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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.

Responsive Grants

Enabling nonprofits to continue essential services, sustain core operations, and maintain stability in a time of uncertainty. Learn more.

  • OUTMemphis | $25,000

    Empowering LGBTQ+ people in the Mid-South through connection, education, and advocacy, so everyone can live openly, safely, and with pride

  • Mustard Seed Inc. | $15,000

    Building community potential through education, job training, and life-skills development, offering support and service for all

  • Multinational Memphis | $12,500

    Welcoming culturally diverse families in Memphis with practical support and community so they feel safe, seen, and loved

  • MLK50: Justice Through Journalism | $25,000

    Reporting on poverty, power, and policy through justice-driven journalism that uplifts lived experiences and strengthens accountability

  • Mid-South Immigration Advocates | $25,000

    Defending immigrant families through free and low-cost legal services and advocacy, so people can live and work with safety and dignity

  • Merge Memphis | $22,000

    Providing safe emergency shelter and housing for underserved women and children across the Mid-South, so healing can begin

  • Memphis Tenants Union | $25,000

    Organizing Memphis renters to build collective power and win safe, stable, affordable housing for all tenants

  • Memphis For All | $10,000

    Empowering working families for democratic participation through civic education and community-led policy, building power for all

  • Memphis Child Advocacy Center | $25,000

    Serving children who are victims of sexual and physical abuse through prevention education and intervention in Memphis