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Formanek Foundation: 28 grants to organizations, $7.6 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Formanek Foundation, a private foundation in Memphis, TN, paid 28 grants to organizations totaling $7,601,571 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $1,300,000 to Youth Villages in Memphis, TN for to support programs that will serve both children in need as well as their parents.
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- EIN
- 261565007
- Based in
- Memphis, TN
- Assets
- $173,434,407
- Grants paid
- $7,567,725
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202503219349104315. It reported $7,567,725 in grants paid; 28 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Villages | Memphis, TN | To support programs that will serve both children in need as well as their parents | $1,300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Brooks Museum | Memphis, TN | To promote the provision of visual art medium through diverse exhibits | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Church Health Center | Memphis, TN | To support the provision of health care for underinsured people | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Riverfront Development | Memphis, TN | To promote the transformative power of the mississippi by supporting public events on the river. | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Just City | Memphis, TN | To advance policies and programs for disadvantaged persons in criminal justice system focusing on expungement and bail | Crime and legal-related | $466,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Muso | San Francisco, CA | To promote effort to eliminate preventable deaths rooted in poverty | International, foreign affairs and national security | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pure Academy | Memphis, TN | To develop young men for lifelong success by providing a comprehensive education within a supportive boarding school environment | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lwala | Nashville, TN | To unlock the potential of communities to advance their own comprehensive well-being | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Healthy Learners | Columbia, SC | To improve the health of children through school-based community in zambia | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles, CA | 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 | Youth development | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jacaranda Health | Nairobi, KE | To help reach under-served mothers and babies through government hospitals | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Integrate Health | Brunswick, ME | To help remove children's health barriers to learning | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ceo Works | New York, NY | To support comprehensive employment access for newly released inmates from tennessee prisons and correction centers | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Lift | Memphis, TN | To improve memphis by the revival of its disinvested neighborhoods | Community improvement and capacity building | $165,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| TNTP | New York City, NY | To transform education so every young person thrives | Education | $157,927 | apps.irs.gov |
| KCDC (kyaninga Child Development Centre) | Fort Portal, UG | To support the efforts to provide medical, therapeutic, educational and social services in western uganda | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Le Bonheur Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | To support the work of the hospital in the services provided children, its research in pediatric medicine, and training physicians | $137,277 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tennessee Innocence Project | Nashville, TN | To promote the investigation and litigation of persons with evidence of actual innocence | Crime and legal-related | $106,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Protect Our Aquifer | Memphis, TN | To support the protection and preservation of the memphis sand aquifer | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Francis Uganda | Mbarara, UG | To create economic opportunities among adolescent girls and young women in four (4) districts in central and eastern uganda | $86,239 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Educate | Denver, CO | To prepare youth in africa with the skills to succeed in today's economy | International, foreign affairs and national security | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Oso | Kigali, RW | To provide vulnerable young women with the holistic skills, tools and resources they need to create sustainable livelihoods in design and ethical fashion | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sasamani Foundation | Old Mystic, CT | To support gender equality in educational and employment opportunities | International, foreign affairs and national security | $62,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Mary's Parish Soup Kitchen | Memphis, TN | To provide food for the poor and homeless in memphis, tennessee | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| State Collaborative On Reforming Education (TN Score) | Nashville, TN | To promote public education and academic progress for tennessee students from kindergarten through career | $38,128 | apps.irs.gov | |
| TN Career Academy | Memphis, TN | 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 | $37,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Asset Funders Network | Chicago, IL | To advance equitable wealth building and economic mobility | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Overton Park Shell | Memphis, TN | To build community through free music and education, finding common ground in a diverse audience | Arts, culture and humanities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Crime and legal-related | $572,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $537,500 |
| Youth development | $250,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $165,000 |
| Education | $157,927 |
| Environment | $100,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $20,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Tennessee | $5,459,905 |
| California | $650,000 |
| New York | $332,927 |
| South Carolina | $250,000 |
| Maine | $200,000 |
| Colorado | $75,000 |
| Connecticut | $62,500 |
| Illinois | $20,000 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.