Tennessee · Public charity
Slingshot Memphis Inc
Slingshot has developed a new, standardized methodology to measure poverty-fighting impact. This methodology enables us to revolutionize poverty-fighting effectiveness by equipping decision-makers with the insights and tools to make evidence-based decisions, increasing the allocation of financial resources to the most effective…
- $645k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 47
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 45
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $632k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 45
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $552k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Slingshot Memphis Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $189k 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 | 47 | $632k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 45 | $649k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $645k | 26% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $1.1M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $2.0M | 26% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $1.4M | 41% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $1.0M | 80% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $500k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter-Leath | $527,427 | 7 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $526,327 | 7 | n/a |
| Advance Memphis | $462,836 | 7 | 5% |
| Communities in Schools of Memphis | $450,020 | 7 | 5% |
| Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation | $390,795 | 7 | 1% |
| Agape Child and Family Services Inc | $349,104 | 6 | 1% |
| Jiff Inc | $342,041 | 7 | 10% |
| Alpha Omega Veterans Services Inc | $288,443 | 6 | 5% |
| Goodwill Excel Center Midsouth Inc | $286,917 | 6 | 3% |
| Just City Inc | $274,314 | 6 | 8% |
Show all 58 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($51k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Slingshot Memphis Inc supplied at peak.
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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 · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc · The Urban Child Institute · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · United Way of the Mid South · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis · Crews Family Foundation · John Dustin Buckman Charitable Trust · Thomas Garrott Foundation
How this is measured
About Slingshot Memphis Inc
- How much does Slingshot Memphis Inc give?
- Slingshot Memphis Inc reported 47 itemized grants totaling $632,412, out of $645,200 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Slingshot Memphis Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), Education (25%), Employment (13%).
- Who are Slingshot Memphis Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Porter-Leath ($527k), The Salvation Army ($526k), Advance Memphis ($463k).
- Does Slingshot Memphis Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Slingshot Memphis Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, Christian Community Foundation of Memphis, The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation.
- Where is Slingshot Memphis Inc based?
- Slingshot Memphis Inc is based in TN.
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