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Memphis Education Fund Inc

To work in partnership with the shelby county school district and the achievement school district on strategies that support school improvement, development, and implementation of initiatives focused on increasing k-12 educational outcomes in the greater memphis, tn area.

$4.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$883k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Education$38MPublic Benefit$250kCivil Rights$96kHuman Services$70kScience & Tech$40kHealth$36k
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $185k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.9M
$93,120
Median grant
7
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY YEAR MEMPHIS$883,000
LITERACY MID-SOUTH$670,374
PEER POWER FOUNDATION$591,693
MAN UP TEACHER FELLOWSHIP$400,000
TEACH LIKE A CHAMPION$392,211
FULLFILL EDUCATION$234,859
RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION$220,480
SUMMER BOOST - 50CAN$110,000
TN CAN$100,000
ATTENDANCE WORKS$93,120
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$92,000
ONYOURMARK$80,850
TENNESSEE CHARTER SCHOOL CENTER$75,000
INSTRUCTION PARTNERS$47,898
TEACH FOR AMERICA$36,173
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–21, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES: $25k → 17%MEMPHIS DREAM CENTER: $45k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
TN
NC
DC

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$35M · 26 repeat orgs$3.5M to everyone else

26 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
28

Total granted

$35M
$3.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+26%

Still filing today

85%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $521k 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
EducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyCivil RightsHuman ServicesHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • Teach for America Inc
    4× · 2018–2025 · $6.5M · revenue +1%
  • RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
    4× · 2018–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +1%
  • 5I
    50CAN INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +740%

Funded once

  • RU
    REACH UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $600k · revenue +47%
  • SO
    STATE OF TENNESSEE
    2× · 2019–2020 · $525k
  • AI
    ALLMEMPHIS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $260k · revenue +139%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Lead Public Schools Inc

Lead public schools exists to prepare all our students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in college and in life.

Education
2
Mastery Charter High School

All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.

Education
3
The New American Academy Charter School

The new american academy charter school empowers learners and inspires leaders to make this a better world. through our collaborative teacher teams, mastery-based career ladder, and looping cycles, we offer personalized rigorous…

Education
4
Memphis Academy of Science and Engineeri

To produce lifelong learners, critical thinkers, effective communicators, and productive members of the global community

Education
5
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
6
Stamford Charter School for Excellence

The stamford charter school for excellence prepares young people in stamford, connecticut to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social,…

Education
7
Compass Charter School

Compass charter school is a safe and nurturing educational environment that honors the individuality of each learner. by engaging in a process of inquiry, our graduates will be equipped with the necessary skills to lead fulfilling personal…

Education
8
Greatschools Inc

Greatschools is the leading nonprofit providing high-quality information that supports parents pursuing a great education for their child, schools striving for excellence, and communities working to diminish inequities in education.

Education
9
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc

To create and inspire better ways to give every student an educational foundation for lifelong success. we imagine a world where every student attends a school that meets them where they are, adapts to the unique ways they learn, and…

Education
10
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
11
Bronx Charter School for Excellence

Excellence community schools prepares young people in new york city and stamford to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and…

Education
12
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Uncommon Schools Inc and the most unlike its peers is Mid South Peace and Justice Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 16 years old; the field is 18. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%4%<5yr14%16%5–10yr17%39%10–20yr13%25%20–35yr11%6%35–55yr24%10%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%6%<5yr14%17%5–10yr17%27%10–20yr13%38%20–35yr11%8%35–55yr24%4%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 6% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%2/61
the rest of the field
13%
4,626/36,339

