Tennessee · Public charity
Memphis Jewish Federation
The federation serves as a central fundraising and allocation agency in the memphis metropolitan area for the benefit of jewish activities and promotes harmony, understanding and good relations among the members of the jewish community and the larger communities.
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $869,555
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 25
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $30M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations Memphis Jewish Federation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $1.6M | 17% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $1.4M | 53% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $1.2M | 71% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $2.1M | 7% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $2.6M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $2.5M | 12% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $2.6M | 4% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $2.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis Jewish Community Center | $1,677,533 | 5 | 5% |
| B'Nai B'Rith Home and Hospital for Aged Inc (D/B/A Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab) | $1,221,519 | 8 | 1% |
| Bomblum Jewish Community School Inc | $923,462 | 8 | n/a |
| Margolin Hebrew Academy-Yeshiva of the South | $667,352 | 3 | n/a |
| Temple Israel | $355,018 | 8 | n/a |
| B'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization | $302,144 | 7 | 0% |
| Kollel Torah Mitzion Inc | $255,180 | 5 | 4% |
| Jfs of Memphis Jewish Community Center | $205,144 | 2 | n/a |
| The Jewish Agency for Israel | $137,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Memphis Jewish Housing Development- Plough Towers | $122,021 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis Jewish Community Center | $1,677,533 | 5 | 5% |
| B'Nai B'Rith Home and Hospital for Aged Inc (D/B/A Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab) | $1,221,519 | 8 | 1% |
| Bomblum Jewish Community School Inc | $923,462 | 8 | n/a |
| Margolin Hebrew Academy-Yeshiva of the South | $667,352 | 3 | n/a |
| Temple Israel | $355,018 | 8 | n/a |
| B'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization | $302,144 | 7 | 0% |
| Kollel Torah Mitzion Inc | $255,180 | 5 | 4% |
| Jfs of Memphis Jewish Community Center | $205,144 | 2 | n/a |
| The Jewish Agency for Israel | $137,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Memphis Jewish Housing Development- Plough Towers | $122,021 | 2 | 3% |
| Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council | $105,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Services of St Louis | $87,953 | 1 | 1% |
| Caleb Global | $75,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $63,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | $52,368 | 2 | n/a |
| Jewish Children's Regional Service | $51,333 | 3 | 1% |
| Kollel of Memphis Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 10% |
| The Memphis Friends of Israel | $47,000 | 4 | 79% |
| Friends of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism | $46,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Plough Towers Fund Inc | $41,589 | 1 | 27% |
| Bnai Brith Youth Organization | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ort America Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Temple Israel | $28,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Facing History & Ourselves Inc | $28,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Harold Grinspoon Foundation | $24,052 | 2 | 0% |
| The World Union for Progressive Judaism Ltd | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baron Hirsch Congregation | $16,730 | 1 | n/a |
| Israel Experience | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Ramah Commission Inc | $14,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Ramah Darom Inc | $14,450 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Israel Scouts Inc | $6,140 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Memphis Jewish Federation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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: Jewish Foundation of Memphis · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Belz Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Memphis Jewish Federation
- How much does Memphis Jewish Federation give?
- Memphis Jewish Federation reported 26 itemized grants totaling $2,481,840, out of $2,625,205 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Memphis Jewish Federation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (41%), Human Services (22%), Education (12%).
- Who are Memphis Jewish Federation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Memphis Jewish Community Center ($1.7M), B'Nai B'Rith Home and Hospital for Aged Inc (D/B/A Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab) ($1.2M), Bomblum Jewish Community School Inc ($923k).
- Does Memphis Jewish Federation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Memphis Jewish Federation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Foundation of Memphis, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, Belz Foundation.
- Where is Memphis Jewish Federation based?
- Memphis Jewish Federation is based in TN.
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