchas Asher Csenger Inc

To promote, benefit, and support jewish educational activities in israel

Religion
5
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
6
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

—
7
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
8
Zohar Hatorah Inc

Religious School

Religion
9
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

To prepare students for the rabbinate and to issue the traditional certificate of ordination in connection therewith. the seminary is authorized to confer the degree of master of hebrew literature (m.h.l.), doctor of hebrew literature…

Education
10
The Academy for Jewish Religion

The academy for jewish religion serves the needs of the jewish people by ordaining rabbis and cantors and training leaders. we affirm our commitment to a vibrant and inclusive jewish pluralism; to an interweaving of sacred texts, critical…

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11
The Shalem Foundation

To promote and foster the creation of a zionist intellectual infrastructure for the state of israel, the development of a jewish national culture, and the establishment and promotion of intellectual and economic liberty.

Crime & Legal
12
Torah Ore Seminary

To promote the furtherance of jewish religious and rabbinic education on a college and graduate level in israel and to increase the dissemination of scholarly research works in the fields of torah, talmud and halacha.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Promontory Foundation. 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

234 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 234 of the 297 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
229/234
Grantees still filing
143/234
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TEMPLE ISRAEL: $5,525,101 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAELBARON HIRSCH CONGREGATION: $4,709,466 · OtherBARON HIRSCH CONGREGATIONMEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $3,295,143 · OtherMEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERMARGOLIN HEBREW ACADEMY-YESHIVA OF THE SOUTH: $3,231,573 · OtherMARGOLIN HEBREW ACADEMY-YESHIVA OF THE SOUTHBOMBLUM JEWISH COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC: $1,870,639 · OtherBOMBLUM JEWISH COMMUNITY SCHOOL INCJFS OF MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,608,735 · OtherBETH SHOLOM SYNAGOGUE: $1,408,372 · OtherBETA ALPHA PSI NATIONAL COUNCIL: $1,149,520 · Other+71 more: $8,135,213 · Other+71 moreMEMPHIS JEWISH FEDERATION: $11,124,770 · PhilanthropyMEMPHIS JEWISH FEDERATIONTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $2,355,171 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF …+20 more: $1,233,338 · Philanthropy+20 moreKAVOD: $5,977,127 · Human ServicesKAVOD+11 more: $876,742 · Human Services+11 moreUNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION: $1,171,056 · EducationMEMPHIS OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP TRUST INC: $715,924 · EducationLAUSANNE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $406,800 · EducationMEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL: $364,746 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $205,168 · EducationST GEORGE'S INDEPENDENT SCHOOL: $147,500 · Education+28 more: $1,405,938 · EducationB'NAI B'RITH HOME AND HOSPITAL FOR AGED INC (D/B/A MEMPHIS JEWISH HOME & REHAB): $2,004,636 · HealthMethodist Healthcare Foundation: $319,678 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-SOUTH INC: $249,854 · HealthLe Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation: $171,475 · HealthCHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC: $169,449 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREATER MEMPHIS REGION INC: $156,552 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $124,728 · Health+10 more: $487,551 · HealthThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $525,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF ISRAEL SCOUTS INC: $353,750 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MEMPHIS AND THE MID-SOUTH INC: $256,989 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $129,795 · InternationalHIAS INC: $63,130 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $62,050 · InternationalSHIR BAMIDBAR INC: $56,700 · International+8 more: $196,773 · InternationalFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $208,600 · Arts & CultureMID-SOUTH PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION: $168,898 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $156,680 · Arts & CultureIRIS ORCHESTRA INC: $135,425 · Arts & CultureDixon Gallery and Gardens: $133,160 · Arts & CultureARTSMEMPHIS: $131,315 · Arts & CultureMemphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc: $86,525 · Arts & CultureTHE OVERTON PARK SHELL INC: $80,911 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ORNAMENTAL METAL MUSEUM INC: $77,375 · Arts & CultureMEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $75,839 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $265,374 · Arts & Culture
Other$30,933,762Philanthropy$14,713,279Human Services$6,853,869Education$4,417,132Health$3,683,923International$1,644,187Arts & Culture$1,520,102

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMEMPHIS JEWISH FEDERATION: $11,124,770 over 9y, 61% of budgetKAVOD: $5,977,127 over 7y, 42% of budgetMEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $3,295,143 over 9y, 5.4% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $2,355,171 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetB'NAI B'RITH HOME AND HOSPITAL FOR AGED INC (D/B/A MEMPHIS JEWISH HOME & REHAB): $2,004,636 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION: $1,171,056 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetMEMPHIS OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP TRUST INC: $715,924 over 9y, 13% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $525,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLAUSANNE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $406,800 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL: $364,746 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF ISRAEL SCOUTS INC: $353,750 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetSHELBY FARMS PARK CONSERVANCY: $347,719 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetMethodist Healthcare Foundation: $319,678 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetST MARY'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $266,475 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MEMPHIS AND THE MID-SOUTH INC: $256,989 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetAHS OF GREATER MEMPHIS FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-SOUTH INC: $249,854 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $240,924 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA WEST CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FKA BOCA WEST COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $226,231 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $219,933 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $208,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $205,168 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Inter-Faith Association: $200,641 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS: $197,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetLe Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation: $171,475 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMID-SOUTH FOOD BANK: $170,741 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $170,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC: $169,449 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMID-SOUTH PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION: $168,898 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetKOLLEL OF MEMPHIS INC: $162,845 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $156,680 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREATER MEMPHIS REGION INC: $156,552 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCAMP NEBAGAMON: $156,068 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetMEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART: $150,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetST GEORGE'S INDEPENDENT SCHOOL: $147,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE HUTCHISON SCHOOL: $138,135 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetIRIS ORCHESTRA INC: $135,425 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetDixon Gallery and Gardens: $133,160 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetARTSMEMPHIS: $131,315 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $129,795 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SCHECHTER INSTITUTES INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $124,728 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetYESHIVAT MAHARAT INC: $122,680 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetPAPANICOLAOU CORPS FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC: $122,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $121,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEN PORAT YOSEF INC: $113,700 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOCEAN REEF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $109,358 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC: $106,700 over 3y, 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.

  • Who funds MEMPHIS JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds KAVOD ↗
  • Who funds MEMPHIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds B'NAI B'RITH HOME AND HOSPITAL FOR AGED INC (D/B/A MEMPHIS JEWISH HOME & REHAB) ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEMPHIS OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds LAUSANNE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ISRAEL SCOUTS INC ↗
  • Who funds SHELBY FARMS PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Methodist Healthcare Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MEMPHIS AND THE MID-SOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds AHS OF GREATER MEMPHIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-SOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds BOCA WEST CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FKA BOCA WEST COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS ↗
  • Who funds Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation ↗

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 …Christian Community F…Belz FoundationJr Hyde III Family Fo…Thomas W Briggs Found…The Kemmons Wilson Fa…Jewish Federation of …Plough FoundationBaptist Memorial Heal…United Way of the Mid…ArtsmemphisThe Assisi Foundation…
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis IncTN97.7× affinity78 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 · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Belz Foundation · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Plough Foundation · Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation · United Way of the Mid South · Artsmemphis · The Assisi Foundation of 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 Jewish Foundation of Memphis funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jewish Foundation of Memphis. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to Jewish Foundation of Memphis 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 297 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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