Funding search · EIN 473660677 · Memphis, TN
Memphis Education Fund
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 102
- grants reported
- $18.9M
- total given
- 2021–2025
- filing years
- $125,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Memphis Lift5 grants · $1.9M
- City Year Memphis2 grants · $1.8M
- Tennessee Charter School Center6 grants · $1.7M
- Teach Like a Champion4 grants · $1.5M
- Education Reform Now5 grants · $1.4M
- Education Trust - Southeast5 grants · $1.3M
- Literacy Mid-South2 grants · $1.0M
- Peer Power Foundation2 grants · $972,207
- Man Up Teacher Fellowship3 grants · $850,000
- Tn Can5 grants · $800,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 102 grants.
- $900,000
City Year Memphis · Boston, MA · 2024
Educational support
- $883,000
City Year Memphis · Boston, MA · 2025
Educational support
- $670,374
Literacy Mid-South · Memphis, TN · 2025
Educational support
- $600,000
Reach University · Oakland, CA · 2024
Educational support
- $591,693
Peer Power Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2025
Educational support
- $500,000
Tennessee Charter School Center · Nashville, TN · 2021
Educational support
- $448,147
Teach Like a Champion · New York, NY · 2024
Educational support
- $415,000
New Leaders · New York, NY · 2021
Educational support
- $400,000
Man Up Teacher Fellowship · Memphis, TN · 2025
Educational support
- $400,000
Memphis Lift · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $400,000
Memphis Lift · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $400,000
Tennessee Charter School Center · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $400,000
Tennessee Charter School Center · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $400,000
Education Trust - Southeast · Washington, DC · 2021
Educational support
- $400,000
Memphis Lift · Memphis, TN · 2021
Educational support
- $392,211
Teach Like a Champion · New York, NY · 2025
Educational support
- $380,514
Peer Power Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2024
Educational support
- $365,625
Literacy Mid-South · Memphis, TN · 2024
Educational support
- $350,000
Memphis Lift · Memphis, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $350,000
Memphis Lift · Memphis, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $350,000
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2021
Educational support
- $326,000
Teach Like a Champion · New York, NY · 2023
Educational support
- $326,000
Teach Like a Champion · New York, NY · 2023
Educational support
- $300,000
Man Up Teacher Fellowship · Memphis, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $300,000
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2022
Educational support
- $300,000
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2022
Educational support
- $300,000
Leadership for Educational Equity · Memphis, TN · 2021
Educational support
- $285,000
Onyourmark · San Diego, CA · 2024
Educational support
- $275,000
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2023
Educational support
- $260,000
Allmemphis · Mempis, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $250,000
Education Trust - Southeast · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational support
- $250,000
Education Trust - Southeast · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational support
- $250,000
Tennessee Can · Washington, DC · 2021
Educational support
- $234,859
Fullfill Education · Nashville, TN · 2025
Educational support
- $231,200
Bes · Boston, MA · 2023
Educational support
- $225,000
Tennessee Charter School Center · Memphis, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $223,800
Bes (Build Excel Sustain) · Boston, MA · 2022
Educational support
- $220,480
Relay Graduate School of Education · Memphis, TN · 2025
Educational support
- $175,000
Education Trust - Southeast · Washington, DC · 2023
Educational support
- $175,000
Education Trust - Southeast · Washington, DC · 2023
Educational support
- $175,000
Tn Can · Nashville, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $175,000
Tn Can · Nashville, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $175,000
Stand for Children · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $175,000
Tn Can · Nashville, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $175,000
Tn Can · Nashville, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $175,000
Stand for Children · Memphis, TN · 2021
Educational support
- $169,200
Bes · Boston, MA · 2023
Educational support
- $150,000
Man Up Teacher Fellowship · Memphis, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $137,500
Education Reform Now · New York, NY · 2023
Educational support
- $130,000
Allmemphis · Mempis, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $125,000
Stand for Children · Memphis, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $125,000
Stand for Children · Memphis, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $125,000
Tennessee Charter School Center · Memphis, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $110,000
Summer Boost - 50can · Washington, DC · 2025
Educational support
- $100,000
Tn Can · Nashville, TN · 2025
Educational support
- $100,000
Memphis Merit Academy · Memphis, TN · 2024
Educational support
- $100,000
Leadership for Educational Equity · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational support
- $100,000
Leadership for Educational Equity · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational support
- $93,120
Attendance Works · Oakland, CA · 2025
Educational support
- $92,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Educational support
- $87,500
Stand for Children · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $80,850
Onyourmark · San Diego, CA · 2025
Educational support
- $75,000
Tennessee Charter School Center · Memphis, TN · 2025
Educational support
- $75,000
New Leaders · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $74,400
Libertas School of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $74,400
Libertas School of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $47,898
Instruction Partners · Memphis, TN · 2025
Educational support
- $45,000
Memphis Dream Center · Cordova, TN · 2021
Educational support
- $40,000
Everyday Labs · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Educational support
- $40,000
Everyday Labs · Redwood City, CA · 2023
Educational support
- $36,173
Teach for America · Memphis, TN · 2025
Educational support
- $31,250
Principal Learning Center · Germantown, TN · 2025
Educational support
- $30,000
Journey · Memphis, TN · 2025
Educational support
- $29,926
Afton Partners Llc · Evanston, IL · 2025
Educational support
- $25,000
Memphis Interfaith Coalition (Micah) · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $25,000
Memphis Interfaith Coalition (Micah) · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $25,000
New Memphis Institute · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $25,000
Center for Transforming Communities · Memphis, TN · 2021
Educational support
- $25,000
Las Americas · Memphis, TN · 2021
Educational support
- $25,000
Memphis Interfaith Coalition · Memphis, TN · 2021
Educational support
- $20,000
Aurora Collegiate Academy · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $20,000
Aurora Collegiate Academy · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $20,000
Beacon College Prep · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $20,000
Beacon College Prep · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $20,000
Cornerstone Education Group · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $20,000
Cornerstone Education Group · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $20,000
Memphis Business Academy · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $20,000
Memphis Business Academy · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $20,000
Memphis Rise · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $20,000
Memphis Rise · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $20,000
Memphis School of Excellence (Read Foundation) · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $20,000
Memphis School of Excellence (Read Foundation) · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $14,000
Education Pioneers · Boston, MA · 2023
Educational support
- $13,200
Verified Solutions (Greenhouse Talent) · Memphis, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $13,200
Verified Solutions (Greenhouse Talent) · Memphis, TN · 2023
Educational support
- $12,127
University of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2022
Educational support
- $10,000
Compass Community Schools · Memphis, TN · 2025
Educational support
- $10,000
Verified Solutions (Greenhouse Talent) · Memphis, TN · 2024
Educational support
- $10,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational support
- $10,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational support
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