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MEMPHIS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC

EIN 58-1715927 MEMPHIS, TN

Revenue 2024
$929,344
Expenses 2024
$1,190,212

Program services were 26.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O55Z
Classification
1000
Street
3834 ROSEDALE DR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO EQUIP AND EMPOWER GRASSROOTS URBAN LEADERS TO TRANSFORM LIVES AND COMMUNITIES IN MEMPHIS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MEMPHIS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ("MLF"), A NON-DENOMINATIONAL FAITH BASED OUTREACH MINISTRY, EMPOWERS URBAN UNDER-RESOURCED MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN THROUGH CREATIVE, EFFECTIVE, AND INNOVATIVE MINISTRY AND LEADERSHIP. THE MISSION AND PURPOSE OF MLF IS TO PROCLAIM THE WHOLE GOSPEL TO THE WHOLE CITY THROUGH THE EMPOWERMENT OF LEADERS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MINISTRIES AND PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF UNDER-RESOURCED PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. MLF IS A MEMBER OF THE GLOBAL NETWORK OF LOCAL LEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONS ("LLFS"), ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO TRANSFORM THE CITIES IN WHICH THEY OPERATE.

  • CHRIST FELLOWSHIP ("CF") EXISTS TO FOSTER POSITIVE CHANGES IN THE LIFE OF AT RISK YOUTH BY GOING WHERE KIDS ARE, BUILDING POSITIVE CHRIST CENTERED RELATIONSHIPS, VOLUNTEERING IN SCHOOLS, PROVIDING AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND ENGAGING THEM IN VARIOUS ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE KINGDOM OF GOD AGAINST THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD BY LOVING GOD, EMBODYING GOD'S LOVE FOR EACH-OTHER AND PROCLAIMING GOD'S LOVE TO THE WORLD IN WORD AND DEED

    Expenses $74,595 · Revenue $69,000

  • HEART TO HEART ("H2H")H2H IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUTH VILLAGES TO PROVIDE AN ON-SITE COORDINATOR FOR THEIR SPIRITUAL LIFE PROGRAM. MORE THAN 350 YOUTH IN RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN WEEKLY CHAPEL, BIBLE STUDY AND WORSHIP SERVICES AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL PASTORAL TRAINING.

    Expenses $70,157

  • OTHER GENERAL MINISTRIES PROVIDING DISCIPLESHIP OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES TO VARIOUS GROUPS OF AT RISK URBAN YOUTH AND ADULTS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC MINISTRIES: GLOBAL FRIENDS MEMPHIS ("GFM") GFM IS AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO SEEK TO JOURNEY TOGETHER IN FAITH AND FRIENDSHIP AS A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS. THE MINISTRY WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FAMILY IN MEMPHIS AS WELL AS GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE FAITH. EXCEL LEADERSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ("EXCEL") EXCEL IS A LEADERSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM FOR INNER CITY YOUTH. STUDENTS RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS FROM UNION UNIVERSITY, BETHEL UNIVERSITY OR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY TO HELP DEFRAY EDUCATION COSTS AND ARE GIVEN A MENTOR FOR THE DURATION OF THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION. VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE STUDENTS ARE FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THEIR FAMILIES.LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ("LD") LD OFFERS TWO SEPARATE YEAR-LONG TRAINING WORKSHOPS TO URBAN MINISTRY LEADERS AND PASTORS: (1) URBAN ARROW TEACHES LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING. (2) TRANSFORMATIONAL GIVING TEACHES BIBLICAL FUNDRAISING AND EQUIPS WITH VARIOUS STRATEGIES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $173,085 · Grants $52,960 · Revenue $143,207

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • CHRIS CRAFT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRANDIS LEVERETTE

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FRED GEYER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BEN LANDESS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHARLOTTE FREEMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JIMMY DICKEY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SAM HOLCOMB

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BARRY MAYNARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DANIEL WALKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JONATHAN FIELD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAQUITA STOKES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TIM WEBB

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ARTHER WELLS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LARRY LLOYD

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $105,846
    From this org
    $105,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $929,344
    Expenses
    $1,190,212
    Contributions
    $820,876
    Grants paid
    $52,960
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,684,316
    Expenses
    $3,561,794
    Contributions
    $1,366,735
    Grants paid
    $337,385
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,660,756
    Expenses
    $5,463,088
    Contributions
    $3,036,217
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,545,044
    Expenses
    $6,596,444
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,618,583

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,362,693
    Expenses
    $6,772,347
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,752,638

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,722,334
    Expenses
    $8,367,817
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,213,936

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,599,302
    Expenses
    $8,373,104
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,808,230

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,549,339
    Expenses
    $7,470,347
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,416,677

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,503,032
    Expenses
    $6,272,408
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,275,213

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,075,352
    Expenses
    $5,967,656
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,934,186

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,443,200
    Expenses
    $5,975,444
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,915,556

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,886,329
    Expenses
    $5,673,955
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,437,649

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,962,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,163,105

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2023 return

  • EZRA52 LLC

    PREPARING IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES FOR JOBS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY · TN · income $0 · assets $0

  • ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES LLC

    HELPING EX-OFFENDERS FIND JOBS AND CHANGE THEIR LIVES · TN · income $1,128,579 · assets $0

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.