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St Mary's Episcopal School

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$2.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$63kEducation$57kCrime & Legal$35kYouth Development$33kReligion$26kCommunity Improvement$21kArts & Culture$21kInternational$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $20,292, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,637,747 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,617,455 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$6,750
Median grant
1
States reached
$77M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
READING WITH MRS RICHARDSON$7,000
FORREST SPENCE FUND$6,750
STREETS MINISTRIES$6,542
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 19%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 19%THRIVE MEMPHIS: $7k → 17%THRIVE MEMPHIS: $7k → 17%STREETS MINISTRIES: $6k → 17%FORREST SPENCE FUND: $7k → 17%COMMUNITY LEGAL CENTER: $7k → 17%STREETS MINISTRIES: $7k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$209k · 12 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
9

Total granted

$209k
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
0%

Still filing today

92%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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
Human ServicesEducationCrime & LegalArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MEMPHIS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER
    4× · 2020–2023 · $28k · revenue +31%
  • SM
    STREETS MINISTRIES INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +8%
  • SC
    Su Casa Family Ministries
    2× · 2019–2020 · $14k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • MM
    MULTINATIONAL MEMPHIS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue +10%
  • TK
    THE KEMMONS WILSON FAMILY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue +350%
  • BM
    BAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue -8%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
One Family Memphis
Human Services
2
Children's Foundation of Memphis
Health
3
Leadership Memphis

A city is only as strong as it's base of community leaders. for 40 years leadership memphis has focused on bringing leaders together to learn about their community. what is going on? what is and isn't working? who is doing what? how does…

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4
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
5
The Grace Foundation of Memphis Inc
Philanthropy
6
Repairing the Breach Memphis

An outreach ministry dedicated to bettering the lives of youth through tools, knowledge, and confidence to become global leaders of society.

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7
Reach Memphis

Reach memphis helps high achieving students from shelby county public schools succeed in high school, college and beyond using a continuum of services including summer educational experiences, college readiness planning and counseling, and…

Education
8
The Peer Power Foundation Inc

Peer power foundation hires, trains, and deploys college students to be success coaches in economically disadvantaged high schools. (expanded mission on schedule o)these success coaches work primarily inside of english, math, and science…

Education
9
Generous Life Foundation D/B/a Memphis Dream Center

To impact the city of memphis (and other urban areas) with effective community service and to provide relief and education to the poor, distressed, and underprivileged.

Human Services
10
Wee Care Juvenile Success Program

Provide effective programs for background challenged individuals and access to immediate resources for impacted household with children under 18.

Crime & Legal
11
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Inc

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
12
The Children's Museum of Memphis Inc

The mission is to create memorable learning experiences through the joy of play, in hands-on exhibits and programs. we accomplish this mission by reaching out to the mid-south school children, families, and the tourist visitor.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Memphis Leadership Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
10/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STREETS MINISTRIES INC: $19,962 · Human ServicesSTREETS MINISTRIES…THRIVE MEMPHIS: $14,000 · Human ServicesTHRIVE MEMPHISCOMMUNITY LEGAL CENTER: $6,795 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY LEGAL CE…FORREST SPENCE FUND: $6,750 · Human ServicesFORREST SPENCE FUN…MEMPHIS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $28,000 · Crime & LegalMEMPHIS CHILD ADV…Kindred Place Inc: $15,300 · Crime & LegalKindred Place IncCARPENTER ART GARDEN: $28,000 · EducationCARPENTER ART GA…MULTINATIONAL MEMPHIS INC: $7,000 · EducationMULTINATIONAL ME…RICHARDSON EDUCATION INCORPORATED: $7,000 · EducationRICHARDSON EDUCA…BOOKS FROM BIRTH INC: $15,000 · OtherBOOKS FROM BIRTH INCPORTER-LEATH: $14,000 · OtherPORTER-LEATHTHE KEMMONS WILSON FAMILY FOUNDATION: $7,000 · OtherTHE KEMMONS WILSON FAMILY FOU…THE HAGAR CENTER: $5,500 · OtherTHE HAGAR CENTEREikon Ministries Inc: $12,325 · OtherEikon Ministries IncDOROTHY DAY HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $7,000 · OtherDOROTHY DAY HOUSE OF HOSPITAL…BAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · OtherBAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE …WORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $7,000 · OtherWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL…MEMPHIS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $21,400 · Youth DevelopmentMEMPHIS LEADE…GIRLS ON THE RUN MEMPHIS: $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE …Su Casa Family Ministries: $14,000 · ReligionMEMPHIS ATHLETIC MINISTRIES INC: $7,000 · ReligionMemphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc: $14,000 · Arts & CultureNEW BALLET ENSEMBLE INC: $7,000 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$47,507Crime & Legal$43,300Education$42,000Other$74,825Youth Development$34,400Religion$21,000Arts & Culture$21,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMEMPHIS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $28,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCARPENTER ART GARDEN: $28,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetMEMPHIS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $21,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTREETS MINISTRIES INC: $19,962 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKindred Place Inc: $15,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBOOKS FROM BIRTH INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSu Casa Family Ministries: $14,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHRIVE MEMPHIS: $14,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetPORTER-LEATH: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMemphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN MEMPHIS: $13,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetEikon Ministries Inc: $12,325 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMULTINATIONAL MEMPHIS INC: $7,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE KEMMONS WILSON FAMILY FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRICHARDSON EDUCATION INCORPORATED: $7,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetBAPTIST MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOROTHY DAY HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $7,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNEW BALLET ENSEMBLE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMPHIS ATHLETIC MINISTRIES INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL CENTER: $6,795 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

Community Foundation …Christian Community F…The Kemmons Wilson Fa…Thomas W Briggs Found…The Urban Child Insti…Goodlett FoundationJohn Dustin Buckman C…United Way of the Mid…Slingshot Memphis IncBelz FoundationThe Day FoundationCrews Family Foundati…
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis IncTN36× affinity16 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 · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · The Urban Child Institute · Goodlett Foundation · John Dustin Buckman Charitable Trust · United Way of the Mid South · Slingshot Memphis Inc · Belz Foundation · The Day Foundation · Crews Family 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization St Mary's Episcopal School funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from St Mary's Episcopal School. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 67%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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