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The Turley Foundation

The primary exempt purpose of the organization is to assist the community foundation of greater memphis, inc.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$746kHealth$643kEducation$383kYouth Development$276kHousing & Shelter$250kEnvironment$210kReligion$190kHuman Services$171kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 15 grants below total $1,328,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,114,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $786,000 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

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $203k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $125k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.0M
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$58M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC$500,000
MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART INC$250,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC$250,000
BRIDGES INC$125,000
NEW MEMPHIS INSTITUTE$30,000
EMMANUEL CENTER INC$25,000
SOULSVILLE FOUNDATION INC$25,000
NEW BALLET ENSEMBLE$20,000
CLEAN MEMPHIS ORGANIZATION$20,000
PROTECT OUR AQUIFER$20,000
HATTILOO THEATRE$15,000
MEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY$15,000
ST JOHN'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$13,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CHICKASAW COUNCIL$10,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA$10,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 19%. 0% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 19%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC: $250k → 17%PORTER-LEATH: $160k → 17%CHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC: $500k → 17%MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART INC: $250k → 17%CHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC: $101k → 17%ST JOHN'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $92k → 17%CHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC: $32k → 17%ST JOHN'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $25k → 17%MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART INC: $25k → 17%MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART INC: $25k → 17%ST JOHN'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $25k → 17%NEW BALLET ENSEMBLE: $25k → 17%New Ballet Ensemble: $20k → 17%NEW BALLET ENSEMBLE: $20k → 17%NEW BALLET ENSEMBLE: $20k → 17%PROTECT OUR AQUIFER: $20k → 17%PROTECT OUR AQUIFER: $20k → 17%NEW BALLET ENSEMBLE: $20k → 17%MEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY: $15k → 17%MEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY: $15k → 17%HATTILOO THEATRE: $15k → 17%ST JOHN'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $13k → 17%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $10k → 17%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $10k → 17%Clean Memphis Organization: $10k → 17%HATTILOO THEATRE: $10k → 17%CLEAN MEMPHIS ORGANIZATION: $10k → 17%PROTECT OUR ACQUIFER: $10k → 17%MEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY: $10k → 17%Hattiloo Theatre: $10k → 17%BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CHICKASAW COUNCIL: $10k → 17%CLEAN MEMPHIS ORGANIZATION: $10k → 17%BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CHICKASAW COUNCIL: $10k → 17%HATTILOO THEATRE: $10k → 17%NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM: $100k → 17%NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM: $100k → 17%NEW MEMPHIS INSTITUTE: $30k → 17%NEW MEMPHIS INSTITUTE: $30k → 17%MEMPHIS RIVER PARKS PARTNERSHIP: $26k → 17%NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM: $25k → 17%My City Rides: $50k → 17%CLEAN MEMPHIS ORGANIZATION: $20k → 17%SOULSVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 17%BRIDGES INC: $125k → 17%BRIDGES INC: $26k → 17%Bridges Inc: $25k → 17%BRIDGES INC: $25k → 17%Bridges Inc: $25k → 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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 18 repeat orgs$592k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
7

Total granted

$2.4M
$342k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+10%

Still filing today

89%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • CH
    CHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $633k · revenue +21%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $258k · revenue +53%
  • BU
    BRIDGES USA INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $226k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • P
    PORTER-LEATH
    one grant, 2022 · $160k · revenue -18%
  • OP
    OVERTON PARK CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +13%
  • MR
    MEMPHIS RIVER PARKS PARTNERSHIP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $26k · revenue +100%
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
Memphis Tomorrow

Memphis tomorrow is an association of ceos of memphis' largest businesses working to promote opportunity and quality of life for all memphians through collective action and public-private partnerships.

Community Improvement
2
One Family Memphis
Human Services
3
Mayor's Institute for Excellence in Government Inc

Develop and implement programs to meet major urban challenges that exist for memphis, tennessee

Public Benefit
4
Theatre Memphis

To produce plays and encourage the arts by performance and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
5
Children's Foundation of Memphis
Health
6
Memphis Museums of Science & History

The pink palace family of museums inspires people to learn how history, science, technology, and nature shape the mid-south. through rich collections, thought-provoking exhibitions, and engaging programs, we encourage our diverse community…

Arts & Culture
7
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
8
University of Memphis Foundation

The foundation accepts, manages, and disburses private support to the university of memphis.

