Funding search · EIN 261565007 · Memphis, TN

Formanek Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

72
grants reported
$22.7M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$187,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

promotethroughchildrenhealthmemphiseducationprovisiontennessee

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Top recipients

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  • Youth Villages3 grants · $3.3M
  • Brooks Museum3 grants · $3.0M
  • State Collaborative On Reforming Education (Tn Score)3 grants · $2.3M
  • Church Health Center3 grants · $2.3M
  • Riverfront Development3 grants · $1.8M
  • Muso3 grants · $1.2M
  • Alliance Foundation1 grant · $1.0M
  • Just City3 grants · $866,000
  • Healthy Learners3 grants · $750,000
  • Jacaranda Health3 grants · $750,000

Giving over time

$7.7M
2022
$7.4M
2023
$7.6M
2024

Grant history

All 72 reported grants, largest first.

  • $1.8M

    State Collaborative On Reforming Education (Tn Score) · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To promote public education and academic progress for tennessee students from kindergarten through career

  • $1.3M

    Youth Villages · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To support programs that will serve both children in need as well as their parents

  • $1.0M

    Brooks Museum · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To promote the provision of visual art medium through diverse exhibits

  • $1.0M

    Alliance Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To support the efforts of alliance healthcare services in serving the mental health care needs of the memphis community

  • $1.0M

    Brooks Museum · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To promote the provision of visual art medium through diverse exhibits

  • $1.0M

    Youth Villages · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To support programs that will serve both children in need as well as their parents

  • $1.0M

    Brooks Museum · Memphis, TN · 2022

    To promote the provision of visual art medium through diverse exhibits

  • $1.0M

    Church Health Center · Memphis, TN · 2022

    To support the provision of health care for underinsured people

  • $1.0M

    Youth Villages · Memphis, TN · 2022

    To support programs that will serve both children in need as well as their parents

  • $750,000

    Church Health Center · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To support the provision of health care for underinsured people

  • $600,000

    Riverfront Development · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To promote the transformative power of the mississippi by supporting public events on the river.

  • $600,000

    Riverfront Development · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To promote the transformative power of the mississippi by supporting public events on the river.

  • $600,000

    Riverfront Development · Memphis, TN · 2022

    To promote the transformative power of the mississippi by supporting public events on the river.

  • $500,000

    Church Health Center · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To support the provision of health care for underinsured people

  • $497,316

    State Collaborative On Reforming Education (Tn Score) · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To promote public education and academic progress for tennessee students from kindergarten through career

  • $466,000

    Just City · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To advance policies and programs for disadvantaged persons in criminal justice system focusing on expungement and bail

  • $400,000

    Muso · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To promote effort to eliminate preventable deaths rooted in poverty

  • $400,000

    Pure Academy · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To develop young men for lifelong success by providing a comprehensive education within a supportive boarding school environment

  • $400,000

    Muso · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    To promote effort to eliminate preventable deaths rooted in poverty

  • $400,000

    Muso · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    To promote effort to eliminate preventable deaths rooted in poverty

  • $300,000

    Lwala · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To unlock the potential of communities to advance their own comprehensive well-being

  • $299,906

    Kcdc (Kyaninga Child Development Centre) · 2023

    To support the efforts to provide medical, therapeutic, educational and social services in western uganda

  • $281,825

    Aspetuck Land Trust · Westport, CT · 2023

    To support the environmental activities of the land trust in saving and maintaining land and plant natives

  • $275,000

    Integrate Health · Brunswick, ME · 2022

    To help remove children's health barriers to learning

  • $250,000

    Healthy Learners · Columbia, SC · 2024

    To improve the health of children through school-based community in zambia

  • $250,000

    Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To provide hope, training, and support to previously incarcerated and formerly gang involved men and women, allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of our community

  • $250,000

    Jacaranda Health · 2024

    To help reach under-served mothers and babies through government hospitals

  • $250,000

    Healthy Learners · Columbia, SC · 2023

    To improve the health of children through school-based community in zambia

  • $250,000

    Jacaranda Health · 2023

    To help reach under-served mothers and babies through government hospitals

  • $250,000

    Healthy Learners · Columbia, SC · 2022

    To promote the provision of medical, dental, and vision care for students living in proverty in sc

  • $250,000

    Jacaranda Health · 2022

    To help reach under-served mothers and babies through government hospitals

  • $213,000

    Earth Enable · 2022

    To install earthern sealed floors over dirt floors of persons living in proverty in order to promote the health and improve living conditions.

