Memphis Challenge Inc.
Memphis Challenge Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
The purpose of Memphis Challenge is to match gifted, but under-represented Memphis high school students of color with top-tier colleges and universities and scholarship offerings offered by prestigious colleges and universities.
About
The Jr. Memphis and Memphis Challenge Program provides under represented high achieving students of color an opportunity to develop personal and professional skills that will aid them through college and beyond. Memphis Challenge offers monthly workshops for 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students from county, charter, and private schools. Each workshop serves to build a foundation of success and layers the students with self confidence and motivation to succeed. Currently, there are more than 500 Memphis Challenge alumni who now serve the community as attorneys, educators, physicians, directors, executives, and entrepreneurs (55 persons benefited).
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing outlines the non-profit's goal as “The goal of memphis challenge is to ensure the region's most talented minority students bring their education, expertise, and connections back to memphis.”.
When explaining its purpose, the activities were outlined as: “The purpose of memphis challenge is to match gifted, but under-represented memphis high school students of color with top-tier colleges and universities and scholarship offerings offered by prestigious colleges and universities.”.
- As per legal reporting requirements, the state of operation for the non-profit is TN.
- The non-profit's address for 2020 is listed as 17 WEST PONTOTOC AVENUE SUITE 100, MEMPHIS, TN, 38103 in the filing.
- As per the non-profit's form, they have 4 employees as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $250,000 and $500,000.
- Revenue is between $250,000 and $500,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$57,991.
- The organization has 16 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1989.
- The organization pays $216,376 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $0 in fundraising expenses.