Funding search · EIN 626039986 · Memphis, TN

Thomas W Briggs Foundation

Name: Thomas W Briggs Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

110
grants reported: $2.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Brooks Museum1 grant · $80,000
Overton Park Conservancy1 grant · $70,000
Whole Child Strategies2 grants · $65,000
Redzone Ministries1 grant · $60,000
Neighborhood Christian Center1 grant · $60,000
Alpha Omega Veterans Services1 grant · $50,000
Circuit Playhouse1 grant · $50,000
Christopher a Pugh Center1 grant · $50,000
Advance Memphis1 grant · $50,000
Mam2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$619,750

2021

$475,000

2022

$635,300

2023

$691,550

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 110 grants.

$80,000
Brooks Museum · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$70,000
Overton Park Conservancy · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$60,000
Neighborhood Christian Center · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$60,000
Redzone Ministries · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$50,000
Christopher a Pugh Center · Cordova, TN · 2024
Program Support
$50,000
Circuit Playhouse · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$50,000
Alpha Omega Veterans Services · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$50,000
Advance Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$48,000
Daily Memphian · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$41,000
National Ornamental Metal Museum · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$40,000
Alcy Ball Development Corporation · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$40,000
World Relief · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$40,000
National Civil Rights Museum · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$39,000
Women'S Advocacy Center · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$39,000
Juvenile Intervention and Faith-Based Follow-Up (Jiff) · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$38,000
The Women'S Advocacy Center · Colliersville, TN · 2021
Program support
$36,000
World Relief · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$35,750
Repairing the Breach · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$35,000
Whole Child Strategies · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$33,000
Beautiful Spirited Women · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$31,000
Communities in Schools · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$31,000
Memphis Teacher Residency · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$30,750
Literacy Mid-South · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$30,750
Pure Youth Athletics Alliance · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$30,000
Slingshot Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$30,000
Whole Child Strategies · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$28,000
Soulsville Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$28,000
Su Casa Family Ministries · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$26,000
Room in the Inn · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$25,750
My City Rides · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$25,000
Creative Aging · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$25,000
Dorothy Day House of Hospitality · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$25,000
Memphis Allies · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$25,000
Room in the Inn · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$25,000
Advance Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$25,000
Mam · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$25,000
Memphis Botanic Garden · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$25,000
Memphis Teacher Residency · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$25,000
All Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$25,000
Mam · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$25,000
Overton Park Conservancy · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$25,000
Rep · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$23,000
Streets Ministries · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$21,000
Bridges · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$20,750
Angel Street · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$20,500
New Ballet Ensemble · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$20,000
A Step Ahead Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$20,000
Bevo Boys Fitness Academy · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$20,000
Hattiloo Theater · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$20,000
Memphis Inner City Rugby · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$20,000
New Ballet Ensemble · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$20,000
Friends for All · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$20,000
Memphis Music Initiative · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$20,000
Play Where You Stay · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$20,000
Junior Achievement · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Lec · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Sos · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$18,750
A Step Ahead Foundation · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$16,000
Opera Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$15,750
Let'S Innovate Through Education · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$15,500
Arrow Creative · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$15,500
Families Matter · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$15,250
Gwerc · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$15,000
Museum of Science & History- Pink Palace · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$15,000
Music Export Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$15,000
My Cup of Tea · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$15,000
Shelby Farms Park Conservancy · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$15,000
Tennessee Nonprofit Network · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$15,000
Carpenter Art Garden · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$15,000
Collage Dance Collective · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$15,000
Opera Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$15,000
Prizm Ensemble · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$15,000
The Salvation Army Memphis Area Command · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$15,000
Arise2read · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Creative Aging · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Memphis Inner City Rugby · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Memphis Symphony · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Harwood Center · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$13,000
New Memphis Institute · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$12,000
Urban Art Commission · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$12,000
Contemporary Arts Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$10,750
Merge Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$10,300
Beale Street Caravan · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$10,250
I Am My Sister'S Keeper · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$10,250
Sweet Cheeks Diaper Ministry · Memphis, TN · 2021
Program support
$10,000
United Way of the Midsouth · Memphis, TN · 2024
Program Support
$10,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$10,000
Deaf Connect · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$10,000
Indie Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$10,000
Iris Collective · Germantown, TN · 2023
Program Support
$10,000
Mifa · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$10,000
Orpheum · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$10,000
Overton Park Shell · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$10,000
Teach for America · Boston, MA · 2023
Program Support
$10,000
Volunteer Odyssey · Memphis, TN · 2023
Program Support
$10,000
Clean Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Diverse Learners Cooperative · Brentwood, TN · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Indie Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Man Up · Cordova, TN · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Mbaa · Memphis, TN · 2022
Program support

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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.