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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.

Philanthropy & Giving

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    Philanthropy & Giving

    Support nonprofits with QCDs

    Turning 70½ or older? A Qualified Charitable Distribution lets you give from your IRA, support causes you care about, and keep your taxable income down.

  • Two people sit across from each other with hands clasped over a divorce document on a table, with two gold rings and a pen placed on top.
    Philanthropy & Giving

    Charitable Assets in a Divorce

    Going through a divorce? Your charitable giving may be part of the conversation. Here is what generous people need to know.

  • A person in a white shirt holds and reviews a printed resume while sitting across a table from another person in a beige sweater, perhaps discussing topics like estate planning or the importance of including the 13 magic words. A red folder lies open on the table.
    Policy & Tax Planning

    Estate planning: it’s not just for the wealthy

    Estate planning isn’t only for people with extensive assets or complicated finances. It’s for anyone who wants a say in what happens to what they’ve built, no matter the…

  • A woman in a pink top writes at a desk with papers, a folder, and a nameplate. A coffee dispenser and hand sanitizer are in the background.
    Philanthropy & Giving

    Giving with Purpose

    Year-end is a good time to ask: does your giving actually reflect what you care about? Here is how a giving plan can help.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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    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.