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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 FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$81k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$247kCivil Rights$103kFood & Nutrition$91k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $86,409, the rows itemized in this filing. The $93,409 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $7,000 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $81k
$80,866
Median grant
2
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Tennessee NAACP$80,866
Vanderbilt Univ Medical Ctr$5,543
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 (FY21–24, $119k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 16%TENNESSEE DISABILITY COALITION: $37k → 14%THE TENNESSEE DISABILITY COALITION: $20k → 14%YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH: $12k → 17%YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH: $12k → 17%LATINO MEMPHIS: $38k → 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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$313k · 6 repeat orgs$215k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
6

Total granted

$313k
$134k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+62%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCivil RightsFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementHealthReligionOther
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

  • BC
    Black Clergy Collaborative Of Memphis
    3× · 2021–2024 · $108k · revenue +359% · 31% of their budget
  • TE
    THE EQUITY ALLIANCE
    2× · 2020–2021 · $60k · revenue +92%
  • TD
    TENNESSEE DISABILITY COALITION
    2× · 2021–2024 · $57k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • TI
    TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION
    one grant, 2024 · $43k · revenue 0%
  • LM
    LATINO MEMPHIS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $38k · revenue +62%
  • RI
    REGIONAL INTER-FAITH ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $17k
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
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.

Crime & Legal
2
One Family Memphis
Human Services
3
Tennessee Nonprofit Network

We build the momentum of the nonprofit sector to create equitable, measurable and lasting change.

Crime & Legal
4
Nashville Food Project Inc

The nashville food project brings people together to grow, cook, and share nourishing food to cultivate community and alleviate hunger. through community food access, agriculture, education, and strategic partnerships, we work toward a…

Food & Nutrition
5
Tennessee Workers Alliance

The tennessee worker's alliance is establised primarily to further the common good and social welfare of the working citizens of the united states of america by engaging in research, education and communication efforts regarding policy…

Employment
6
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
7
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
8
Feed America First of Tennessee

Feed america first is a murfreesboro, tn based food ministry focused upon hunger relief in small towns and rural communities in middle tn and parts of al, ky and ms. since 2000 faf has distributed enough food for over 150,000,000 meals to…

Food & Nutrition
9
Disability Rights Tennessee Fka Disability Law & Advocacy Cente

Disability rights tennessee is a nonprofit legal services organization dedicated to protecting the rights of tennesseans with disabilities.

Human Services
10
The Collective Blueprint

Our mission is to increase socioeconomic mobility by building pathways to thriving careers.

Employment
11
Tennessee Nurses Association

The tennessee nurses association is a statewide association of registered nurses which exists primarily to advance the practice of nursing and to assure a healthier tennessee.

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12
Memphis Area Association of Realtors Benevolent Fund
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Equity Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Vanderbilt University Medical Center. 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

12 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. 12 of the 13 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
11/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE: $80,866 · Civil RightsNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMEN…THE EQUITY ALLIANCE: $60,000 · Civil RightsTHE EQUITY ALLIANCETENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION: $42,578 · Civil RightsTENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS …TENNESSEE DISABILITY COALITION: $57,263 · Human ServicesTENNESSEE DISABILITY COAL…LATINO MEMPHIS INC: $38,204 · Human ServicesLATINO MEMPHIS INCYMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH: $23,400 · Human ServicesYMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID…Black Clergy Collaborative Of Memphis: $107,667 · Community ImprovementBlack Clergy Collaborat…SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN: $31,500 · Food & NutritionMID-SOUTH FOOD BANK: $10,000 · Food & NutritionVanderbilt University Medical Center: $33,260 · HealthREGIONAL INTER-FAITH ASSOCIATION INC: $16,500 · OtherAGAPE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $16,500 · OtherMARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC: $10,000 · Religion
Civil Rights$183,444Human Services$118,867Community Improvement$107,667Food & Nutrition$41,500Health$33,260Other$33,000Religion$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBlack Clergy Collaborative Of Memphis: $107,667 over 3y, 31% of budgetTHE EQUITY ALLIANCE: $60,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetTENNESSEE DISABILITY COALITION: $57,263 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION: $42,578 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLATINO MEMPHIS INC: $38,204 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $33,260 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN: $31,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH: $23,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAGAPE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $16,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMID-SOUTH FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 …Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis IncTN15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Tennessee Justice Center Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tennessee Justice Center Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 13 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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