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The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$11M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
48
Grants FY2024
42
Organizations funded FY2023
43%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$91,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,500,000
Organizations funded a year
42 to 70
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$233M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 43% of the organizations The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving48$11M42%
FY202342$10M43%
FY202244$10M39%
FY202163$11M60%
FY202070$12Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$9.3MEducation$8.6MArts & Culture$8.2MHousing & Shelter$5.2MHuman Services$4.1MCommunity Improvement$3.3MRecreation & Sports$2.8MYouth Development$2.4MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OR
NJ
VA
AR
TN
DC
MS
AL
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 104 grantees
All grantees of The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$3,825,00050%
Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation$2,500,000115%
The Hospitality Hub of Memphis$1,750,00038%
University of Memphis Foundation$1,650,00013%
The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc$1,500,00011%
Knowledge Quest Inc$1,250,000150%
YMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South$1,000,00012%
Memphis River Parks Partnership Inc$1,000,00015%
Youth Villages Inc$1,000,00020%
William R Moore College of Technology$1,000,000114%
Tennessee Nonprofit Network$800,000471%
Alpha Omega Veterans Services Inc$750,000120%
Memphis Fire Department Foundation$750,0001n/a
Codecrew$676,604223%
Church Health Center of Memphis Inc$660,00023%
United Housing Inc$650,000312%
Community Lift Corp$600,000213%
Collage Dance Collective$591,50028%
SchoolSeed Foundation$550,000119%
Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South Inc$503,11547%
Christian Brothers University$500,00020%
Room in the Inn - Memphis$500,000313%
Memphis Housing Authority$500,0001n/a
My City Rides$500,000214%
Alliance Healthcare Services$500,00011%
Memphis Chamber Foundation$500,000131%
Memphis Rock N Soul Museum Inc$500,000131%
Circuit Playhouse Inc$500,000113%
Opera Memphis Inc$500,000134%
Community Alliance for the Homeless$450,000310%
Su Casa Family Ministries$450,000243%
Tennis Memphis Inc$400,000215%
Binghampton Development Corporation$400,000128%
Harwood Center Inc$400,000114%
Outmemphis$375,000411%
Memphis Fourth Estate Inc$350,00035%
Shelby Farms Park Conservancy$350,00024%
The Overton Park Shell Inc$322,000116%
Meritan Inc$321,57831%
Soulsville Foundation$317,91125%
Memphis Jewish Community Center$311,23321%
Just City Inc$300,000313%
Advocates for Immigrant Rights$280,000221%
Memphis Theological Seminary of The$250,0003n/a
Bridges USA Inc$250,00024%
Indie Memphis$250,000225%
Clean Memphis Inc$250,000117%
Girls Incorporated of Memphis$250,00016%
Memphis Botanic Garden Foundation Inc$250,00016%
Rhodes College$250,00010%
Baptist Memorial Hospital$250,00010%
Overton Park Conservancy$240,00034%
Orpheum Theatre Group$228,28741%
Safeways Incorporated$225,000335%
Dixon Gallery and Gardens$225,00014%
Madonna Learning Center Incorporated$200,00015%
The Big We$200,00017%
Volunteer Odyssey$150,000234%
City of Memphis$150,0001n/a
Region Smart Inc$125,0001n/a
The Urbanart Commission$120,00033%
Community Legal Center$113,99427%
Good Shepherd Medication Management$100,00014%
Memphis Inner City Rugby$100,00019%
Speech & Hearing Center of the Midsouth Dba Memphis Oral School for the Deaf$100,00015%
Memphis Zoological Society$100,00010%
Memphisshelby Crime Commission$100,00028%
Tennessee Innocence Project$100,00032%
Catholic Charities of West Tennessee Inc$90,00012%
Merge Memphis$83,225119%
Memphis Teacher Residency Inc$80,00021%
Concord Academy Inc$80,00026%
New Ballet Ensemble Inc$75,00014%
Protect Our Aquifer$75,000111%
The Sycamore Institute Inc$75,000110%
Libertas School of Memphis$69,50011%
Philanthropy Southeast Inc$62,50050%
Memphis Public Interest Law Center$56,750148%
Tech901$56,00013%
Victorian Village Inc CDC$52,000232%
Mid-South Food Bank$50,00010%
Memphis FilmWorks Inc$50,000129%
Arrow Creative Inc$50,00019%
Let's Innovate Through Education Dba Lit$50,00018%
Beale Street Caravan Inc$50,000137%
Everystory$50,00012%
The Peer Power Foundation Inc$48,00012%
Alliance for a Healthier Generation Inc$40,00011%
Landmark Training Development Company$39,973126%
Hope House Day Care Center Inc$30,00011%
Memphis Equity Through Arts Inc$30,00010%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$30,00050%
Prizm Ensemble Inc$29,600217%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$26,36050%
Resource Redistribution Ministry$25,000116%
Sight Savers of America Inc$25,00011%
Center for Transforming Communities$25,00011%
Empowered to Connect$25,00012%
Forward Memphis$25,00014%
Crosstown Radio Partnership Inc$20,00013%
Thistle and Bee Enterprises Inc$20,00011%
Memphis Brand Office$15,00011%
Lee Jazz Omega Inc Memphis Jazz Workshop$15,00017%
