Tennessee · Public charity
Memphis Center City Development Corporation
Assist private development projects
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 89%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $37,494
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $445,298
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 89% of the organizations Memphis Center City Development Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $700k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $1.1M | 81% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $800k | 89% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $1.9M | 86% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.4M | 88% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $1.5M | 94% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $421k | 89% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $933k | 88% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $1.2M | 100% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Community Improvement$5.0MHousing & Shelter$1.4MArts & Culture$1.1MHuman Services$798kEnvironment$400kHealth$326kScience & Tech$200kFood & Nutrition$197kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Servicemaster Global Holdings Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Downtown Memphis Commission | $762,509 | 3 | n/a |
| 99-105 Front Street LLC | $649,627 | 1 | n/a |
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Carlisle Hotels Inc V | $494,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Front Street Devco | $492,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Ravine Management LLC | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mdcdc Inc | $240,000 | 1 | 7% |
| 400 Main LLC | $240,000 | 3 | n/a |
| 18 S Main Mem LLC | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Servicemaster Global Holdings Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Downtown Memphis Commission | $762,509 | 3 | n/a |
| 99-105 Front Street LLC | $649,627 | 1 | n/a |
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Carlisle Hotels Inc V | $494,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Front Street Devco | $492,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Ravine Management LLC | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mdcdc Inc | $240,000 | 1 | 7% |
| 400 Main LLC | $240,000 | 3 | n/a |
| 18 S Main Mem LLC | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Memphis Area Transit Authority | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Artspace Projects Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Monroe Associates LLC | $180,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Malone Park Commons LLC | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Malco Theatres Inc | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wunderlich Securities Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| DSSI Holding CoLLC | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orpheum Theatre Group | $80,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 372 S Main LLC | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lilalo Concepts LLC | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michael B McCullough | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Allworld Project Management | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 124 Newsroom LLC | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Memphis Medical Dist Apts | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Premiere Constractors Inc | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Memphis Makeover Masters LLC | $74,843 | 1 | n/a |
| Crunke LLC | $74,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Alcenia's Dessert & Preserves Shop | $68,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ghost River Brewery | $66,455 | 1 | n/a |
| Charles Carpenter PLLC | $61,015 | 1 | n/a |
| Marshall LLC | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 383-385 South Main Investors LLC | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unity Properties Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Soweto LLC | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bradley D Barnett | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 363 Mulberry Investment LLC | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Rowland Group | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Floyd Tyler IRR Trust dba Preserver Ptr | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big River Market LLC | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Caliber Homes LLC | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Karen Adams | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Explore Bike Shareinc | $60,000 | 1 | 4% |
| 645 Marshall LLC | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Servicemasters by Stratos-v | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Arcade Restaurant | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Comeback Coffee LLC | $58,832 | 1 | n/a |
| Corey Klein - Klein Fitness | $58,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Carolina LLC | $56,622 | 1 | n/a |
| Grind City Brewery Company LLC | $55,697 | 1 | n/a |
| Cielo Inc dba Mollie Fontaine Lounge | $54,569 | 1 | n/a |
| The Big We | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Vance Investment Properties | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| WLOK Radio Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mustard Seed Inc | $48,713 | 2 | n/a |
| Adult & Teen Challenge Heartland I | $47,289 | 1 | 5% |
| Off the Walls | $45,359 | 1 | n/a |
| GCI Partnership | $41,677 | 1 | n/a |
| SMH Partners GP | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| RS Lewis Funeral Homes LLC | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spotlight Productions | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| H&S Printing Co | $37,494 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Amusement and Dining Concepts LLC | $35,575 | 1 | n/a |
| East Court Condo Owners Assoc | $34,489 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Station Collaborative LLC | $34,436 | 1 | n/a |
| Crazy Beautiful Clothing LLC dba Stock & Belle | $32,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Creative Talent Management Inc | $31,981 | 1 | n/a |
| Ben Colar | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| After Burners Cigar Lounge - Marvin Roddy | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Memphis Filling Station | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jem Dining LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lugene Bishop | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hall Pass Fit LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dt Nutrition - Charles Cavallo | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Raw Girls Memphis Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zio Matto LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Peanut Shoppe | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Old Soul Floral | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jonathan M Thomas | $29,862 | 1 | n/a |
| Vance Avenue Youth Development Ctr | $29,658 | 1 | 21% |
| Paradise Entertainment Center LLC | $28,270 | 1 | n/a |
| Richard A Mroch | $27,972 | 2 | n/a |
| Lawanda Thornton | $27,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tom Martin's Inc | $25,866 | 1 | n/a |
| Roosevelt Bonds | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Dane Property Management Company LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Quintessential Sweets | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Majestic American Bar & Grill LLC | $23,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Memphis Farmers Market | $21,752 | 1 | 25% |
| Downtown Wines & Spirit | $21,742 | 1 | n/a |
| Emma Crystal | $20,400 | 1 | n/a |
| The Pocket LLC | $18,296 | 1 | n/a |
| Cocozza American Italian LLC | $15,896 | 1 | n/a |
| Brass Door Irish Pub | $15,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Sbh LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cnct Design Pllc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Concourse Inc-Bluefin Restaurant | $14,978 | 1 | n/a |
| Blind Bear Memphis LLC | $11,475 | 2 | n/a |
| Memphis Electric Company LLC | $11,160 | 1 | n/a |
| Anton Mack | $10,972 | 1 | n/a |
| Feelin Memphis LLC | $10,843 | 1 | n/a |
| A Schwab Trading LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Self Tucker Architects | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cigar Ventures Havana Mix | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sarah Manijke Cai | $9,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Facing History & Ourselves Inc | $8,478 | 1 | 0% |
| Apg Office Furnishings | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Legendary Gear | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Life Is Good | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| K'Presha LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Edward Cabigao | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rachel's Hair Designs Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rizzo's Diner LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Joseph Johnson | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wanda Robinson Russell | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wimpy Jones LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alynn LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pontotoc Lounge | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kooky Canuk | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Adda Boy LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sagar Group LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Exercise Unlimited | $4,907 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($52k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Memphis Center City Development Corporation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 10.
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.
Mdcdc IncTN13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Mdcdc Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Kresge Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · 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.
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About Memphis Center City Development Corporation
- How much does Memphis Center City Development Corporation give?
- Memphis Center City Development Corporation reported 16 itemized grants totaling $1,081,292, out of $1,118,228 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Memphis Center City Development Corporation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (51%), Housing & Shelter (15%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Memphis Center City Development Corporation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Servicemaster Global Holdings Inc ($1.0M), Downtown Memphis Commission ($763k), 99-105 Front Street LLC ($650k).
- Does Memphis Center City Development Corporation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Memphis Center City Development Corporation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mdcdc Inc, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, The Kresge Foundation.
- Where is Memphis Center City Development Corporation based?
- Memphis Center City Development Corporation is based in TN.
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