Education
9
City Leadership

City leadership's mission is to recruit, develop, and catalyze leaders for the benefit of the city of memphis. the organization was founded in order to maximize the leadership capital and potential of memphis. city leadership strives to…

Public Benefit
10
Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce

To serve our members and partners by improving the quality of life through regional economic prosperity.

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11
Memphis Botanic Garden Foundation Inc

The memphis botanic garden exists to enhance lives by connecting people with nature to increase awareness and appreciation of our environment.

Environment
12
Memphis Brand Office

Memphis brand embraces the power of catalytic positive change that exists at the intersection of mission and marketing. through our efforts, we are generating massive visibility, energy, and investment into our community, positively…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Memphis Library Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Protect Our Aquifer. 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

24 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. 24 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc: $300,000 · Arts & CultureMemphis Brooks Museum of Art…Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation: $225,000 · Arts & CultureLorraine Civil Rights Museum…NEW BALLET ENSEMBLE INC: $105,000 · Arts & CultureNEW BALLET ENSEMBLE INCHATTILOO THEATRE: $45,000 · Arts & CultureHATTILOO THEATRESOULSVILLE FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Arts & CultureSOULSVILLE FOUNDATIONCOTTON MUSEUM INC: $25,600 · Arts & CultureCHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC: $633,400 · HealthCHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF …+1 more: $10,000 · HealthBRIDGES USA INC: $226,000 · OtherBRIDGES USA INCPORTER-LEATH: $160,286 · OtherPORTER-LEATHST JOHN'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $155,000 · OtherST JOHN'S UNITED METHODIST CHU…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC 558 CHICKASAW COUNCIL: $50,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC 558 …EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CENTER: $35,000 · OtherMY CITY RIDES: $60,000 · OtherMY CITY RIDESNEW MEMPHIS INSTITUTE: $60,000 · OtherNEW MEMPHIS INSTITUTEProtect Our Aquifer: $50,000 · OtherProtect Our Aquifer+1 more: $11,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $257,500 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY…Teach for America Inc: $50,000 · EducationTeach for Amer…MEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY INC: $40,000 · EducationMEMPHIS TEACHE…TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationTEXAS TECH FOU…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MEMPHIS: $250,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT F…OVERTON PARK CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsCLEAN MEMPHIS INC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementMEMPHIS RIVER PARKS PARTNERSHIP INC: $26,150 · Community Improvement
Arts & Culture$745,600Health$643,400Other$807,286Education$382,500Housing & Shelter$250,000Recreation & Sports$100,000Community Improvement$86,150

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 budgetCHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC: $633,400 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetMemphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $257,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MEMPHIS: $250,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBRIDGES USA INC: $226,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetLorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation: $225,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPORTER-LEATH: $160,286 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW BALLET ENSEMBLE INC: $105,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetOVERTON PARK CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetCLEAN MEMPHIS INC: $60,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMY CITY RIDES: $60,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetNEW MEMPHIS INSTITUTE: $60,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetProtect Our Aquifer: $50,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC 558 CHICKASAW COUNCIL: $50,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHATTILOO THEATRE: $45,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSOULSVILLE FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMEMPHIS TEACHER RESIDENCY INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMEMPHIS RIVER PARKS PARTNERSHIP INC: $26,150 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOTTON MUSEUM INC: $25,600 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Inter-Faith Association: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMPHIS LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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…Jr Hyde III Family Fo…Thomas W Briggs Found…The Kemmons Wilson Fa…Baptist Memorial Heal…The Assisi Foundation…The Hohenberg Foundat…United Way of the Mid…Jewish Foundation of …The Day FoundationLichterman Loewenberg…
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis IncTN34.9× affinity15 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 · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation · The Assisi Foundation of Memphis Inc · The Hohenberg Foundation Inc · United Way of the Mid South · Jewish Foundation of Memphis · The Day Foundation · Lichterman Loewenberg 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 The Turley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Turley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Turley Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Turley Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 26 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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