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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.

Grantmaking

  • Graphic with the text Forever Funds Responsive Grants on a blue background, featuring line art of hands, money, people, and hearts in the corners—highlighting new grants that are meeting the moment.
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    Meeting the Moment: New Responsive Grants

    Launching fall 2025, Responsive Grants offer flexible general operating support to help nonprofits meet urgent needs and remain stable long-term.

  • Graphic for Forever Funds Community Solutions grants, highlighting the 2025 emphasis area: Safe and Resilient Places, on a blue background with subtle community-themed icons.
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    Community Solutions grants awarded

    Launched May 2025, this multi-year initiative funds organizations creating innovative, tangible solutions for safer, more resilient communities.

  • A large group of Soulsville students stands on steps outdoors, smiling and holding college banners, celebrating their future plans. Many wear shirts representing different colleges—shaping futures with strategic support. Trees and a building are in the background.
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    How Strategic Support is Shaping Soulsville

    Pat Mitchell Worley’s path led her to lead Soulsville Foundation, expanding its mission to create music and education opportunities for Memphis youth.

  • A group of 17 well-dressed young men pose in suits and formal attire around a podium with the UM logo, celebrating their achievements as HAAMI grant recipients, standing and sitting together on a stage in a formal setting.
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    FOREVER Funds Grant Strengthens HAAMI

    For 10 years, HAAMI has supported African American men at UofM with mentorship and academic support, boosting retention, graduation, and success.

  • Dark blue graphic with logos of Community Foundation of Greater Memphis and Forever Funds, featuring the words Reforming the Housing and Justice Systems, highlighting efforts in housing reform and justice system reform.
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    Reforming the Housing and Justice Systems

    In December 2023, the Board approved $475K in Reforming Housing & Justice Systems grants to tackle root causes and drive transformational change.