Public Charity

MEMPHIS FOURTH ESTATE INC

MEMPHIS FOURTH ESTATE INC, of MEMPHIS, TN, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $5.9M in revenue, $5.9M in expenses, $2.6M in total assets. 16 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $11.7M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 825339555 MEMPHIS, TN Media & Communications NTEE: A30 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.9M
Total Expenses$5.9M
Total Assets$2.6M
Grant Records16
Funding Total$11.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

MEMPHIS FOURTH ESTATE D/B/A THE DAILY MEMPHIAN IS AN INDEPENDENT, NOT-FOR- PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH THE MISSION OF GATHERING AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION IN A NONPARTISAN MANNER ABOUT IMPORTANT PUBLIC-POLICY ISSUES AND MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE TO RESIDENTS OF MEMPHIS, TN AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

Where $100 goes at Memphis Fourth Estate Inc

How Memphis Fourth Estate Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$85 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $85 for programs

$85
Memphis Fourth Estate gathers and disseminates information in a nonpartisan manner about important public-policy issues and matters of importance to residents of the city of Memphis and surrounding…
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

PRESIDENT & Andy Cates
DIRECTOR Deanie Parker
DIRECTOR Edward Felsenthal
CEO Eric Barnes
COLUMNIST Geoffrey Calkins
TREASURER James Maclin

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$11,488,287 13 grants
Arts & Culture
$25,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$170,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.9M $5.9M $2.6M
2024 $4.9M $5.7M $2.0M
2023 $4.8M $5.9M $2.9M
2022 $6.4M $5.5M $3.9M
2021 $5.6M $5.1M $2.6M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $5.6M to $5.9M (+5%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.6M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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