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.

  • Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis

    Building strength and stability by partnering with families to create affordable homes and a better Memphis for everyone

  • Heights Community Development Corporation

    Building community through just-housing redevelopment and neighbor-led partnership, creating stable homes and stronger connections for all

  • Homes for Hearts

    Creating a path from homelessness to tiny homeownership by providing stable housing and supportive community in Memphis

  • Frayser Community Development Corporation

    Revitalizing Frayser through community partnership that expands housing and sparks commercial and economic growth for neighbors

  • Giving Kitchen

    Supporting food service workers in crisis by providing emergency assistance and resources so they can heal and keep moving forward

  • Faith Hope Charity, Inc

    Preparing foster youth for adulthood through life-skills coaching, mentorship, and support that builds confidence, stability, and purpose

  • Families in Transition

    Empowering survivors to break cycles of domestic and sexual violence through shelter, support services, and advocacy

  • Family Promise of Memphis

    Helping families overcome homelessness by providing shelter, support, and pathways to sustainable independence in Memphis

  • Fayette Cares, Inc.

    Supporting Fayette County neighbors facing homelessness or violence with solutions that restore safety, stability, and self-sufficiency from crisis