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.

2025 referring advisors

Thank you to the professional advisors who directed their clients to the Community Foundation in 2025 and helped them discover a place where giving does more good for their causes, their community, and their financial plan.

Marjorie Baker
Harkavy McDaniel Kaplan & Salomon PC

Coleman Barron
Strategic Financial Partners

Larry Bryan
Diversified Trust

Tucker Carr
Diversified Trust

Kevin Cox
Glankler Brown PLLC

Ren Epperly
Legacy Wealth Management

Katina Gaines
Gaines & Associates PLLC

Scott Giles
Giles Financial Group

Sean Gould
Coastal Bridge Advisors

Robby Graham
Coastal Bridge Advisors

Perry Green
Coastal Bridge Advisors

Jay Healy
Beacon Pointe Advisors

Brienne Jackson
Legacy Wealth Management

Brook Lester
Diversified Trust

George Nassar
Glankler Brown PLLC

Holly Palmer
Harkavy McDaniel Kaplan & Salomon PC

Mike Parham
Parham Estate Law

Hallie Peyton
Legacy Wealth Management

Jason Salomon
Harkavy McDaniel Kaplan & Salomon PC

Stephen Slabaugh
Forvis Mazars

Nick Sowell
Legacy Wealth Management

David Waddell
Coastal Bridge Advisors

Chartered Advisors in Philanthropy®

The Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® (CAP®) designation, offered by The American College of Financial Services, is a nationally recognized credential for advisors who want to lead sophisticated philanthropic conversations. These CAP designees are equipped with specialized knowledge and advisory expertise to guide charitably-minded individuals and families.

Daniel Allen
Red Door Wealth Management

Brandy Cannon
Cannon Wright Blount

Jay Healy
Beacon Pointe Advisors

Jim Forbis
CFH Financial Services, Inc.

Ed Gillentine
Gillentine Group

Perry Green
Waddell & Associates

Alison Henneberger
Diversified Trust

Rob Hughes
Porter-Leath

Brienne Jackson
Legacy Wealth Management

Caroline Kuebler
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis

Colin Lee
ALSAC-St. Jude

Jim Marconi
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis

Joey Maurizi
Methodist Healthcare Foundation

Ann Mitchell
Alzheimer’s & Dementia
Services of Memphis

Celeste Pryor
Red Door Wealth Management

Steven Solomon
ALSAC-St. Jude

Genie Stringer
Shelby Ventures LLC

Patty Stringer
Retired

Lauren Taylor
Hyde Family Foundation

Stacye Trout
Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi

Chalmers Valentine
Peyton Financial Group, Inc.

Melissa Whitby
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Cathy Wilson
LeBonheur Children’s Hospital

Black Professional Advisor Alliance

The Black Professional Advisor Alliance is a network of Black professionals who believe that knowledge is most powerful when it is shared. Brought together by the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, this Alliance unites advisors who are not only leaders in their fields, but dedicated to serving their community.

Brooke Benjamin Kelley
Benjamin Law Firm

April Bostick
Bostick Law Firm

Williams Brack
CBIZ MHM, LLC

George Henry Brown III
New York Life

Darrell Cobbins
Universal Commercial Real Estate, LLC

Crandall Craigen
Primerica // I AM LEGACY

Leon Cunningham III
Corebridge Financial

Jamel Dagher
Paragon Bank

Ted Davis
Bright Investments, LLC

Deja Foster
Ameriprise Financial, LLC

Jerome Franklin
Solutions Wealth Management

Chasity Grice
The Estate and Family Law Group, PLLC

Jacinta Hall-Weeden
The J.A. Hall Law Firm, PLLC

Scotty Hendricks, Jr.
Freedmen’s Financial Group

Katrena Hester
Freedmen’s Financial Group

Deterrious Hill
Reynolds, Bone & Griesbeck, PLC

O’Keith Jones
Freedmen’s Financial Group

T.K. Jones
Forward Memphis

Faye Martin Alexander
Becton Family Real Estate Trust

Myra McCaskill Crenshaw
McCaskill Crenshaw Group

Audrey Miller-Okhiria
Regions Financial Corporation

Travis Moody
Forward Memphis

Mario Nolan-Dillard II
Sims Financial Group

Sean Norris
Sorkaty Capital Advisors

Nathan Ollie
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

Dana Pointer
Preserver Partners

Daryl Quarles
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Latrice Smith
Equitable Advisors

Evan Stephens
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

Marques Young
Edward Jones