EIN 58-1715927

Memphis Leadership Foundation (MLF)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
208
Year formed
1986
Most recent tax filings
2021-09-01
Description
The Memphis Leadership Foundation (MLF), a 501(c)(3) non-denominational outreach ministry, empowers urban under-resourced men, women, and children through creative, effective, and innovative ministry and leadership.
Total revenues
$7,362,693
2021
Total expenses
$6,772,347
2021
Total assets
$2,752,638
2021
Num. employees
208
2021

Program areas at MLF

Economic opportunities ("ecop") provides job training and placement ministry for men and women who have significant barriers to entering the job market. Over the last 20 years, this ministry has put over 2,000 people back to work, many of them ex-offenders. Impact: 100-125 ex-offenders per year.
Las americas ("las") is a youth outreach ministry designed for latino youth living in the hickory hill area of Memphis. Outreach clubs, bible study and after school educational programs reach over 150 young people weekly.
Restore corps ("rc") in cooperation with Tennessee bureau of investigation and local law enforcement, engages teens and/or adults who are victims of sex trafficking by providing access to social services, counseling, transportation, housing, food, clothing and an opportunity to hear the gospel.
Other general ministries providing discipleship of christian principles to various groups of at risk urban youth and adults including the following specific ministries: *heart to heart ("h2h")h2h is a partnership with youth villages to provide an on-site coordinator for their spiritual life program. More than 350 youth in residential treatment have the opportunity to participate in weekly chapel, bible study and worship services. *christ fellowship ("cf")cf exists to foster positive changes in the life of at risk youth by going where kids are, building positive christ centered relationships, volunteering in schools, providing after school programming and engaging them in various enrichment activities in order to advance the kingdom of god against the darkness of this world by loving god, embodying god's love for each-other and proclaiming god's love to the world in word and deed. *refugee empowerment program ("rep")rep addresses the unique needs and concerns of the refugee population of Memphis, Tennessee through innovative empowerment programs and creative community outreach. *transportation ministry ("tm") the transportation ministry provides transportation services to Memphis Leadership Foundation and its partner/affiliate ministries in buses and large vans transporting youth served by mlf ministries to after-school and weekend activities throughout the city. The services are provided on a contract usage basis from a third party professional transportation service. Approximate number of youth served and transported considered to be 200,000. *901 bloc ("901")the 901 is a street intervention team which was created to counteract violence by intervening with a relational approach in communities such as frayser, orange mound, south Memphis and the mount moriah corridor. The Memphis approach is modeled after successful programs in other urban communities around the country and has three primary functions: 1) case management and regular contact with at-risk youth, 2) responding to acts of violence to prevent retaliation and 3) pre-emptive diplomacy to de-escalate potentially violent situations in the community. *other ministries & shared costs- excel leadership/scholarship program ("excel")excel is a Leadership and scholarship opportunity program for inner city youth. Students receive scholarships from union university, bethel university or christian brothers university to help defray education costs and are given a mentor for the duration of their college education. Virtually all of the students are first generation college students in their families.- the cooperative computer ministry ("ccm")the ccm trains urban youth in computer literacy by providing support services to small urban churches and underserved families in urban Memphis.- Leadership development ("ld")ld offers two separate year-long training workshops to urban ministry leaders and pastors: (1) urban arrow teaches Leadership and management training. (2) transformational giving teaches biblical fundraising and equips with various strategies and opportunities.- community bikes of Memphis ("cbm")cbm works with existing organizations in underserved neighborhoods to provide youth and adults with access to bicycling.- ezra52 ("ezra")ezra is a housing rehabilitation program that trains refugees in the residential construction trades.- clayborn temple restoration project ("ctrp") the ctrp was formed to restore the old clayborn temple to be utilized as a worshipping, gathering, working place and symbol for the new Memphis that is growing within the city, particularly the downtown Memphis area. Total served for these various programs is approximately 12,000.

Who funds Memphis Leadership Foundation (MLF)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and the Mid-SouthProgram Support$1,038,105
Community Foundation of Greater MemphisGeneral Operational Support$108,020
Leadership Foundations of AmericaMentoring and Training$104,292
...and 11 more grants received

Personnel at MLF

NameTitleCompensation
Anthony BranchPresident and Chief Operating Officer / Chief Executive Officer / Chief Operating Officer / Vice President$90,631
Shawn TaylorChief Financial Officer$80,681
Ramsay ClarkDirector of Development / Director of Advancement
Melanie KingDonor Database Manager
Laura BellHuman Resource Manager
...and 11 more key personnel

Financials for MLF

RevenuesFYE 09/2021
Total grants, contributions, etc.$5,592,592
Program services$1,736,649
Investment income and dividends$580
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$32,872
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$7,362,693

Form 990s for MLF

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2021-092022-08-15990View PDF
2020-092021-09-03990View PDF
2019-092021-04-06990View PDF
2018-092019-10-19990View PDF
2017-092018-11-15990View PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s

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Data update history
May 9, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $10,000 from Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation
August 2, 2022
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $25,000 from Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation
July 20, 2022
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
January 6, 2022
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
December 29, 2021
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsYouth development programsHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
EducationHuman servicesChildren
Characteristics
Partially liquidatedState / local levelReceives government fundingTax deductible donations
General information
Address
2400 Poplar Ave No 318
Memphis, TN 38112
Metro area
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
County
Shelby County, TN
Website URL
mlfonline.org/ 
Phone
(901) 729-2931
Facebook page
MemphisLeadershipFoundation 
Twitter profile
@memphislf 
IRS details
EIN
58-1715927
Fiscal year end
September
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1986
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
O55: Youth Development-Religious Leadership
NAICS code, primary
813211: Grantmaking Foundations
Parent/child status
Central organization
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