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

52 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 52 of the 61 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/52
Grantees still filing
32/52
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Teach for America Inc — $6,536,173 · EducationTeach for America IncMEMPHIS LIFT PARENT INSTITUTE — $3,500,000 · EducationMEMPHIS LIFT PARENT INSTITUTETENNESSEE CHARTER SCHOOL CENTER — $2,625,000 · EducationTENNESSEE CHARTER SCHOOL CENTERNEW LEADERS INC — $2,310,000 · EducationNEW LEADERS INCRELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — $2,068,979 · EducationRELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION50CAN INC — $1,960,000 · Education50CAN INCEDUCATION REFORM NOW INC — $1,775,000 · EducationEDUCATION REFORM NOW INCLEE INC — $1,516,668 · EducationRhodes College — $1,219,950 · EducationARRAY EDUCATION INC — $1,166,358 · Education+29 more — $7,690,028 · Education+29 moreCITY YEAR INC — $1,803,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INCLITERACY MID-SOUTH INC — $1,035,999 · OtherLITERACY MID-S…MAN UP TEACHER FELLOWSHIP — $755,000 · OtherMAN UP TEACHER…STATE OF TENNESSEE — $525,000 · OtherSTATE OF TENNE…Public Impact LLC — $255,000 · OtherFULLFILL EDUCATION — $234,859 · Other+7 more — $280,353 · Other+7 moreSTAND FOR CHILDREN INC — $1,075,000 · Youth DevelopmentSEEDING SUCCESS — $58,750 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $93,120 · PhilanthropySchoolSeed Foundation — $44,400 · PhilanthropyGENEROUS LIFE FOUNDATION D/B/A MEMPHIS DREAM CENTER — $45,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES — $25,000 · Human ServicesMEMPHIS INTERFAITH COALITION FOR ACTION AND HOPE — $50,000 · Civil RightsNEW MEMPHIS INSTITUTE — $15,000 · Civil RightsFAMILY SAFETY CENTER OF MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY INC — $36,000 · Health
Education$32,368,156Other$4,889,211Youth Development$1,133,750Philanthropy$137,520Human Services$70,000Civil Rights$65,000Health$36,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTeach for America Inc — $6,536,173 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMEMPHIS LIFT PARENT INSTITUTE — $3,500,000 over 7y, 80% of budgetTENNESSEE CHARTER SCHOOL CENTER — $2,625,000 over 7y, 53% of budgetNEW LEADERS INC — $2,310,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetRELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION — $2,068,979 over 4y, 1.1% of budget50CAN INC — $1,960,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetCITY YEAR INC — $1,803,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetEDUCATION REFORM NOW INC — $1,775,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetLEE INC — $1,516,668 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetRhodes College — $1,219,950 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetARRAY EDUCATION INC — $1,166,358 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSTAND FOR CHILDREN INC — $1,075,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetLITERACY MID-SOUTH INC — $1,035,999 over 2y, 12% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc — $975,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTHE PEER POWER FOUNDATION INC — $972,207 over 2y, 16% of budgetUNCOMMON SCHOOLS INC — $932,141 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetAccelerate Institute — $900,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetREACH UNIVERSITY — $600,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBES INC — $455,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCAMBIAR EDUCATION — $365,850 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetALLMEMPHIS INC — $260,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetCIVIC NEWS COMPANY — $250,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetINSTRUCTION PARTNERS — $234,898 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetACHIEVEMENT FIRST INC — $230,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetKIPP FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMEMPHIS MERIT ACADEMY INC — $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES — $93,120 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $92,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION — $90,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLIBERTAS SCHOOL OF MEMPHIS — $74,400 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSEEDING SUCCESS — $58,750 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetMEMPHIS INTERFAITH COALITION FOR ACTION AND HOPE — $50,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetMid South Peace and Justice Center — $46,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetGENEROUS LIFE FOUNDATION D/B/A MEMPHIS DREAM CENTER — $45,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetSchoolSeed Foundation — $44,400 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILY SAFETY CENTER OF MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY INC — $36,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetJOURNEY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES — $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetVERIFIED SOLUTIONS FKA TENNESSEE SCHOLAR ACADEMICS — $23,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMEMPHIS RISE ACADEMY INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREAD FOUNDATION DBA MEMPHIS SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAPSTONE EDUCATION GROUP INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBeacon College Preparatory Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMEMPHIS BUSINESS ACADEMY INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAURORA COLLEGIATE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL — $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW MEMPHIS INSTITUTE — $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPORTER-LEATH — $11,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW DAY SCHOOLS INC DBA COMPASS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Jr Hyde III Family Fo…Charter Fund Inc D/B/…City Fund50can IncThe Urban Child Insti…New Schools FundGates FoundationChristian Community F…Walton Family Foundat…Silicon Schools Fund …Louis Calder Foundati…
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis IncTN59.1× affinity31 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 · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · City Fund · 50can Inc · The Urban Child Institute · New Schools Fund · Gates Foundation · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Silicon Schools Fund Inc · Louis Calder Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Memphis Education Fund Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Johns Hopkins University — 12% of income from government
  • City Year Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Achievement First Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 61 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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