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Memphis for All

Memphis for All (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $238,000 to it, the largest being ACTION TN ($88,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$485k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$238k
Net assets
$92k
1/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 22%
01What it does

What Memphis for All does

Mission

To build a cross-class multi-racial progressive alliance, by combining integrated voter engagement, distributive organization, and sustained leadership development.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Memphis for All is addressing the significant infrastructure gap in Memphis, by building consistent voter contact and organizing, issuing and implementing enagagement programs to register, organize, and mobilize thousands of voters accross Memphis.

    $186,475 spent$484,634 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $186,475.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($63k) Expenses 100 ($18k) Net assets 100 ($49k)2021 Revenue 360 ($226k) Expenses 62 ($11k) Net assets 534 ($264k)2022 Revenue 592 ($372k) Expenses 1610 ($295k) Net assets 685 ($339k)2023 Revenue 198 ($124k) Expenses 2009 ($368k) Net assets 187 ($92k)2024 Revenue 773 ($485k) Expenses 2652 ($485k) Net assets 186 ($92k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (773)Expenses (2652)Net assets (186)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $349k to $95k (−73%).

$53k
$264k
$349k
$95k
$102k
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 100% · 2023 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of Memphis for All’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,975 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$44k
’20
$215k
’21
$77k
’22
−$243k
’23
−$557
’24
0.3
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

2021202220232024
Listed10888
Joined·+0+0+0
No longer listed·200
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.

Funder
'20
'21
'23
'24*
total
Action Tnidentity?
$88k
funders
1
1
1
2

From the IRS filings of Memphis for All’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Memphis for All leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Memphis for All.

37%
largest funder
96%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

Memphis for All draws 63% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 4 states in all.

NY
CA
TN
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’23
Tennessee out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Memphis for All has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,798 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−0% · below the median
Months of reserve0.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)67% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Memphis for All

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

38% of spending goes to programs.

Program 38%Management 62%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Memphis for All Education Fund · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Memphis for All?
Memphis for All (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $238,000 to it, the largest being ACTION TN ($88,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Memphis for All have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $238,000 in grants to Memphis for All, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Memphis for All?
ACTION TN is the largest funder on record, with $88,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Memphis for All find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing