Invest With Us
The Community Foundation provides the support, assistance, and encouragement that enables you to fuel lasting change and maximize the potential of our community. Whichever way you choose to give, you can take pride in knowing you are building a stronger Mid-South and improving the lives of others.
Invest With Us
The Community Foundation provides the support, assistance, and encouragement that enables you to fuel lasting change and maximize the potential of our community. Whichever way you choose to give, you can take pride in knowing you are building a stronger Mid-South and improving the lives of others.
A Track Record of Success
A Track Record of Success
FY 2019 was quite a year, with a new record for grants to the community from the Community Foundation.
Just last year:
- Donors gave the Foundation $161.1 MILLION in gifts
- The Community Foundation & donors awarded $147.6 MILLION to nonprofits in grants
- 6,733 GRANTS awarded to 1,864 DISTINCT NONPROFITS
What's Happening
Elmwood Cemetery digitizes massive archives for public use
February 18th, 2020
(Feb. 18, 2020) The Memphis Business Journal reports that Elmwood Cemetery will integrate its 130,000+ file folders into an online database, which will then be made available to the public, free-of-charge. The work is made possible by a $21,000 nonprofit capacity building grant, given by the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis.
SECURE Act & IRAs
February 11th, 2020
The SECURE Act passed at the end of 2019 changed the IRA rules so that individuals must now take Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) beginning at age 72, not 70½. Individuals who are age 70½ may still direct QCDs from their IRA directly to charity, without taking the money into income or getting a tax deduction for the gift.