  • $200,000

    Integrate Health · Brunswick, ME · 2024

    To help remove children's health barriers to learning

  • $200,000

    Integrate Health · Brunswick, ME · 2023

    To help remove children's health barriers to learning

  • $200,000

    Just City · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To advance policies and programs for disadvantaged persons in criminal justice system focusing on expungement and bail

  • $200,000

    Just City · Memphis, TN · 2022

    To advance policies and programs for disadvantaged persons in criminal justice system focusing pn expungement and bail

  • $175,000

    Ceo Works · New York, NY · 2024

    To support comprehensive employment access for newly released inmates from tennessee prisons and correction centers

  • $165,000

    Community Lift · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To improve memphis by the revival of its disinvested neighborhoods

  • $165,000

    Community Lift · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To improve memphis by the revival of its disinvested neighborhoods

  • $165,000

    Community Lift · Memphis, TN · 2022

    To improve memphis by the revival of its disinvested neighborhoods

  • $157,927

    Tntp · New York City, NY · 2024

    To transform education so every young person thrives

  • $150,000

    Kcdc (Kyaninga Child Development Centre) · 2024

    To support the efforts to provide medical, therapeutic, educational and social services in western uganda

  • $137,277

    Le Bonheur Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To support the work of the hospital in the services provided children, its research in pediatric medicine, and training physicians

  • $133,387

    Le Bonheur Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To support the work of the hospital in the services provided children, its research in pediatric medicine, and training physicians

  • $125,000

    Ceo Works · New York, NY · 2023

    To support comprehensive employment access for newly released inmates from tennessee prisons and correction centers

  • $106,000

    Tennessee Innocence Project · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To promote the investigation and litigation of persons with evidence of actual innocence

  • $106,000

    Tennessee Innocence Project · Nashville, TN · 2023

    To promote the investigation and litigation of persons with evidence of actual innocence

  • $106,000

    Tennessee Innocence Project · Nashville, TN · 2022

    To promote the investigation and litigation of persons with evidence of actual innocence

  • $100,000

    Protect Our Aquifer · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To support the protection and preservation of the memphis sand aquifer

  • $100,000

    E Fay Jones Conservancy · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To support architectural education

  • $100,000

    Protect Our Aquifer · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To support the protection and preservation of the memphis sand aquifer

  • $100,000

    E Fay Jones Conservancy · Memphis, TN · 2022

    To support architectural education

  • $100,000

    Protect Our Aquifer · Memphis, TN · 2022

    To support the protection and preservation of the memphis sand aquifer

  • $86,240

    St Francis Uganda · 2023

    To create economic opportunities among adolescent girls and young women in four (4) districts in central and eastern uganda

  • $86,239

    St Francis Uganda · 2024

    To create economic opportunities among adolescent girls and young women in four (4) districts in central and eastern uganda

  • $75,000

    Educate · Denver, CO · 2024

    To prepare youth in africa with the skills to succeed in today's economy

  • $75,000

    Ceo Works · New York, NY · 2022

    To support comprehensive employment access for newly released inmates from ny prison and correction centers

  • $65,000

    Oso · 2024

    To provide vulnerable young women with the holistic skills, tools and resources they need to create sustainable livelihoods in design and ethical fashion

  • $62,500

    Sasamani Foundation · Old Mystic, CT · 2024

    To support gender equality in educational and employment opportunities

  • $50,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

    To promote the provision of medical services to people in crisis

  • $50,000

    Sasamani Foundation · Old Mystic, CT · 2023

    To support gender equality in educational and employment opportunities

  • $50,000

    Archer School for Girls · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    To promote and expand the learning experience of girls intellectually and emotionally.

  • $50,000

    Sasamani Foundation · Old Mystic, CT · 2022

    To support gender equality in educational and employment opportunities

  • $40,000

    St Mary'S Parish Soup Kitchen · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To provide food for the poor and homeless in memphis, tennessee

  • $40,000

    St Mary'S Parish Soup Kitchen · Memphis, TN · 2023

    To provide food for the poor and homeless in memphis, tennessee

  • $40,000

    St Mary'S Parish Soup Kitchen · Memphis, TN · 2022

    To provide food for the poor and homeless in memphis, tennessee

  • $38,128

    State Collaborative On Reforming Education (Tn Score) · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To promote public education and academic progress for tennessee students from kindergarten through career

  • $37,500

    Tn Career Academy · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To be the top-rated provider of world-ready graduates in the south by combining high-performance core curriculum with career-focused training and experiences

  • $30,000

    St Matthew'S Parish School · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2022

    To support the episcopal pre-school through 8th grade education and religious training of children

  • $20,000

    Asset Funders Network · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To advance equitable wealth building and economic mobility

  • $20,000

    Overton Park Shell · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To build community through free music and education, finding common ground in a diverse audience

  • $-33,846

    Earth Enable · 2024

    To solve the housing crisis in africa through our sustainable, affordable, and healthy home solutions

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