- Revenue 2024
- $4,397,035
- Expenses 2024
- $4,717,962
Program services were 81.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B25
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 168 JEFFERSON AVE
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
EDUCATING YOUNG MEN IN GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT, MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL PREPARES ALL STUDENTS TO EXCEL ACADEMICALLY. WITHIN A RIGOROUS AND DISCIPLINED MIDDLE SCHOOL, STUDENTS BECOME EQUIPPED FOR SUCCESS IN HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND LIFE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THIS ORGANIZATION OPERATES A CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZED BY THE SHELBY COUNTY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT RECEIVES LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL EDUCATION FUNDING AS WELL AS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FROM THE MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
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OPERATION OF A CHARTER SCHOOL FOR YOUNG MEN IN GRADES FIVE THROUGH EIGHT.
Expenses $3,826,634 · Revenue $123,455
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.
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Glenda YarbroughGLENDA YARBROUGH
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Lou ArrindellLOU ARRINDELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Channin CochranCHANNIN COCHRAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tracee WallsTRACEE WALLS
CO-CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael WallaceMICHAEL WALLACE
CO-CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Amber GarretAMBER GARRET
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dorsey Hopson II EsqDORSEY HOPSON II ESQ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Elliot PerryELLIOT PERRY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Avis RobinsonAVIS ROBINSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Will AllenWILL ALLEN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tim WareTIM WARE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $225,758
- From this org
- $204,213
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,545
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $204,213
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $21,545
- Filer's total
- $225,758
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John McGregerJOHN MCGREGER
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & OPERATIONS
- Total calculated
- $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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $4,397,035
- Expenses
- $4,717,962
- Contributions
- $4,259,402
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $5,137,775
- Expenses
- $5,115,871
- Contributions
- $5,057,163
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $5,464,730
- Expenses
- $5,333,214
- Contributions
- $5,368,570
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,461,685
- Expenses
- $4,969,910
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,228,946
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,080,567
- Expenses
- $4,085,461
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,140,311
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,447,736
- Expenses
- $3,772,293
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,325,833
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,908,603
- Expenses
- $3,797,516
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,583,742
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,342,865
- Expenses
- $3,377,920
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,505,655
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,024,258
- Expenses
- $2,465,114
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,514,567
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,727,856
- Expenses
- $2,388,971
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,107,683
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,509,919
- Expenses
- $2,145,883
- Assets (EOY)
- $885,594
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,858,148
- Expenses
- $1,895,059
- Assets (EOY)
- $426,226
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,098,358
- Assets (EOY)
- $267,965
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
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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$151,981
2023 TO SUPPORT SUMMER BOOST
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$75,000
2024 TO PROVIDE START-UP SUPPORT FOR THE NEWLY APPROVED MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES PREPARATORY STEAM SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
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2024 GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
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2022 GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
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2023 GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
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$8,307
2023 GENERAL OPERATIONS
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$8,230
2022 GENERAL OPERATIONS
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 CHARITABLE DONATION
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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.