Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis
Memphis, TN · EIN 58-2207247. Reported 184 grants totalling $5,939,223 to 68 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis, the IRS classifies it under human services rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE P20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 68 distinct organizations, with 8% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 88% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $15,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $225,934. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rise Memphis Inc | Memphis, TN | $471,383 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Knowledge Quest Inc | Memphis, TN | $420,934 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Urban Strategies Inc | Saint Louis, MO | $333,333 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southwest Tennessee Community College Foundation | Memphis, TN | $315,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Memphis Projects | Memphis, TN | $259,512 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Seeding Success | Memphis, TN | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Advance Memphis | Memphis, TN | $200,130 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Inter-Faith Assoc | Memphis, TN | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Memphis (herffgee Here) | Memphis, TN | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Young Womens Christian Association of Memphis Tenn | Memphis, TN | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Porter Leath | Memphis, TN | $143,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| A Step Ahead Foundation | Memphis, TN | $128,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Karat Place Inc | Memphis, TN | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Memphis Inner City Rugby | Memphis, TN | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Families Matter | Memphis, TN | $118,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis | Memphis, TN | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Emmanuel Center Inc | Memphis, TN | $112,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Girls Incorporated of Memphis | Memphis, TN | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Vance Ave Youth Development Center | Memphis, TN | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lemoyne-Owen College | Memphis, TN | $107,643 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Early Success Coalition | Memphis, TN | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Streets Ministries | Memphis, TN | $103,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Christian Centers Inc | Memphis, TN | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Memphiscrep | Memphis, TN | $90,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New Ballet Ensemble | Memphis, TN | $90,368 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hopeworks Inc | Memphis, TN | $88,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Memphis Urban League Inc | Memphis, TN | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Legal Center | Memphis, TN | $79,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| All Memphis | Memphis, TN | $77,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dress for Success Memphis | Memphis, TN | $73,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kids in Technology Inc | Memphis, TN | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hope House Day Care Center Inc | Memphis, TN | $63,150 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Codecrew | Memphis, TN | $60,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Booker T Washington School | Memphis, TN | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts Heart of the South | Memphis, TN | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New York Women's Foundation | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Memphis Research Foundation | Memphis, TN | $57,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement of Memphis | Memphis, TN | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| House of the Good Shepherd of Memphis | Memphis, TN | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Memphis Challenge | Memphis, TN | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mustard Seed Inc | Memphis, TN | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Score Cdc | Memphis, TN | $46,854 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Start Co | Memphis, TN | $46,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jiff | Memphis, TN | $43,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Women of Color Collaborative | Nashville, TN | $42,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Movement Strategy Center (shelectrcity) | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Room in the Inn | Memphis, TN | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Memphis, TN | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Memphis Black Arts Alliance Inc | Memphis, TN | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Memphis Challenge | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Thistle and Bee | Memphis, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Memphis Housing Authority-Mha | Memphis, TN | $18,291 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Memphis Alliance | Memphis, TN | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mid-South Food Bank | Memphis, TN | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| 3LF Entertainment | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neshoba Community Resource Center | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| Shelectricity | Memphis, TN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Angel Street Inc | Cordova, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Family Search - Uga | Memphis, TN | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Center for Family Research - Uga | Athens, GA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women's Fund of Greater Chattanooga | Chattanooga, TN | $5,225 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority | Memphis, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Delta Sigma Theta Sorority | Memphis, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Links Inc Memphis Chapter | Memphis, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Links Inc River City Chapter | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Links Inc Shelby County Chapter | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Memphis Area Women's Council | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
48 of 68 (71%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 19 of 68 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 45 | $1,083,984 | $25,000 |
| 2021 | 43 | $1,318,639 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 46 | $1,866,581 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 50 | $1,670,019 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
92% of its giving went to organizations in Tennessee. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $25,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Tennessee.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 40 South Main Street 2280, Memphis, TN, 38103.
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