Christian Community Foundation of Memphis
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 621752885
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Memphis, TN, United States
- Phone
- 901-682-6201
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Foundations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $125,427,924
- Expenses
- $121,642,535
- Assets
- $229,008,769
- Liabilities
- $4,329,180
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- B REX JONES (PRESIDENT/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- B REX JONES (PRESIDENT/CEO): $222,307 total reported compensation
- SHANA R SOUTH (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $156,867 total reported compensation
- STEPHANIE JONES (SECRETARY): $142,968 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Christian Community Foundation is a nonprofit empowering strategic, generous and impactful giving. Since our founding in 1992, CCF, along with our family of givers, has granted nearly a billion dollars to charities, ministries and organizations across the United States. Our founding mission and vision are what set us apart from other giving-focused organizations. Our aim is to help people direct money in a God-inspired way that can bring about transformation and healing in Memphis and beyond. OUR **Mission Christian Community Foundation exists to serve Mid-South donors and ministries to facilitate the building of God’s kingdom in our community and throughout the world. Our mission is to.
What it reported doing in 2024
Grants made to non-profit, tax-exempt organizations from donor advised funds and recommendations from the board and management that help various secular, educational, and christian charitable organizations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 84
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.1%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 95.8%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: $810.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 94.3%; rating input score 94; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.88; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 97.1% of revenue deployed · 95.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $116.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $222K · 26 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 639 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 552 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.