GiVE 365 awards $60,000 to five grantees

The members of GiVE 365, the Community Foundation’s dollar-a-day giving circle, announced five recipients of $60,000 in grants advancing the 2026 theme Nourished Communities.

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Published: May 7, 2026

GiVE 365 awards $60,000 to five grantees

The members of GiVE 365, the Community Foundation’s dollar-a-day giving circle, announced five recipients of $60,000 in grants advancing the 2026 theme Nourished Communities: Initiatives that build food access and community connection through homegrown solutions.

A GiVE 365 graphic for Memphis Nourished Communities shows five nonprofits receiving $60,000 in grants for food access and community connection, with specific amounts awarded to each organization listed.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the May 7 Community Foundation Annual Meeting, which included the unveiling of the five 2026 GiVE 365 grantees!

Explore grantees’ proposals and LIVEGIVEmidsouth profiles

This year’s grant round brings GiVE 365’s cumulative grantmaking since its founding in 2010 to $993,290. That’s nearly $1 million total—all produced from a dollar-a-day contributions from compassionate, committed GiVErs! Its endowment, currently valued at $911,801, is also approaching that milestone seven-figure total.

To date, GiVErs have funded 106 distinct organizations. Recent GiVE 365 grantees contributed their feedback to the Community Foundation’s inaugural Grantee Perception Report, which debuted at the May 7 Annual Meeting. Read the report to find out how grantees’ experiences are shaping and improving our work.

We look forward to sharing more in the year ahead about the grantees’ inspired impact and to creating meaningful engagement with members.