Tennessee · Nonprofit
MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION
MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION (Tennessee) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,809,837 to it, the largest being PLOUGH FOUNDATION ($891,666). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Memphisshelby Crime Commission does
Mission
Memphis shelby crime commission acts as a catalyst to bring agencies together to focus on innovative crime prevention methods.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In partnership with government, community, and the private sector, the memphis shelby crime commission implements strategies to reduce crime.
$1,016,103 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,016,103.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $3.5M to $2.1M (−41%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
101% of MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $342k → $51k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.7M from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Memphis Tomorrow). These are real filings, and they are not money MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION raised.
From the IRS filings of MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION’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
MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 99% · 2019 86% · 2020 69% · 2021 40% · 2022 76% · 2023 98% — 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.
How long its funders stay
63% of MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $283k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 793 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION?
- MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION (Tennessee) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,809,837 to it, the largest being PLOUGH FOUNDATION ($891,666). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,809,837 in grants to MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION?
- PLOUGH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $891,666 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEMPHISSHELBY CRIME COMMISSION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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