Grantmakers in Health$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 59 recipients with no EIN on record ($17M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 99 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $3,825,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation: $2,500,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetThe Hospitality Hub of Memphis: $1,750,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetUniversity of Memphis Foundation: $1,650,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetThe University of Tennessee Foundation Inc: $1,500,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKnowledge Quest Inc: $1,250,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetYMCA of Memphis & the Mid-South: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMemphis River Parks Partnership Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetYouth Villages Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam R Moore College of Technology: $1,000,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetTennessee Nonprofit Network: $800,000 over 4y, 71% of budgetAlpha Omega Veterans Services Inc: $750,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetCodecrew: $676,604 over 2y, 23% of budgetChurch Health Center of Memphis Inc: $660,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetUnited Housing Inc: $650,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCommunity Lift Corp: $600,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetCollage Dance Collective: $591,500 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetSchoolSeed Foundation: $550,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetJunior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South Inc: $503,115 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetChristian Brothers University: $500,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRoom in the Inn - Memphis: $500,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetMy City Rides: $500,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetAlliance Healthcare Services: $500,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMemphis Chamber Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetMemphis Rock N Soul Museum Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetCircuit Playhouse Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetOpera Memphis Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetCommunity Alliance for the Homeless: $450,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetSu Casa Family Ministries: $450,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetTennis Memphis Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetBinghampton Development Corporation: $400,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetHarwood Center Inc: $400,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetOutmemphis: $375,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetMemphis Fourth Estate Inc: $350,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetShelby Farms Park Conservancy: $350,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetThe Overton Park Shell Inc: $322,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetMeritan Inc: $321,578 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSoulsville Foundation: $317,911 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetMemphis Jewish Community Center: $311,233 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetJust City Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetAdvocates for Immigrant Rights: $280,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetBridges USA Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetIndie Memphis: $250,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetClean Memphis Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Memphis: $250,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetMemphis Botanic Garden Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetRhodes College: $250,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBaptist Memorial Hospital: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 99.

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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 of Greater Memphis IncTN124.3× affinity78 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 · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · United Way of the Mid South · Plough Foundation · The Urban Child Institute · Slingshot Memphis Inc · Artsmemphis · Self Foundation · The Kresge 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.

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About The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc

How much does The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc give?
The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc reported 48 grants totaling $11,495,773 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 70 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (17%), Education (16%), Arts & Culture (15%).
Who are The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($3.8M), Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation ($2.5M), The Hospitality Hub of Memphis ($1.8M).
Does The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, Jr Hyde III Family Foundation, Christian Community Foundation of Memphis.
Where is The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc based?
The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc is based in TN.

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 163 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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