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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.

Children/Youth

  • Sunshine and Daisy Mobile Food Pantry

    Reducing hunger by bringing food directly to where they live, removing barriers to access to traditional food pantries

  • Center for Black Southern Culture

    Reclaiming, preserving, revitalizing, and transforming Black Southern heritage through immersive cultural experiences

  • WWAP-Women With A Purpose

    Empowering single parents, children, and families with education and spiritual guidance that builds confidence, stability, and purpose.

  • YELLOW HOUSE

    Providing quality, affordable housing for single moms so families can feel safe, stay together, and build stable futures with dignity.

  • You Can Sit With Us

    Expanding opportunity in Memphis by widening access to learning and career knowledge so young people can grow, work, and thrive.

  • You First Community Foundation

    Empowering women and female juvenile offenders with education and tools to thrive in the workforce, rebuild confidence, and shape new futures.

  • Young Actors Guild

    Inspiring underserved children ages 3–17 through arts education and performance, building confidence, creativity, and belonging.

  • University of Tennessee Foundation

    Advancing health in Tennessee through education, research, and patient care at UTHSC, training leaders who serve with excellence.

  • Urban Farm Education Initiative 901

    Growing Memphis teens through urban farming—using animals, dirt, and relationships to build skills, break barriers, and open new pathways.