Funding search · EIN 621338941 · Memphis, TN

Speer Charitable Trust

Name: Speer Charitable Trust grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

144
grants reported: $7.4M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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

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St Jude3 grants · $1.2M
Christian Brothers University3 grants · $702,000
Mid-South Food Bank3 grants · $485,000
Catholic Charities3 grants · $400,000
St Paul Catholic School1 grant · $385,000
Harwood Center3 grants · $328,000
Ave Maria Home2 grants · $300,000
Memphis Botanic Gardens3 grants · $275,000
Mifa3 grants · $240,000
Catholic Diocese of Memphis3 grants · $235,500

Giving over time

$2.6M

2021

$2.2M

2022

$2.7M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 144 grants.

$400,000
St Jude · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$400,000
St Jude · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$400,000
St Jude · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$385,000
St Paul Catholic School · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$302,000
Christian Brothers University · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$250,000
Ave Maria Home · Bartlett, TN · 2023
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$200,000
Christian Brothers University · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$200,000
Christian Brothers University · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$200,000
Catholic Charities · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$162,000
Mid-South Food Bank · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$161,500
Mid-South Food Bank · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$161,500
Mid-South Food Bank · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$150,000
Memphis Botanic Gardens · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$125,000
Harwood Center · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$102,000
Harwood Center · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$101,000
Harwood Center · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$100,000
Catholic Charities · Alexandria, VA · 2023
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$100,000
Catholic Charities of West Tennessee · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$100,000
Catholic Charities · Alexandria, VA · 2022
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$100,000
Catholic Charities of West Tennessee · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$100,000
Memphis Botanic Gardens · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$100,000
St Benedict at Auburndale · Cordova, TN · 2021
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$100,000
Youth Villages · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$85,000
Catholic Diocese of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$80,000
Mifa · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$80,000
Mifa · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$80,000
Mifa · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$75,500
Catholic Diocese of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$75,000
Alliance Healthcare Services · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$75,000
Catholic Diocese of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$75,000
Community Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$75,000
Jiff · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$70,000
Church Health Center · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$65,000
A Step Ahead Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$60,000
Madonna Learning Center · Germantown, TN · 2021
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$55,000
St Mary'S Catholic Church · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$52,500
Jiff · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$51,000
University of Memphis Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$51,000
University of Memphis Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$50,000
A Step Ahead Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$50,000
Jiff · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$50,000
Room in the Inn Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$50,000
St Benedicts High School Annual Fund · Cordova, TN · 2023
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$50,000
St Mary'S Catholic Church of Boston · Mansfield, MA · 2023
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$50,000
Tn Wildlife Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
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$50,000
University of Memphis Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$50,000
Room in the Inn Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$50,000
Schoolseed Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$50,000
St Benedicts High School Annual Fund · Cordova, TN · 2022
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$50,000
St Mary'S Catholic Church · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$50,000
Tn Wildlife Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
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$50,000
Ave Maria Home · Bartlett, TN · 2021
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$50,000
Shelby County Drug Court · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$50,000
Tn Wildlife Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2021
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$45,000
St Louis Church · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$45,000
St Louis Church · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$35,000
A Step Ahead Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$31,800
Collierville Presbyterian · Collierville, TN · 2021
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$30,000
Memphis Union Mission · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$29,000
Porter-Leath · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$27,750
Incarnation Catholic Church · Collierville, TN · 2023
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$25,400
Community Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$25,100
Birthright of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$25,000
Church Health Center · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$25,000
Memphis Botanic Gardens · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$25,000
St Ann Catholic School · Bartlett, TN · 2023
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$25,000
Birthright of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$25,000
Church Health Center · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$25,000
Deneuville Learning Center for Women · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$25,000
Dorothy Day House · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$25,000
Incarnation Catholic Church · Collierville, TN · 2022
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$25,000
Shelby County Drug Court · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$25,000
St Agnes-St Dominic Schools · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$25,000
Birthright of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$25,000
Dorothy Day House · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$25,000
Incarnation Catholic Church · Collierville, TN · 2021
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$25,000
Rooms in the Inn Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$25,000
St Agnes-St Dominic Schools · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$24,000
University of Memphis Law School · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$21,000
Porter-Leath · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$20,000
Memphis Union Mission · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$20,000
Orphanos Foundation · Cordova, TN · 2023
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$20,000
Porter-Leath · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$20,000
Memphis Union Mission · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$20,000
Point Honduras Ministry · Cordova, TN · 2022
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$20,000
St Ann Catholic School · Bartlett, TN · 2022
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$20,000
Point Honduras Ministry · Cordova, TN · 2021
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$20,000
St Louis Church · Memphis, TN · 2021
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$15,300
Cancer Card Exchange · Collierville, TN · 2021
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$15,000
Cancer Card Exchange · Collierville, TN · 2023
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$15,000
Carpenter Art Garden · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$15,000
Cancer Card Exchange · Collierville, TN · 2022
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$11,000
Wkno · Cordova, TN · 2023
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$11,000
Wkno · Cordova, TN · 2022
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$11,000
Wkno · Cordova, TN · 2021
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$10,000
Chickasaw Council Bsa · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$10,000
Holy Rosary Catholic School · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$10,000
New Ballet Ensemble & School · Memphis, TN · 2023
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$10,000
Chickasaw Council Bsa · Memphis, TN · 2022
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$10,000
Concord Academy · Memphis, TN · 2022
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.