Tennessee · Public charity
Tennessee Justice Center Inc
The Tennessee Justice Center (TJC) advocates on behalf of low-income Tennesseans in areas of public policy having the greatest impact on their health and welfare.
- $93k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $86k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $80,866
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,866
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Tennessee Justice Center Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k 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 | 2 | $86k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $233k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $80k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $60k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Clergy Collaborative Of Memphis | $107,667 | 3 | 31% |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | $80,866 | 1 | n/a |
| The Equity Alliance | $60,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Tennessee Disability Coalition | $57,263 | 2 | 1% |
| Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition | $42,578 | 1 | 1% |
| Latino Memphis Inc | $38,204 | 1 | 2% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $33,260 | 2 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn | $31,500 | 3 | 0% |
| YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South | $23,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Regional Inter-Faith Association Inc | $16,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Clergy Collaborative Of Memphis | $107,667 | 3 | 31% |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | $80,866 | 1 | n/a |
| The Equity Alliance | $60,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Tennessee Disability Coalition | $57,263 | 2 | 1% |
| Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition | $42,578 | 1 | 1% |
| Latino Memphis Inc | $38,204 | 1 | 2% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $33,260 | 2 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn | $31,500 | 3 | 0% |
| YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South | $23,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Regional Inter-Faith Association Inc | $16,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Agape Child and Family Services Inc | $16,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Martha O'Bryan Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid-South Food Bank | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Tennessee Justice Center Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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: Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Tennessee Justice Center Inc
- How much does Tennessee Justice Center Inc give?
- Tennessee Justice Center Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $86,409, out of $93,409 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Tennessee Justice Center Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (56%), Civil Rights (23%), Food & Nutrition (21%).
- Who are Tennessee Justice Center Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Black Clergy Collaborative Of Memphis ($108k), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ($81k), The Equity Alliance ($60k).
- Does Tennessee Justice Center Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tennessee Justice Center Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, Charities Aid Foundation America, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Tennessee Justice Center Inc based?
- Tennessee Justice Center Inc is based in TN.
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