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For over 50 years, the Community Foundation has helped people give with purpose, strengthening Memphis and the Mid-South.

We make giving easier and more impactful by matching your generosity with the causes and community you care about most.

We offer solutions and resources to donors and the professionals who advise them to help you give smarter and do more good.

We offer funding opportunities that helps nonprofits and students create positive change and build futures.

When you get involved with the Community Foundation, you join a group of people committed to Memphis’s future.

Learn more about the philanthropic hub that connects capital with the solutions that make our community thrive.

Greater Giving Moment

Explore past segments from our weekly WKNO FM 91.1 broadcast. Discover conversations about giving with purpose, learn smarter ways to give, and find opportunities to make a meaningful community impact.

  • A stone building with columns is seen at sunset. A sign in front reads Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. Steps and green bushes lead up to the entrance.
    Community Spotlight

    We’re Home

    After two years and a complete renovation, the Community Foundation is back home at 1900 Union.

  • Graphic with $1.8 MILLION Supporting 90 Black-led nonprofits in bold text, celebrating 8/28 Success, with Give 818 and Black Philanthropy Month logos at the bottom, on an orange sunburst background.
    Philanthropy & Giving

    Give 8/28 Success

    Memphis raised $1.8 million for 90 Black-led nonprofits on Give 8/28. Here’s what that means — and why the work continues year-round.

  • Forever Funds logo above the words Responsive Grants, highlighting the grants available, with faint icons representing community, money, and support in the background.
    Grantmaking

    Responsive Grants available

    Nonprofits facing funding cuts and rising demand: $500,000 in general operating support is available. Applications open September 8.

  • Circle graphic reads: Support Black-Led Nonprofits. Give 8/28. CFGM.org/give828 on a colorful background with faint images of smiling people.
    Philanthropy & Giving

    Support Black-Led Nonprofits on 8/28

    More than 300 Black-led nonprofits. One day to give. Find your organization and make your donation at CFGM.org/give828 on August 28.

  • A woman smiles joyfully as two children, a boy and a girl, hug her and kiss her cheeks. They appear happy and close, sharing a loving moment together in a home setting—a beautiful reflection of building Black generational wealth through love, unity, and family support.
    Philanthropy & Giving

    Building Black Generational Wealth

    Generational wealth is about more than money. This Black Philanthropy Month, Memphis families are building legacies that last.

  • Two people prepare food together in a kitchen. Both wear green shirts, and one person is stirring a pot while the other handles a plastic bag. The image highlights Black Philanthropy Month and Give 8/28, emphasizing support for Black-Led Nonprofits and advancing funding equity within communities.
    Philanthropy & Giving

    Funding Equity for Black-Led Nonprofits

    Black-led nonprofits do more with less — and face real funding gaps. This Give 8/28, your gift can help change that.

  • A bold, stylized letter B composed of colored geometric shapes—red, orange, teal, lime green, and beige—outlined in black on a white background; perfect for celebrating Black Philanthropy Month or supporting Black communities.
    Philanthropy & Giving

    August is Black Philanthropy Month

    Black Philanthropy Month honors Black giving while expanding support for Black-led nonprofits and strengthening communities through collective investment.

  • Three footprints in wet sand are about to be washed away by an incoming wave, with foam reaching them along the shoreline—a fleeting moment that evokes the lasting impact of charitable giving, where even small acts of generosity create ripples that extend far beyond their origins.
    Philanthropy & Giving

    Charitable giving in sudden life changes

    Life’s biggest transitions can be the most powerful moments to reconnect with what matters. Here’s how giving fits into your next chapter.

  • A hand holds house-shaped keychains with keys. In the background, there is a small model house, coins, and a plant on a wooden table, suggesting a real estate or home buying concept.
    Philanthropy & Giving

    Charitable gifts of real estate

    That property you’re not sure what to do with? It might be your most powerful charitable gift yet. Here’s how real estate giving works.