Tennessee · Public charity
Memphis Bioworks Foundation
The foundation is executing a strategic business plan that leverages the competitive strengths within the region while expanding the infrastructure, educational opportunities, and entrepreneur support needed to expand entrepreneurship.
- $13k
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $13,371
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $13,371
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $6.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Memphis Bioworks Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $13k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $3.0M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $273k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $2.3M | 48% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $2.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis Academy of Science and Engineeri | $3,070,000 | 4 | 42% |
| Lab Four Professional Developm | $1,741,572 | 4 | 37% |
| Concorde Career College Inc | $533,186 | 4 | n/a |
| Southwest Tennessee Community College Foundation | $310,455 | 4 | 52% |
| Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation | $260,288 | 3 | 2% |
| Asu Mid South | $151,977 | 2 | n/a |
| Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce | $90,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Launchyourcity | $75,356 | 1 | 4% |
| Allworld Project Management | $52,184 | 3 | n/a |
| Self Tucker Architects | $36,210 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis Academy of Science and Engineeri | $3,070,000 | 4 | 42% |
| Lab Four Professional Developm | $1,741,572 | 4 | 37% |
| Concorde Career College Inc | $533,186 | 4 | n/a |
| Southwest Tennessee Community College Foundation | $310,455 | 4 | 52% |
| Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation | $260,288 | 3 | 2% |
| Asu Mid South | $151,977 | 2 | n/a |
| Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce | $90,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Launchyourcity | $75,356 | 1 | 4% |
| Allworld Project Management | $52,184 | 3 | n/a |
| Self Tucker Architects | $36,210 | 1 | n/a |
| Workforce Mid-South Inc | $27,006 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Lift Corp | $26,625 | 1 | 1% |
| Career Academy LLC | $22,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Leadership Memphis | $17,697 | 2 | 1% |
| Launch Inc | $14,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Neighborhood Preservation Inc | $13,371 | 1 | 2% |
| Codecrew | $10,375 | 1 | 1% |
| Vibrant Memphis Inc | $10,153 | 1 | 0% |
| Svm LP | $5,651 | 1 | n/a |
| Memphis Center for Urban Theological Studies Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Salesforce Inc | $4,980 | 1 | n/a |
| First Choice It Group | $3,536 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Memphis Bioworks Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Kresge Foundation · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Tennessee Technology Development Corp · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Memphis Bioworks Foundation
- How much does Memphis Bioworks Foundation give?
- Memphis Bioworks Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $13,371 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Memphis Bioworks Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (49%), Employment (23%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are Memphis Bioworks Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Memphis Academy of Science and Engineeri ($3.1M), Lab Four Professional Developm ($1.7M), Concorde Career College Inc ($533k).
- Does Memphis Bioworks Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Memphis Bioworks Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, The Kresge Foundation, The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation.
- Where is Memphis Bioworks Foundation based?
- Memphis Bioworks Foundation is based in TN.
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