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Memphis foundations

There are 579 foundations and grantmaking organizations in the greater Memphis metro area. Combined, these Memphis metro foundations employ 913 people, earn more than $693 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $4 billion.
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Types of foundations in Memphis

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
421
 
$230,764,695
Grantmaking public charity foundations
 
75
 
$428,038,244
Community foundations
 
17
 
$294,184,077
Organizations supporting multiple foundations
 
13
 
$34,658
Organizations supporting a single foundation
 
4
 
$15,063,805
Corporate foundations
 
4
 
$3,832,093
Foundation alliances and advocates
 
2
 
$24,539
Foundation professional societies
 
1
 
$263,690
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Job trends for Memphis foundations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
232
1-10
 
20
11-25
 
5
26-100
 
1
101 to 1,000
 
2
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of foundations in Memphis

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
213
$250k to $1M
 
32
$1M to $5M
 
25
$5M to $25M
 
18
$25M to $100M
 
3
$100M+
 
2
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Directory of foundations in Memphis

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1-20 of 579

Fleetwood Foundation

The Fleetwood Foundation is a private foundation located in Memphis, TN. Last year, it awarded $1,560,000 in grants. It has $38,924,318 in total assets.
Revenue
$5.6m
Assets
$45.2m
Employees
0
EIN
27-5486698
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation

The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation is a private foundation that primarily funds general operating expenses. In recent years, it has made a number of grants to various charities, including the University of Memphis Foundation.
Revenue
$7.7m
Assets
$39.8m
Employees
2
EIN
62-6046687
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Pyramid Peak Foundation

The Pyramid Peak Foundation is a private foundation that supports grantees that are Community ran or Greater Memphis. It is located in Memphis, TN and is supported by O. Mason Hawkins.
Revenue
$9.0m
Assets
$150.9m
Employees
3
EIN
45-3444341
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Community Foundation of Greater Memphis

The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis is a grantmaking foundation that administers more than 900 charitable funds. Founded in 1969, the foundation is among the 50 largest of more than 600 community foundations in the United States.
Revenue
$171.4m
Assets
$953.1m
Employees
20
EIN
58-1723645
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Christian Community Foundation of Memphis

Christian foundation that serves donors in the Mid-South by recommending grants to various secular, educational, and Christian charitable organizations.
Revenue
$112.2m
Assets
$218.6m
Employees
4
EIN
62-1752885
IRS type
501(c)(3)

JR Hyde Iii Family Foundation

The J R Hyde III Family Foundation is a private foundation located in Memphis, TN. It made $17,000,778 in annual grants last year and has total assets of $178,358,886.
Revenue
$24.9m
Assets
$256.5m
Employees
15
EIN
62-1512725
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi

Connecting people who care with causes that matter in an 11-county area through endowed funds and initiatives like Feed Northwest Mississippi.
Revenue
$10.1m
Assets
$48.6m
Employees
11
EIN
94-3421724
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Day Foundation

The Day Foundation is a private foundation located in Memphis, TN. Last year, the foundation made 29 grants, and its grantees include Youth Villages. The foundation's trustees are J Richard Buchignani, William G Griesbeck, and C Thomas Whitman.
Revenue
$28.0m
Assets
$151.8m
Employees
3
EIN
64-6025122
IRS type
501(c)(3)

First Horizon Foundation

The First Horizon Foundation is a private foundation located in Memphis, TN that gave $8,372,098 in grants last year. It has $39,025,437 in assets.
Revenue
$11.6m
Assets
$55.2m
Employees
0
EIN
62-1533987
IRS type
501(c)(3)

United Way of the Mid-South

Improving the quality of life for Mid-Southerners by mobilizing and aligning community resources to address priority issues.
Revenue
$11.9m
Assets
$17.1m
Employees
96
EIN
56-1010742
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Formanek Foundation

The Formanek Foundation is a private foundation that primarily funds to promote public education and academic progress for Tennessee students, to provide healthcare to the underinsured working people, and made 41 grants last year.
Revenue
$21.3m
Assets
$155.4m
Employees
1
EIN
26-1565007
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation

Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation's purpose is helping achieve and maintain the highest level of care in the Mid-South from birth to end-of-life care.
Revenue
$47.5m
Assets
$737.2m
Employees
11
EIN
58-1544781
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Delta Regional Foundation

The Delta Regional Foundation is a corporate foundation in Olive Branch, MS, funding education and programs, with grantees including Delta State University FDN Inc.
Revenue
$7.8m
Assets
$1.4m
Employees
0
EIN
64-0917739
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Camellia Foundation

Camellia Foundation provides medical services & education to underserved communities globally through physician training programs & operating clinics in Memphis, TN.
Revenue
$8.2m
Assets
$1.6m
Employees
101
EIN
31-1692697
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Stern Cardiovascular Foundation

Stern provides quality medical healthcare services to all patients regardless of race, socioeconomic status, and location through geographically dispersed clinics.
Revenue
$61.3m
Assets
$17.8m
Employees
595
EIN
27-4396698
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Maddox Foundation

The Maddox Foundation is a private foundation based in Hernando, MS that provides grants to organizations such as the Community Foundation Of Northwest MS. The Maddox Foundation made $1,652,775 in grants last year.
Revenue
$7.3m
Assets
$5.1m
Employees
0
EIN
64-0917900
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Martin Family Foundation

Assists Memphis charitable mission, accepting property for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational use in and for Shelby County.
Revenue
$14.6m
Assets
$25.8m
Employees
0
EIN
83-1489207
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation

The Bob and Susan Wilson Foundation is a family foundation of the Wilson family located in Memphis, TN, with trustees Robert A Wilson, Susan C Wilson, and Cecil E Carney III.
Revenue
$11.0m
Assets
$10.5m
Employees
0
EIN
88-1347272
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Great Oaks Foundation

The Great Oaks Foundation is a private foundation that primarily funds various organizations, including Fidelity Charitable and others. Last year, the foundation made 11 grants and it is located in Memphis, TN.
Revenue
$19.5m
Assets
$27.8m
Employees
0
EIN
58-6163005
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The McDonnell Family Foundation

The The Mcdonnell Family Foundation made eight grants last year to Church Of The Holy Communion, located in Memphis, TN. Michael Mcdonnell is the supported for this private foundation.
Revenue
$6.9m
Assets
$133.2m
Employees
0
EIN
46-1448238
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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