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Triumph Community Development Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$129k
Granted FY2021
12
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2021.

Education$336kYouth Development$122kHousing & Shelter$103kHuman Services$72kFood & Nutrition$41kCommunity Improvement$41kHealth$31kReligion$11kOther$0
02FY2021 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $110k
$10,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Advance Memphis$16,350
Binghampton Christian Academy$15,500
Angel Street$15,500
Schoolseed Foundation$10,500
Branch of Nashville Inc$10,500
Monroe Harding Inc$10,500
Junior League of Memphis$10,500
United Way of the MidSouth$10,500
Visible Music College$10,500
MMC-TADP Inc$8,000
The Arc Tennessee$5,500
Salvation Army Memphis Area Command$5,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–21, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%The Arc Tennessee: $6k → 14%DeNeuville Learning Center: $5k → 17%Neighborhood Christian Centers Inc: $500 → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$549k · 14 repeat orgs$232k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2021, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
13

Total granted

$549k
$195k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+19%

Still filing today

86%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
    Binghampton Christian Academy Inc
    5× · 2017–2021 · $105k · revenue +19%
  • AS
    ANGEL STREET INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $48k · revenue +16%
  • MH
    MONROE HARDING INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $32k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • Teach for America Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +1%
  • FC
    Frayser Community Dev Corp
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • RM
    Redzone Ministries Memphis
    one grant, 2020 · $11k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
One Family Memphis
Human Services
2
Warriors Center Memphis

Warriors Center Memphis is dedicated to assisting men overcome issues related to substance abuse and/or homelessness. We meet the needs of men such as clothing, shelter, education, job training and rehabilitation.

Housing & Shelter
3
The Collective Blueprint

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

Employment
4
Nashville Inner City Ministry Inc

Nashville inner city ministry is a christ-centered community organization dedicated to empowering the spiritual, educational and vocational development of at-risk youth and their families.

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5
Sanctuary Counseling Center

The sanctuary counseling center provides affordable counseling to full-time vocational ministry workers and their families in memphis.

Health
6
Memphis Recovery Centers Inc

Memphis recovery centers, inc. (mrc) provides compassionate treatment services for youth and adults suffering from substance addiction and co-occurring disorders, utilizing professional methods to improve spiritual, physical, emotional,…

Health
7
Methodist Foundation of Mississippi Inc

The foundation exists to cultivate and administer current and deferred gifts for the benefit of ms united methodist related institutions, agencies, local churches, and other ministries for charitable purposes and support and to educate…

Religion
8
Mission Mississippi

To encourage and demonstrate grace in the body of christ across racial lines, so that communities throughout mississippi can see practical evidence of the gospel message.

Civil Rights
9
Kings Academy Nashville

King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.

Education
10
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis Inc

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis, Inc. sees a world where every family has what they need to ensure the best health outcomes for their children. They provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and…

Health
11
Mercy Housing & Human Development

Empowered by the belief that all people have basic rights to dignity and compassion, our mission at mercy housing and human development is to recognize the need for sustainable, affordable housing for low-wealth families of south…

Human Services
12
Methodist Medical Center

Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Neighborhood Christian Centers Inc and the most unlike its peers is Cancer Card Xchange. 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

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Binghampton Christian Academy Inc — $104,665 · OtherBinghampton Christian Academy IncMONROE HARDING INC — $32,000 · OtherMONROE HARDING INCSalvation Army Memphis Area Command — $32,000 · OtherSalvation Army Memphis Area CommandFrayser Community Dev Corp — $25,000 · OtherFrayser Community Dev CorpMMC-TADP Inc — $24,500 · OtherMMC-TADP IncTHE BRANCH OF NASHVILLE INC — $21,000 · OtherTHE BRANCH OF NASHVILLE INCRedzone Ministries Memphis — $10,500 · OtherThe Salvation Army of Memphis — $10,500 · OtherJunior League of Memphis — $16,000 · OtherJunior League of Memphis+5 more — $22,650 · Other+5 moreTeach for America Inc — $100,000 · EducationTeach for America IncADVANCE MEMPHIS — $62,600 · EducationADVANCE MEMPHISCARPENTER ART GARDEN — $27,500 · EducationCARPENTER ART GARDENVISIBLE MUSIC COLLEGE — $10,500 · EducationCHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY — $10,500 · EducationARISE2READ INC — $10,000 · EducationFRAYSER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $82,500 · Housing & ShelterFRAYSER COMMUN…MEMPHIS UNION MISSON — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterMEMPHIS UNION …STREETS MINISTRIES INC — $42,721 · Human ServicesSTREETS MI…PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN — $16,200 · Human ServicesPALMER HOM…The Arc of Tennessee Inc — $5,500 · Human ServicesThe Arc of…HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD OF MEMPHIS — $5,050 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF T…+1 more — $500 · Human ServicesANGEL STREET INC — $47,500 · Youth DevelopmentUNITED WAY OF THE MID SOUTH — $10,500 · PhilanthropySchoolSeed Foundation — $10,500 · PhilanthropyMID-SOUTH FOOD BANK — $20,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$298,815Education$221,100Housing & Shelter$102,500Human Services$69,971Youth Development$47,500Philanthropy$21,000Food & Nutrition$20,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBinghampton Christian Academy Inc — $104,665 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRAYSER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $82,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetADVANCE MEMPHIS — $62,600 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetANGEL STREET INC — $47,500 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetSTREETS MINISTRIES INC — $42,721 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetMONROE HARDING INC — $32,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCARPENTER ART GARDEN — $27,500 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetTHE BRANCH OF NASHVILLE INC — $21,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMEMPHIS UNION MISSON — $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMID-SOUTH FOOD BANK — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN — $16,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJunior League of Memphis — $16,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MID SOUTH — $10,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVISIBLE MUSIC COLLEGE — $10,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSchoolSeed Foundation — $10,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY — $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc of Tennessee Inc — $5,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD OF MEMPHIS — $5,050 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN CENTERS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Christian Community F…United Way of the Mid…Crews Family Foundati…Thomas W Briggs Found…The Kemmons Wilson Fa…The Urban Child Insti…Speer Charitable TrustWiseheart Foundation …Jr Hyde III Family Fo…The Day FoundationWomen's Foundation fo…
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis IncTN32.4× affinity14 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 · United Way of the Mid South · Crews Family Foundation · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · The Urban Child Institute · Speer Charitable Trust · Wiseheart Foundation Inc · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · The Day Foundation · Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Triumph Community Development Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your 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
    13report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Triumph Community Development Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Triumph Community Development 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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