Tennessee · Public charity
Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc
Investing in youth development through transformative music engagement and creating equitable opportunities for black and brown youth in memphis
- $439k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $399k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $399k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $846k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $960k | 65% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $232k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $262k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $336k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $150k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $806k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmonic South String Orchestra Inc | $402,456 | 6 | 78% |
| Angel Street Inc | $268,496 | 6 | 18% |
| Young Actors Guild Inc | $250,592 | 5 | 28% |
| Lee Jazz Omega Inc Memphis Jazz Workshop | $239,430 | 6 | 27% |
| The Collective the Cltv Inc | $225,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Memphis Black Arts Alliance Inc | $221,228 | 6 | 35% |
| Soulsville Foundation | $162,460 | 1 | 7% |
| Raising the Bar Community Development | $148,478 | 3 | 93% |
| Memphis Library Foundation | $129,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Cazateatro Bilngual Theater Group | $125,148 | 3 | 26% |
Show all 54 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($140k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 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: Artsmemphis · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc · Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis · The Kresge Foundation · John Dustin Buckman Charitable Trust · Slingshot Memphis Inc · Crews Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc
- How much does Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc give?
- Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc reported 19 itemized grants totaling $398,600, out of $439,072 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (52%), Youth Development (40%), Crime & Legal (3%).
- Who are Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Harmonic South String Orchestra Inc ($402k), Angel Street Inc ($268k), Young Actors Guild Inc ($251k).
- Does Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Artsmemphis, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc.
- Where is Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc based?
- Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc is based in TN.
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