Tennessee · Private foundation
The Salmon Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $31k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,085
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $7,372
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $634k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Salmon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $31k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $39k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $39k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of the Mid South | $121,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association | $63,372 | 8 | 0% |
| Episcopal Relief and Development | $34,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $20,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Church Health Center of Memphis Inc | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Youth Villages Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Reins Center for Equine Therapy | $5,603 | 1 | 1% |
| Dixon Gallery and Gardens | $5,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Emmanuel Episcopal Center | $4,750 | 8 | n/a |
| Agape Child and Family Services Inc | $4,085 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of the Mid South | $121,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association | $63,372 | 8 | 0% |
| Episcopal Relief and Development | $34,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $20,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Church Health Center of Memphis Inc | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Youth Villages Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Reins Center for Equine Therapy | $5,603 | 1 | 1% |
| Dixon Gallery and Gardens | $5,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Emmanuel Episcopal Center | $4,750 | 8 | n/a |
| Agape Child and Family Services Inc | $4,085 | 1 | 0% |
| Madonna Learning Center Incorporated | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Bodine of Germantown Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Artsmemphis | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Porter-Leath | $800 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($2k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Salmon Foundation 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: Plough Foundation · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · United Way of the Mid South · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Belz Foundation · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · David C and Pamela N Anderson Private Foundation · The McDonnell Family Foundation · Lawrence Lewis Foundation
How this is measured
About The Salmon Foundation
- How much does The Salmon Foundation give?
- The Salmon Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $31,252 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Salmon Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (41%), Human Services (25%), Health (16%).
- Who are The Salmon Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Way of the Mid South ($122k), Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association ($63k), Episcopal Relief and Development ($34k).
- Does The Salmon Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Salmon Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Salmon Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Plough Foundation, Christian Community Foundation of Memphis, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc.
- Where is The Salmon Foundation based?
- The Salmon Foundation is based in TN.
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