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

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Stay informed about our latest announcements, partnerships, and impact. Read media releases, funding news, and stories of donors and nonprofits shaping change across the Mid-South.

  • 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.
    Grantmaking

    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.

  • Antonio Tillis, in a blue suit with a red pocket square, stands outdoors with his arms crossed and smiling, reflecting his passion for giving back. Behind him are blooming pink flowers and green trees.
    Donor Profile

    Dr. Antonio Tillis’s Story of Giving Back

    South Memphis native Antonio D. Tillis, now Rutgers–Camden chancellor, opened a fund to give back and inspire his hometown community.

  • A man with short, light brown hair and glasses smiles at the camera. He is wearing a light blue, checkered button-up shirt against a plain beige background—Paul Shifflet shares insights on investing in Memphis.
    Donor Profile

    Investing in Memphis: Paul Shifflet

    Paul Shifflet has embraced Memphis as his home, engaging with the community through the Community Foundation and its collaborative approach to philanthropy.

  • A person wearing glasses and an apron smiles while shaping clay on a pottery wheel in a Memphis workshop, embodying the spirit of Artists Supporting Artists amid shelves filled with pottery tools and ceramics.
    Donor Profile

    Artists Supporting Artists: Agnes Gordon Stark’s Commitment to Memphis

    For many years, Agnes Gordon Stark has been a dedicated figure in Memphis’ arts community, both as an artist and a champion of local organizations.

  • The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis logo over a photo of Crosstown Concourse at dusk, with bold text in the center reading WE’VE MOVED—highlighting our temporarily relocated office.
    Community Spotlight

    Temporarily at Crosstown Concourse

    While we undertake a renovation of our building that will take between 18 months and two years, we will temporarily relocate to Crosstown Concourse during construction.

  • Two Memphis students sit at a desk in a classroom, looking at an open book together. One wears a yellow shirt and points at the book, while the other, in a black sweatshirt, listens and holds a pencil over lined paper.
    Community Spotlight

    Empowering Memphis Students

    Peer Power trains UofM students as Success Coaches to tutor and mentor Memphis high schoolers, boosting grades, graduation, and college readiness.

  • 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.
    Grantmaking

    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.

  • A smiling man in glasses and a plaid shirt holds up a colorful abstract circular artwork with swirling patterns—his Visionary Bequest—while standing indoors near a door.
    Donor Profile

    A Visionary Bequest

    Dr. Gabor Tigyi honored his friendship with Paul & Jolanda Penczner by creating two funds supporting post-docs building careers in physiology.

  • A smiling older woman with glasses, wearing a headscarf and a beaded necklace, stands in a room decorated with colorful hanging banners and wooden chairs, featured in our Donor Spotlight honoring the Walter L. Walker Legacy Fund.
    Donor Profile

    Donor Spotlight: The Sonia Louden Walker and Walter L. Walker Legacy Fund

    Retired pastor Sonia Walker created the Sonia & Walter Walker Legacy Fund, inviting others to support the FOREVER Funds for lasting impact.