Memphis Jewish Federation
Memphis, TN · EIN 62-0475747. Reported 59 grants totalling $6,386,619 to 43 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 Memphis Jewish Federation, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T700).
- How spread out its giving is. 43 distinct organizations, with 27% 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. 0% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 1 year-to-year transition. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $40,000. Half of what it reported fell between $15,438 and $103,216; the smallest was $5,610 and the largest $959,703. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Jewish Federations of North America Inc | New York, NY | $1,730,285 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Foundation of North America | New York, NY | $959,703 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Memphis Jewish Community Center | Memphis, TN | $630,090 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family Services | Germantown, TN | $411,415 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Margolin Hebrew Academy-Yeshiva of the South | Memphis, TN | $408,102 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bnai Brith Home & Hospital for the Aged Inc | Cordova, TN | $400,808 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bomblum Jewish Community School Inc | Memphis, TN | $203,338 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Margolin Hewbrew Academy | Memphis, TN | $166,526 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jewish Agency for Israel-North American Council | New York, NY | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bornblum Jewish Community School | Memphis, TN | $103,216 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Memphis Jewish Home | Cordova, TN | $103,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jewish Family Service | Memphis, TN | $93,480 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Temple Israel Religious School & Kindergarten | Memphis, TN | $92,137 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family Services of St Louis | Saint Louis, MO | $87,953 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Caleb Global | Thompsons Stn, TN | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jdc (celeb) | New York, NY | $68,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Memphis Jewish Housing Development Corp | Memphis, TN | $57,158 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kollel of Memphis | Memphis, TN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kollel Torah Mitzion | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jewish Agency for Israel | New York, NY | $47,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Plough Towers Fund Inc | Memphis, TN | $41,589 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| B'nai B'rith Youth Organization | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bnai Brith Youth Organization | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Plough Towers | Memphis, TN | $39,621 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bnai Brith Youth Organization Inc | Washington, DC | $33,333 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Childrens Regional Service | Metairie, LA | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | New York, NY | $32,615 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Temple Israel | Dayton, OH | $28,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Temple Israel | Memphis, TN | $28,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Facing History & Ourselves Inc | Boston, MA | $28,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wupjthe Jewish People Educ Ctr | New York, NY | $28,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Union for Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $28,050 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism | New York, NY | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The World Union for Progressive Judaism Ltd | New York, NY | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israel Experience | New Rochelle, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Ort Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Childrens Region Services | Metairie, LA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Memphis Friends of Israel | Memphis, TN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harold Grinspoon Foundation | Agawam, MA | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Facing History | Memphis, TN | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ramah Darom Inc | Atlanta, GA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Israel Scouts Inc | New York, NY | $6,140 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ncsy Nation Office | New York, NY | $5,610 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
8 of 43 (19%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 15 of 43 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 | 15 | $2,073,691 | $47,000 |
| 2021 | 18 | $2,036,853 | $45,794 |
| 2023 | 26 | $2,276,075 | $30,300 |
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
48% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
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 $40,000 -- 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 New York.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Memphis Jewish Federation'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: 6560 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN, 38138.
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